Stackable – Gutenberg Blocks

Stackable – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks

This suite of blocks comes with quite a few new blocks (20+) a pretty good number of activa installs (10k+).

Upon activations we are asked to grant permissions for the plugin to “call home”. I see how this can be useful for plugin developers but it feels a little bit sketchy particularly the name+email part. It would be nice if you could choose which information you want to share.

Once we go pass this screen the plugin will lead you to a page to introduce how the blocks work (nice) and were you are offered the option to try the premium version of the plugin (here).

One of the features offered in the premium pack is Custom CSS, but I am not too sure how these would be helpful to a user that does not know CSS… while one who does know CSS could just drop a class in the block and style it accordingly…. right?

It is particularly nice to see how well each and every plugin is documented in the plugin’s page, in the repo:

• Container Block – View Block
• Separator Block – View Block
• Posts Block – View Block
• Feature Grid Block — View Block
• Accordion Block – View Block
• Image Box Block — View Block
• Feature Block — View Block
• Icon List Block — View Block
• Call to Action Block — View Block
• Card Block — View Block
• Header Block — View Block
• Count Up Block — View Block
• Video Popup Block — View Block
• Pricing Box Block — View Block
• Testimonial Block — View Block
• Team Members Block — View Block
• Notification Block — View Block
• Number Box Block — View Block
• Expand / Show More Block — View Block
• Button Block — View Block
• Blockquote Block — View Block
• Divider Block
• Spacer Block

There is also a general documentation page in their site, here.

The blocks

I like that the plugin has an icon of its own and a recognizable style/design for all of its blocks.

Accordion

This block is simple enough and works reasonably well but its content area does not offer the possibility to add blocks inside, besides text, which makes it a bit limited. I would recommend taking a look at my accordion blocks comparison post for more flexible options.

Blockquote

A few extra settings here and there, to choose the type, size and color of the “quotes”, as well as a un upsell to more layouts. Again, this block does not add too much to the core block, in my opinion.

Posts

Expand Block

Container Block

This blocks offers a viewport-height based size for the container (“Half and Full-Screen Height”)

Full width & half screen height (vh) container:

Slightly wider than main content container:

Contained container with a gradient as its background color: