Once you've learned how to use the Gutenberg content block editor, you might want to jazz up your content with some unique elements. That’s where WordPress block plugins come into play. Here are some of the best WordPress block plugins in the market.
What is a WordPress block plugin?
WordPress block plugin is another term associated with WordPress content block plugin. This type of plugin is designed to add extra types of content blocks that aren’t found by default in WordPress. These content blocks are available in the content editor for most post types. Each block serves as a type of content, like paragraphs, adding media, and more.
By default, WordPress contains that following content blocks:
Paragraph
Video
Media Library
Ordered lists
Unordered lists
Menu
Blockquote
Code
Heading
Preformatted
Table
Classic editor
Gallery
Audio
Pullquote
Verse
Page break
Buttons
Separator
Spacer
Row
Stack
More
The content blocks are a great alternative to page builders, in that you can see how your post or page will look as you add content, while also creating more dynamically designed content. While WordPress offers a lot of content blocks by default, the plugins expand on what the CMS doesn’t have.
WordPress Block Plugins: Top 8
Some of these WordPress block plugins are designed for different types of use, like social media, or design.
Advanced Gutenberg
CoBlocks
FooGallery
Smash Balloon
Spectra
Ultimate Blocks
WooCommerce Blocks
WP Call Button
1. Advanced Gutenberg
Advanced Gutenberg is a solid WordPress block plugin that is simple and offers some good add-ons so you can create content how you want. In comparison to other WordPress block plugins, you won’t see a lot of features. Here are some of them.
Latest or recent news block
Tabbed content block
Maps block
Slider block
Galleries block
Tables block
Accordion block
The Advanced Gutenberg plugin also allows you to customize the CSS styling of the WordPress blocks that they offer, and even offers some page builder block layouts.
2. CoBlocks
CoBlocks makes it so that you probably don’t need to install a separate page builder plugin. It has so many handy features that you can probably get out of adding other plugins. Here’s some of the features lineup for CoBlocks:
Accordion clock
Alert notice block
Author block
Carousel bock
Click to Tweet block
Collage Gallery block
Counter block
Events block
FAQ block
Features block
Food & Drinks block
Form block
GIF Block
GitHub Gist block
Hero image block
Highlight notice block
Icon block
Map block
Masonry Gallery block
OpenTable Reservations block
Post Carousel block
Posts block
Pricing Table block
Rows and Columns blocks
Services block
Shape Divider block
Social Profiles block
Social Sharing button block
A couple of the highlight blocks that make this different from other WordPress block plugins are the Events block, GIF block, and GitHub Gist block. If you’re a developer that commits code to GitHub, you might want to use the CoBlocks plugin. As for the GIF block, you can add animated images to add some fun to your articles.
3. FooGallery
FooGallery is a media gallery plugin. It’s one of the most lightweight gallery plugins in the WordPress community. This gallery plugin has a lot of options for how you can display your gallery. You can display individual photos or full albums with their content block.
4. Smash Balloon
Smash Balloon is a plugin that allows you to display images from Instagram. The plugin includes a content block that you can add your Instagram photos to on any post or page. You can even adjust the settings on the plugin to display how many photos, as well as how small or big you want them to look. This is great for bloggers who have a solid presence on Instagram.
5. Spectra
Spectra has a lot of content blocks that will thrill most content creators. One WordPress block in particular is the Lottie, which offers some free and paid animations to make your content look lively.
Star ratings block
Form block
Tabbed content block
Lottie animation block
Review Schema block
Taxonomy list block
How-to-Schema block
FAQ Schema block
Search block
Inline notice block
Advanced headings block
Advanced columns block
Style for Contact form 7
Content timeline block
Google Maps block
Gravity forms styler block
Icon list block
Info box block
Multi-button block
Post carousel block
Post timeline block
Price list
Section block
Table of contents block
Team block
Testimonial block
6. Ultimate Blocks
Ultimate Blocks offers a lot of dynamic blocks that are handy for marketing, as well as blogging. The plugin pretty much adds a lot of content blocks that you may need for promoting content or making sure your content looks polished. The Ultimate Blocks plugins includes the following features:
Content filter block
Review block
Table of contents block
Tabbed content block
Call-to-action button block
Accordion content toggle block
Styled box block
Styled list block
Testimonial block
Click to Tweet block
Social share button block
Countdown block
Post grid block
Progress bar block
Star rating block
Image slider block
Divider block
Advanced button block
Of all of this features list, the Click to Tweet option is really handy, and replaces the need for installing the individual Better Click to Tweet plugin. Better Click to Tweet allows you to add a special block with a quote that your visitors can publish to Twitter.
7. WooCommerce Blocks
With WooCommerce Blocks, you can add products to your posts and pages on the fly. This plugin offers a lot of different WooCommerce related blocks like:
Featured Product
Featured Store Category
Feature Several Products
Best Selling Products
Top-Rated Products
Newest Products
Products on Sale
Products by Category
Products by Tag
Products by Attributes
Product Categories List
Reviews by Product
Reviews by Category
All Reviews
Product Search
All Products
Products by Price
Products by Attribute
Products by Stock
Active Products
Shopping Cart
Checkout
Mini Shopping Cart
This content block plugin covers nearly any area you could possibly want to display on your posts and pages.
8. WP Call Button
WP Call Button allows you to add a phone call button to your posts and pages. The cool thing when you add it to a page, is that it will show up at the bottom of your mobile version of your website. If you’re running a small business that relies on customers calling you to book an appointment or ask for a consultation, the WP Call Button content block is necessary. Super cool, right?
In Summary
Now that you know about content block plugins, and how they can be used, time to try out some. Find what ones have all of your needs, and create content that looks beautiful. Happy content creation!
