Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid

July 17, 2024

Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid Plugin

A collection of dynamic post blocks to quickly build stunning news, magazine, and blog websites.

Magazine Blocks

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Craft Stunning News, Magazine, and Blog Websites Using Exclusive Post Blocks by Magazine Blocks!

Magazine Blocks is a powerful Gutenberg blocks plugin focused entirely on creating dynamic websites for magazines, news portals, and blogs.

Design visually captivating and highly detailed magazine WordPress websites with various post layouts, including grids, banners, post lists, and tabbed posts. You can also display posts as per categories using specialized blocks like Category List and Featured Categories.

Additionally, explore several blocks explicitly designed for magazines and news, including Date & Weather, News Ticker, Social Icons, Advertisement, etc. Further, you can seamlessly organize these Magazine blocks into structured rows and columns with the help of the Section block.

16 DIFFERENT FLEXIBLE MAGAZINE BLOCKS

Our plugin lives up to its name by providing a collection of customizable magazine blocks tailored for your Gutenberg editor. You also have the flexibility to turn the magazine blocks on or off according to your needs.

  • Section: Create unique magazine layouts by inserting the required blocks in rows and columns as necessary.
  • Heading: Add section titles with various markups from H1 to H6.
  • Advertisement: Upload advertisement images of different standard and display sizes. You can also add images using a URL.
  • Banner Posts: Display a collection of your posts in banner form.
  • Grid Module: Use the full-width block to showcase highlighted posts.
  • Featured Posts: Highlight important or attractive posts on your site.
  • Featured Categories: Highlight various categories and their associated posts.
  • Tab Post: Display the latest and most popular posts in a tabbed design for easier search.
  • Post List: Display your posts in a small list design.
  • Post Video: Use WordPress video post format to list videos from YouTube.
  • Category List: Display categories to enable readers to browse by category of interest.
  • News Ticker: Automatically scrolls through posts for the continuous flow of information.
  • Date & Weather: Display the current date and weather on your site.
  • Slider: Allow users to view your posts in slides, either manually or automatically.
  • Social Icons: Add social icons and link social profiles on your site.
  • Modal: Showcase important information and call-to-action prompts with the visually striking modal popup.

WHY CHOOSE MAGAZINE BLOCKS FOR YOUR MAGAZINE SITE?

Magazine Blocks is a Gutenberg block plugin exclusively developed to enable users to create stunning magazines, news portals, and blog websites. You can experiment with our customizable post blocks to design diverse layouts according to your preferences.

Extensive Customization Options for Blocks
Magazine Blocks come with high flexibility and customization options, allowing you to tailor the block design and other elements to your preferences.

  • Unlimited layout possibilities
    With many blocks and customization options, this plugin offers endless magazine layout possibilities for your website.

  • Query posts by Category
    Choose the posts based on the Category. Likewise, it’s also possible to select the posts based on Tag, Date, Title, and Author

  • Number of posts to show
    Select the desired number of posts for display.

  • Advertisement image sizes
    Choose the appropriate size for your advertisement images.

  • Alignment options
    Set the alignment for the text, banner post, pagination, images, meta, etc., per your requirements.

  • Full width and fixed width section container
    Select the full-width or fixed-width layout element per your preferences

  • Colors, Background colors
    Make your site visually appealing and reinforce brand identity with various colors and background color options.

  • Background image and overlay
    Easily add the background image and overlay to achieve the desired aesthetics for your website.

  • Size and spacing
    Efficiently manage the margin/padding, border/box, shadow, and radius as needed.

  • Horizontal and vertical alignment
    Adjust the alignment of your content, either horizontally or vertically, to suit your preferences.

Flexibility for Placement of Blocks Anywhere on Your Website
You can integrate Magazine Blocks seamlessly within the Dashboard Widget Area and Customizer Widget Editor.

Easy-to-Read Text/Readable User Interface
Typography is crucial on magazine websites for distraction-free reading. Thus, Magazine Blocks offers a range of colors, backgrounds, spacing, and contrasts, ensuring excellent readability.

Visual hierarchy is maintained based on size, color, style, etc., so you can organize articles according to their importance. Further, posts are categorized into three sizes: large (Highlighted Post), medium (Normal Posts), and small (Post Listing), allowing readers to find relevant articles easily.

Built with Speed in Mind
Magazine Blocks has lightweight blocks to ensure your website performs exceptionally fast. Further, it loads Google fonts locally, enhancing your site speed and ensuring GDPR compliance.

A Mobile-First Responsive Design that Looks Great on Any Devices
Magazine Blocks is optimized for seamless performance across all devices, such as mobile phones, laptops, iPads, tablets, and more. Thus, visitors can have a smooth reading experience of your blogs, news, articles, and more, regardless of their device.

MAGAZINE BLOCKS COMPATIBILITY WITH WORDPRESS THEMES

Magazine Blocks is compatible with most WordPress themes in the market. A few popular ones are listed below:

MAGAZINE BLOCKS COMPATIBILITY WITH WORDPRESS PLUGINS

Magazine Blocks works with most other WordPress plugins. Below are some popular ones:

DOCUMENTATION AND SUPPORT

👉 Refer to our Documentation for self help
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You can see how each blocks look in the Screenshots area below: 👇

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FAQ

Is Magazine Blocks plugin free?

Yes! The plugin is completely free of cost. You can download, install, and start creating your website using Magazine Blocks.

Does it work with any WordPress theme?

Yes! It works with any theme that has been created following the WordPress coding standards.

Do I need coding skills to create a website using Magazine Blocks?

No! You don’t need to know a single line of code to create awesome websites using Magazine Blocks.

Can I use this plugin with other block plugins?

Yes! Magazine Blocks is fully compatible with other block plugins.

Do I need Gutenberg Editor to use Magazine Blocks?

Absolutely Yes! Magazine Blocks has been created using the Gutenberg editor. Hence, it does not go well with classic editor or other page builder plugins.

Changelog

1.3.13 – 17-07-2024

  • Fix – Compatibility issue with 6.6 version of WordPress.

1.3.12 – 09-07-2024

  • Fix – PHP error

1.3.9 – 08-07-2024

  • Added – Style option for slider block.
  • Added – Heading style on each block.
  • Added – New latest posts block.
  • Added – Option to change alignment and color on date and weather block.
  • Added – Grid Modules block category typography, margin and border option.
  • Added – Border radius option for card in slider style 2.
  • Update – Feature block image max width and height.
  • Update – Swiper Js implementation in slider block.
  • Fix – Active inspector tab color.

1.3.8 – 29-05-2024

  • Fix – Grid Module block issue.
  • Fix – Advertisement block issue.
  • Added – Banner post block layout 3 and styles option.
  • Added – Grid Modules block post count option.
  • Added – Grid Modules block category enable, color,background and padding option.
  • Added – Grid Modules block content alignment option.
  • Added – Grid Modules border options.

1.3.7 – 26-04-2024

  • Update – Readme document content.
  • Enhancement – General security measures.

1.3.6 – 18-04-2024

  • Added – New modal block.
  • Fix – Dashboard design and content.
  • Fix – Feature image clickable in banner posts block.
  • Fix – Global color issue.
  • Fix – Global typography issue.

1.3.5 – 06-03-2024

  • Added – Option to change tab block active background.
  • Added – Option to change tab block tabs color.
  • Added – Option to change tab block tabs typography.
  • Fix – Font Awesome icon issue on social icon block.
  • Fix – Font Awesome icon issue on news ticker block.
  • Fix – Frontend scripts 404 issue.
  • Fix – Style guide design issue.

1.3.4 – 12-02-2024

  • Fix – Slider block issue.
  • Fix – Tab block click issue.
  • Fix – Image blur issue.

1.3.3 – 01-29-2024

  • Added – Banner post block layout 2 style 2 preset option.
  • Added – Post list block layout 1 style 2 preset option.
  • Added – Category list block Layout 3 preset option.
  • Added – Category list separator option.
  • Added – Banner post block post box height option.
  • Added – Banner post block post box radius option.
  • Added – Grid module block post title enable option.
  • Added – Featured post block post box border style.
  • Added – Featured Post block post box border color option.
  • Added – Featured Posts block image border radius option.
  • Added – Featured Posts block image width option.
  • Added – Featured Posts block image height option.
  • Added – Featured categories block post box border style.
  • Added – Featured categories block post box border color option.
  • Added – Featured categories block image border radius option.
  • Added – Featured categories block heading enable option.
  • Added – Post list block image border radius option.
  • Fix – Post list block image toggle issue.
  • Fix – Slider block visibility issue on frontend.
  • Fix – TabPost block, tab switch issue.

1.3.2 – 01-22-2024

  • Added – Left Sidebar Panel.
  • Added – Global color and typography setting.
  • Enhancement – Slider Control.
  • Enhancement – Dimension Control.
  • Enhancement – Color Control.
  • Enhancement – Background Control.
  • Enhancement – Preset Control.
  • Enhancement – Alignment Control.
  • Enhancement – Select Control.
  • Enhancement – Typography Control.
  • Enhancement – Border Control.
  • Enhancement – Box shadow Control.
  • Enhancement – Icon Picker Control.
  • Enhancement – Library modal design.

1.3.1 – 01-02-2024

  • Fix – Featured posts first post highlight spacing issue.
  • Fix – Featured posts read more button spacing issue.

1.3.0.1 – 12-06-2023

  • Fix – Slider options not working.
  • Fix – Slider arrow design in editor.

1.3.0 – 12-05-2023

  • Fix – Category list gap issue.
  • Fix – Heading typography issue.
  • Fix – Grid Module excerpt margin issue.
  • Feature – Load Google fonts locally.
  • Feature – Preload local fonts.
  • Feature – Maintenance mode.
  • Feature – Editor options.
  • Feature – Option to add top separator on section block.
  • Feature – Option to add bottom separator on section block.
  • Feature – Block Advanced options.
  • Enhancement – Dashboard design.

1.2.7 – 11-6-2023

  • Add – Pagination styling options.
  • Add – Image hover animation options.
  • Fix – Featured posts block first post highlight image width issue.
  • Fix – Featured categories block content width issue.

1.2.6 – 10-18-2023

  • Fix – Post list block excerpt margin issue.
  • Fix – Post list block read more border issue.
  • Fix – Featured posts block read more color issue.
  • Fix – Featured posts block read more box shadow issue.
  • Add – Review notice.

1.2.5 – 10-11-2023

  • Feature – Option to change responsive condition.
  • Feature – Option to change grid module block layout.
  • Feature – Option to change featured posts block layout.
  • Feature – Option to change banner posts block layout.
  • Feature – Option to change featured categories alignment.
  • Feature – Option to change slider speed.
  • Feature – Option to change slider auto play.
  • Feature – Option to change slider pause on hover.
  • Feature – Option to enable slider arrow.
  • Feature – Option to change slider post title typography.
  • Feature – Option to enable slider category.
  • Feature – Option to change slider meta position.
  • Feature – Option to enable slider excerpt.
  • Feature – Option to enable slider read more.
  • Feature – Option to enable slider dots.
  • Feature – Option to change category list layout.
  • Feature – Option to change category list title typography.
  • Feature – Option to change category list count color.
  • Feature – Option to change category list count background color.
  • Feature – Option to change category list count width.
  • Feature – Option to change post list block layout.
  • Feature – Option to change post list image height.
  • Feature – Option to change post list image width.
  • Feature – Option to change post list gap.
  • Feature – Option to change post list vertical alignment.
  • Feature – Option to enable post list excerpt.
  • Feature – Advance query option on featured posts block.
  • Feature – Advance query option on featured categories block.
  • Feature – Advance query option on banner posts block.
  • Feature – Advance query option on grid module block.
  • Feature – Advance query option on slider block.
  • Feature – Advance query option on post list block.
  • Feature – Pagination option on featured posts block.
  • Feature – Pagination option on grid module block.
  • Feature – Pagination option on post list block.
  • Feature – Pagination option on banner block.
  • Feature – Read more styling options.

1.2.4 – 09-19-2023

  • Fix – Alignment issue on post list block.
  • Fix – Editor design.

1.2.3 – 09-12-2023

  • Feature – Introducing heading block.
  • Feature – Option to change box shadow of post box on post list block.
  • Feature – Option to change box shadow of post box on featured post block.
  • Feature – Option to change box shadow of post box on featured categories block.
  • Feature – Option to change post title typography on banner posts block.
  • Feature – Option to change post title typography on featured post block.
  • Feature – Option to change post title typography on post list block.
  • Feature – Option to change post title typography on grid module block.
  • Feature – Option to change post title typography on tab post block.
  • Feature – Option to change post title typography on featured categories block.
  • Feature – Option to change post title color on grid module block.

1.2.2 – 09-05-2023

  • Feature – Introducing slider block.
  • Feature – Option to change height on grid module block.
  • Feature – Option to change column on grid module block.
  • Feature – Option to enable heading on grid module block.
  • Feature – Option to change post gap on grid module block.
  • Feature – Option to change heading style on featured post block.
  • Feature – Option to change heading style on post list block.
  • Feature – Option to enable excerpt on featured post block.
  • Feature – Option to change excerpt color on featured post block.
  • Feature – Option to change read more color on featured post block.

1.2.1 – 08-22-2023

  • Feature – Option to change heading and border color on category list block.
  • Feature – Option to change heading and border color on featured posts block.
  • Feature – Option to change heading and border color on featured categories block.
  • Feature – Option to change heading and border color on grid module block.

1.2.0 – 08-15-2023

  • Feature – Option to change post box background color on post list block.
  • Feature – Option to change post title color on post list block.
  • Feature – Option to change post title color on featured posts block.
  • Feature – Option to change post title color on tab post block.
  • Feature – Option to change post title color on featured categories block.
  • Feature – Option to change heading and border color on post list block.
  • Feature – Option to change meta icon color on post list block.
  • Feature – Option to change meta link color on post list block.
  • Fix – Featured categories content width issue.
  • Fix – Featured posts content width issue.

1.1.9.1 – 03-21-2023

  • Update – Stable tag.

1.1.9 – 03-21-2023

  • Tweak – Magazine Blocks Pro support.

1.1.8 – 01-13-2023

  • Fix – WP Media upload button issue on Advertisement block.

1.1.7 – 01-04-2023

  • Fix – Post list content alignment issue.

1.1.6 – 01-02-2023

  • Fix – Padding issue in popover content in block editor.
  • Fix – Block CSS generation issue in frontend.
  • Fix – Advertisement block image upload issue.

1.1.5.1 – 12-26-2022

  • Fix – Padding issue in popover content.

1.1.5 – 12-26-2022

  • Fix – Block render issue in widget block editor.
  • Fix – Block CSS generation issue in customizer.
  • Fix – Possible PHP errors.
  • Tweak – CSS improvement.

1.1.4.2 – 11-07-2022

  • Fix – PHP error.

1.1.4.1 – 11-07-2022

  • Add – Screenshots on .org description.

1.1.4 – 11-07-2022

  • Enhancement – Optimize dynamic blocks CSS.
  • Enhancement – Inspector control tabs and panels.
  • Fix – Widget blocks not generating CSS for latest changes.
  • Fix – Compatibility issue with older version of WordPress.
  • Fix – Slider block control converting decimal to integer.
  • Fix – CSS generation for blocks.

1.1.3 – 10-21-2022

  • Improvement – CSS refactor.

1.1.2 – 10-20-2022

  • Fix – News ticker block width issue.
  • Fix – Overlay color issue in section block.
  • Feature – Option to select number of column on Post video block.

1.1.1 – 10-10-2022

  • Update – Stable tag.

1.1.0 – 10-10-2022

  • Fix – Link hover issues in the featured posts and featured categories blocks.
  • Fix – Category list design issue in editor.
  • Fix – Featured Image size issue on Post List block on editor.

1.0.9 – 30-09-2022

  • Improvement – CSS refactor.
  • Tweak – Post date icon color improvements.
  • Feature – Option to change the background color of social icons block.
  • Fix – Link hover issues in the category list and banner posts blocks.
  • Fix – Spacing issue in grid module block.

1.0.8 – 07-09-2022

  • Fix – Compatibility issue with older version of WordPress.

1.0.7 – 06-09-2022

  • Fix – PHP error.

1.0.6 – 01-09-2022

  • Fix – Post date alignment.
  • Fix – Grid Module block height issue.

1.0.5 – 31-08-2022

  • Enhancement – Widget block CSS generation and loading on frontend.
  • Add – News Ticker block.
  • Add – Date/Weather block.

1.0.4 – 05-07-2022

Add – Post Video block.
Add – Advertisement block.
Feature – Option to change image position on post list block
Feature – Option to show/hide featured image on post list block
Feature – Option to select number of column on Featured Post block
Enhancement – Block editor CSS.

1.0.3 – 17-06-2022

  • Update – Stable tag.

1.0.2 – 17-06-2022

  • Add – Category List block.
  • Add – Featured Categories block.
  • Add – Social Icons block.

1.0.1 – 01-06-2022

  • Add – Section block.
  • Fix – CSS ID issue.
  • Fix – Additional CSS Class(es) issue.

1.0.0 – 04-04-2022

  • Initial release

Details

  • Version: 1.3.13
  • Active installations: 4,000
  • WordPress Version: 5.4
  • Tested up to: 6.6.1
  • PHP Version: 7.0

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