marksabbath

StudioPress

WP Engine

John Parris

Nick C

Ryan Kienstra

Jen Baumann

Phil Johnston

Mike McAlister

Michael Day

atomicblocks

<p>Genesis Blocks is a collection of page building blocks for the Gutenberg block editor. Building pages with the block editor and Genesis Blocks gives you more control to quickly create and launch any kind of site you want!</p>
<p>Installing the customizable Genesis Blocks plugin adds a collection of beautiful, site-building blocks to help you customize page layouts, increase engagement, and get results for your business. Genesis Blocks provides everything from customizable buttons, to beautifully-designed page sections and full-page layout designs via the Section & Layout block.</p>
<p>Along with the blocks themselves, Genesis Blocks extends the content creation experience by providing a library of page sections and full-page layouts, all available from within the block editor.</p>
<h3>Create compelling content faster.</h3>
<p>Create and use content quickly with prebuilt and custom content sections and full-page layouts.</p>
<h3>Enhance the Gutenberg editor.</h3>
<p>Additional content blocks and the layout selector make it easy to get the most value out of the block-based editor.</p>
<h3>Genesis Blocks currently includes the following blocks to help you build content and pages quickly and effortlessly:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Section & Layout Block</li>
<li>Advanced Columns Block</li>
<li>Newsletter Block</li>
<li>Pricing Block</li>
<li>Post Grid Block</li>
<li>Container Block</li>
<li>Testimonial Block</li>
<li>Inline Notice Block</li>
<li>Accordion Block</li>
<li>Share Icons Block</li>
<li>Call-To-Action Block</li>
<li>Spacer & Divider Block</li>
<li>Author Profile Block</li>
<li>Drop Cap Block</li>
</ul>
<p>Breaking change: The Genesis Blocks Button block is deprecated in favor of the Core Buttons block.</p>
<p>When you open the block editor, this will automatically convert your Genesis Blocks Button blocks to the Core Buttons block.</p>
<p>This will not convert Button blocks if you don’t open the block editor.</p>
<p>You might see some styling changes, especially if you have custom styling for classes other than ‘gb-block-button’.</p>
<h3>Do more with Genesis Pro</h3>
<p>For those wanting to level-up with Genesis Blocks, a Genesis Pro subscription brings even richer tooling and a bigger library of sections and layouts.</p>
<ul>
<li>2 new blocks</li>
<li>26 pre-built full-page layouts</li>
<li>56 pre-built sections</li>
<li>Save & reuse your own sections & layouts</li>
<li>Advanced block-level user permissions</li>
<li>Access to and support for Genesis Framework & all of our 35 StudioPress-made premium child themes.</li>
<li>Additional advanced features for the rest of the Genesis Product Suite</li>
</ul>
<p>Genesis Pro includes even more value for modern WordPress content creators, marketers, and developers. <a href="https://www.studiopress.com/genesis-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about Genesis Pro here</a>.</p>
<h3>Google AMP Support</h3>
<p>The Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) project is a publishing format created by Google to enhance site performance for mobile website users. AMP pages are specially designed for Google search users to quickly load website pages without using any extraneous data. Genesis Blocks has support for AMP built into each block!</p>
<h3>Help & Docs</h3>
<p>User and developer docs for Genesis Blocks <a href="https://developer.wpengine.com/genesis-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">can be found here</a>.</p>


Genesis Blocks

A user installed this plugin on my network without install_plugins capabilities via StudioPress's Genesis theme. Today, I got notified that a security fix had been committed for one of the plugins on my network.

I inspected the security fix, and practically, a user was permitted to install this backdoor. No wonder it got 100k+ installs while being a most obscure addition to WordPress.

The Genesis theme also installed a couple of Awesome Motive plugins via this, a company that goes against everything WordPress that I wouldn't dare to touch with a 10-foot cable. They do this via genesis_do_onboarding_pack_selection(), which checks for manage_options, not install_plugins or is_super_admin(), allowing anyone to hijack an open WordPress Multisite network.

I reported these security issues to them two years ago, but obviously, they still haven't been resolved. They show no care about your website.

Moreover, this plugin pollutes the global namespace with functions like is_heading() (without a namespace). I don't know who StudioPress is hiring nowadays, but the senior developers are long gone since its merger with WP Engine.

Amateurs. 

You shouldn't have ignored my previous calls, so enjoy this stain on your record.

Installed without consent, bad company

A collection of content blocks, sections, & full-page layouts for the block editor.

Ben Ritner - Kadence WP

Josh

Gilbert Hernandez

Mark Woodard

Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP – Page Builder Features


Really happy with the blocks and designs. 


Nice set of blocks.

Very good plugin


Whenever I need help I submit a ticket and receive an answer in the middle of the night by a very knowledgeable person on the other end of the world.


Fantastic support


I push Kadence blocks pretty hard, and invariably break something, but EVERY TIME I go to support with my weird need they come up with a solution that's simple and elegant.  Love it.


Excellent functionality, excellent support


I have been adapting to Kadence Blocks for a while, and recently, their support for Query Loops and Dynamic Elements improved a lot. The support team is responsive and helpful in sorting things out. I would highly request a source code display block for Kadence, one of the missing elements of many extensive block collections. Overall, they did an excellent job, even in the free version. I hoped they would make a rating block for dynamic data (ACF/Metabox) usage.


Great Collection For Daily Uses


Just use Kadence, it's the missing piece, and last time you should ever need to look at WordPress themes. Happy with everything they've built so far, and everything they evolve from feedback. Truly the best find in all my web design years.


The world's a better place with Kadence theme, blocks, and crew


This set of blocks are fantastic, but the best value is the support. I made three or four technical questions to support, and they responded me very accurate and fast, and in one of these questions, they added the needed filter to the plugin that they released the next day. Stunning and awesome support!!!


Fantastic support and very fast


The plugin is the most important enhancement for the block editor for developing corporate websites. We have been using it for several years on dozens of projects. Apart from that, the support is also great: I received a perfect customized solution for a special request on the same day.


Perfect for block editor and awesome support


I also have the PRO version of the plugin. After doing at least 30 sites with them, I have come to the conclusion that it is very comfortable but on some things we are still not there. It is full of bugs, even basic ones, it is not as performant as before. If you have complex pages you are forced to wait!



And it is not the server's fault because I am on a PC with 128GB of memory locally with a top processor and graphics card. It's just that it's not performing. You have to work on this, otherwise the product is nice but not usable.


A good idea but not performant


The plugin is an essential part of my WP site stack. It works, kinks are sorted out with time.



Some features are rolled out slower than others, but the same can be said of any other software or plugin.


Works well, constantly updates


Kadence Blocks works great with any theme and of course exceptionally well with the Kadence theme. 


Great Blocks Collection


This is a good plugin for wordpress blocks


20+ AI-powered Gutenberg Blocks with endless options, enabling top-notch efficiency for high-performance dynamic website creation.

Genesis Blocks vs Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP – Page Builder Features