Guten Blog: The Gutenberg Block Plugin Review

Post author By Alvaro Gómez
Post date 23rd September 2018
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One of the beauties of Gutenberg is that it creates an ecosystem in which all new blocks and UI elements are fully compatible and interchangeable.

This means that the work of different developers is now recyclable and stackable.

I created this site to test and keep track of new blocks and other Gutenberg related plugins.

Thank you for visiting!

Álvaro.

Utility Blocks

Block Unit Test for Gutenberg

Post author By Alvaro Gómez
Post date 19th June 2019
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UPDATE: This plugin has been closed as of February 7, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is permanent.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-unit-test/

Tags developer-tools, retired

Containers Single Blocks Utility Blocks

Grids: Layout builder for WordPress

Post author By Alvaro Gómez
Post date 17th June 2019
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Grids: Layout builder for WordPress

Tags container

Collections Post Loops Templates

Stackable – Gutenberg Blocks

Post author By Alvaro Gómez
Post date 21st June 2019
1 Comment on Stackable – Gutenberg Blocks

Stackable – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks

Tags accordion, blockquote, freemium, more, Post Grids, Post Lists, RGDP

Single Blocks

Meow Gallery (+ Gutenberg Gallery Block)

Post author By Alvaro Gómez
Post date 4th July 2019
2 Comments on Meow Gallery (+ Gutenberg Gallery Block)

Gallery Block (Meow Gallery)

A well thought out plugin that offers several layout options, including Masonry. It is practical and very well thought out, you can tell it was a photographer who built it. It is also important to note that this plugin works both as a Gutenberg block and with the classic “shortcode” gallery.

Tags gallery, masonry

Collections Extensions Post Loops Templates

Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – Kioken Blocks

Post author By Alvaro Gómez
Post date 6th July 2019
6 Comments on Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – Kioken Blocks

Update This plugin has been closed as of March 15, 2022 and is not available for download.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/kioken-blocks/

A block suite that ~~includes~~ ~~claims~~ certainly includes custom queries for post lists and which does extend Gutenberg in two interesting ways: custom inline color and fonts.

If you need to display Custom Post Types I also would recommend you take a look at Archive Mapping and Post Selector in general or Product Blocks in the case of WooCommerce products.

Tags container, CPT, inline-styles, pages, Post Grids, Post Lists, Post Sliders, retired, tabs, typography

Block Management Collections Containers Extensions Templates

Ghost Kit – Gutenberg Blocks and Templates Collection

Post author By Alvaro Gómez
Post date 28th July 2019
3 Comments on Ghost Kit – Gutenberg Blocks and Templates Collection

Ghost Kit – Page Builder Blocks & Extensions

This is one of may favourite block collections because it offers block management and extra display/spacing/animation settings.

Update: I have done a new review of this plugin, focusing on not just the blocks but on all the additional settings and extensions in functionality, please check it here.

Tags accordion, animation, block-management, container, custom-css, custom-js, freemium, gist, icons, instagram-feed, pricing-table, summary-table of contents, tabs, templates, twitter-feed, typography, widget, widgetized-area

Block Management Collections Post Loops Utility Blocks

Advanced Gutenberg

Gutenberg Blocks – PublishPress Blocks Gutenberg Editor Plugin

This one’s a bit confusing, as there is already another plugin called Advanced Gutenberg Blocks.

This plugin offers a balanced list of blocks, including some not too common, such as the “Advanced list” and the “Summary” blocks.

Tags accordion, columns, contact-form, container, layout, lightbox, lists, map, newsletter, Post Grids, Post Lists, Post Sliders, summary-table of contents, tab, testimonials, woocommerce

Reviews Single Blocks

Kona – Instagram Feed for Gutenberg

Post author By Alvaro Gómez
Post date 28th July 2019
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Kona Gallery Block

A fairly straightforward and light-weight block to add an instagram feed. If need want extra options & settings please check other options, such as the block offered by Ghost Kit.

I quite like to, when you first insert it, the block provides a link right there to go get a IG token:

Tags instagram-feed

Containers Single Blocks

Pop Up Block by Block Party

Post author By Alvaro Gómez
Post date 17th August 2019
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Pop Up Block

This plugins provides a single new block, which works as a container. It gets added along all other “Common Blocks”:

Tags container, pop-up

Comparisons Reviews

Table of contents (Summary) Blocks: A comparison

Post author By Alvaro Gómez
Post date 15th August 2019
3 Comments on Table of contents (Summary) Blocks: A comparison

When writing long posts, a table of contents is absolutely necessary. There are many plugins on the repo which will use the heading structure to create this summary dynamically, and add it to the posts automatically:

Table of Contents Plus

Easy Table of Contents

I would like to cover today several new blocks that offer a similar functionality to the two examples above but which work as blocks.

Tags summary-table of contents