Blocklayouts

Blocklayouts supercharges WordPress with custom Gutenberg blocks, enhanced core block functionality, and a growing library of professional pre-designed patterns for faster site building.

Features

Improve what WordPress already has, add what it doesn’t, make everything feel native.

Custom Blocks

• Icon Block – Add beautiful, scalable icons with extensive icon library, custom SVG support, and advanced styling options
• Marquee Block – Create eye-catching scrolling text and content with customizable speed, direction, and hover effects
• Table of Contents – Automatically generate a navigable table of contents from headings in your content
• Infinite Scroll – Automatically load more posts as you scroll
• Related Posts – Display posts related to the current post based on categories, tags, or custom taxonomies
• More blocks coming soon: Slider, Content Toggle, and many more!

Block Extensions & Enhancements

• Color Controls – Enhanced color management with hover effects
• Effects Controls – Animation, transforms, and visual effects
• Link Controls – Add link functionality to core/group block
• Icon Button – Enable icon selection and positioning for core/button block
• Masonry – Transform gallery and group (grid) blocks into beautiful masonry layouts

Pattern Library

blocklayouts includes access to our pattern library service that provides:

• Free Patterns – Access to a collection of free block patterns and page templates
• Premium Patterns – Exclusive premium patterns and templates for licensed users
• Page Templates – Complete page layouts for various use cases
• Category Organization – Patterns organized by industry and category
• Regular Updates – New patterns added regularly

Why Choose Blocklayouts

Built for WordPress Developers & Designers

• Native Integration – Seamlessly integrates with Gutenberg editor, feeling like a natural part of WordPress
• Performance Optimized – Lightweight plugin that doesn’t slow down your site or editor
• Future Proof – Built with modern WordPress standards and regularly updated for compatibility

Professional Quality & Support

• Premium Patterns – Access to exclusive, professionally designed patterns and templates
• Regular Updates – New features, blocks, and patterns added monthly
• Expert Support – Get help from WordPress professionals who understand your needs
• Community Driven – Features and improvements based on real user feedback

Time-Saving Features

• Quick Pattern Insertion – Find and insert patterns in seconds, not minutes
• Block Extensions – Enhance existing blocks without learning new interfaces

Privacy

Blocklayouts doesn’t track your visitors, set cookies, or collect personal data on the front end of your site.

The pattern library is a SaaS (software as a service) feature that fetches patterns and page templates from Blocklayouts servers. These requests are only made when a logged-in user opens the library in the editor, and they include your site URL. If you activate a license key, the key, your site URL and your site name are sent to activate it and to re-validate it once a day. No other personal or site data is collected or transmitted. See “External services” below for the full details.

By using Blocklayouts and accessing our pattern library, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.

External services

This plugin connects to the Blocklayouts pattern library service to provide block patterns, page templates, and their categories inside the editor, and to manage an optional premium license. Every custom block and block extension included in the plugin works fully without these requests; only the online pattern/template library and premium-license features rely on them.

Blocklayouts Pattern Library API (https://patterns.blocklayouts.com)

• What it is used for: fetching block patterns, page templates, and their categories for display in the editor’s pattern library.
• When requests are sent: only when a logged-in user with editing permissions opens the Blocklayouts pattern library or browses its tabs and categories.
• What data is sent: your site URL (as the HTTP Referer header). No post content, user data, or other personal information is transmitted.
• Pattern preview images, and any images used in the patterns you insert, may be loaded from Blocklayouts servers. As with any image, your browser sends its IP address and user agent when loading them.

Blocklayouts Licensing API (https://patterns.blocklayouts.com)

• What it is used for: activating, validating, and deactivating an optional premium license that unlocks access to premium patterns and page templates.
• When requests are sent: only when an administrator activates or deactivates a license key, and periodically (via a scheduled task) to re-validate a license key you have entered. No requests are made if you never enter a license key.
• What data is sent: the license key you enter and your site URL and site name (used together as the license instance identifier).

These services are provided by Blocklayouts. By using them you agree to the Blocklayouts terms of service and privacy policy.

Development

Source code and development tools are available at: https://github.com/blocklayouts/blocklayouts