First Look at the Spectra Beta and Pro Version News

First Look at the Spectra Beta and Pro Version News

Brainstorm Force has a very popular Gutenberg Addon called Spectra. The name was just changed, it was previously called Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg. A big update to version 2 has just gone into beta and there is news about a pro version which is forthcoming. 300,000+ Active installs 769 5 star reviews Pro version coming…

The Plus Addons for Gutenberg and the Nexter Theme Builder

The Plus Addons for Gutenberg and the Nexter Theme Builder

The Plus Addons for Gutenberg recently added support for dynamic data to their collection of Gutenberg blocks. I have been waiting for this feature before reviewing the plugin and am excited to take a look. As we will see, the Plus Addons for Gutenberg is a unique block collection. The video includes a brief overview…

Crocoblock JetThemeCore Adds a Theme Builder for Gutenberg

Crocoblock JetThemeCore Adds a Theme Builder for Gutenberg

The Crocoblock team has recently released a big update to JetThemeCore. JetThemeCore is Crocoblock’s template and theme builder plugin. It used to only work with Elementor and required their Kava theme, but the new version now also works with Gutenberg and with popular page builder friendly themes. The messaging around the new theme builder has…

Kadence Blocks Home Run: Three New Blocks, Flex Layout, and Meta Box Support

Kadence Blocks Home Run: Three New Blocks, Flex Layout, and Meta Box Support

Today Kadence Themes released another big update to the free and pro Kadence Blocks plugins. This release continues a streak of new blocks, Gutenberg enhancements, and fixes. Video Version The video does a walk-through of the new features. New Features Summary The free Kadence Blocks had these new additions: Add: Section blocks can be used…

Thrive Themes Changes Pricing Model Based on Knowing Their Customers

Thrive Themes Changes Pricing Model Based on Knowing Their Customers

Pricing is one of the hardest challenges for plugin and theme developers. On one end you have agencies who want an unlimited sites package at an attractive price. At the other end you have single site owners who may not have site income to offset subscription prices. Buyers want a lifetime package while sellers worry…

Blockstudio ACF Blocks and the Full Site Editor:  A Game Changer?

Blockstudio ACF Blocks and the Full Site Editor: A Game Changer?

The premium version of Advanced Custom Fields has the ability to create custom Gutenberg blocks. I hadn’t used this before as there seemed to be a lot of steps in the block creation process. However, I recently purchased a copy of the Blockstudio plugin, which promises to streamline the process of creating ACF blocks, so…

Kadence and Stackable Gutenberg Blocks Comparison

Kadence and Stackable Gutenberg Blocks Comparison

In this review I’m comparing Kadence Blocks and Stackable Blocks. I’ll be looking side by side at the different aspects and features. These are two of the best Gutenberg addons, especially if you are interested in dynamic data and using Gutenberg instead of a page builder. You will see that while there are some similarities…