Crosswinds Blocks

Take your website to the next level with the Crosswinds Blocks plugin!

Screenshot of the different blocks that come with the Crosswinds Blocks plugin

Add More Functionality to Your Website with Crosswinds Blocks!

The Crosswinds Blocks plugin adds in even more functionality to help you take your website to the next level.

The core of the plugin is the block library that adds in simple but powerful blocks that you can use in your posts and pages. There are blocks that add in post navigation and related posts sections for your blog pages. You can also add in social sharing sections so people can share your content with their friends and followers.

There are also accordion and tab sections that allow you to present a lot of information in a contained space. And there are very simple blocks that make tricky things, like breadcrumbs and the copyright date for your footer, super easy.

And for those who want to scratch their design, it comes with a grid block to help you create complex designs as well as tools for using flex box on all group and column blocks. Oh, and it helps you a lot with the responsiveness for all of your designs, so your website will look great no matter what device it’s viewed on.

As you’ll see, it’s a very simple plugin but it can add a whole lot to your website, even if you don’t use one of the Crosswinds Framework themes.

Details

  • Version: 1.2
  • Requires WordPress Version: 6.2
  • Tested Up To: 6.5
  • Requires PHP Version: 7.4

Level

Free

Tags

blocks, custom post types

Block Library

Add Simple, But Powerful Blocks to Your Arsenal

The real power behind the Crosswinds Blocks plugin is the number of simple yet powerful blocks that it adds to your website. They might not look like much individually, but together they can really add a lot to your website. And you don’t need to hunt down a specific block plugin for each little thing. They’re all right here in one plugin.

Screenshot of the Crosswinds Blocks single content block
Screenshots of the Crosswinds Blocks skills slider and marquee blocks
Screenshots of the Crosswinds Blocks breadcrumbs block

Design Tools

Design and Create Better Pages

The WordPress site editor really gets you roughly 90 percent of the way to being able to design amazing websites right from the editor. But that 10 percent is annoying, especially when it includes responsive design issues and lack of control over things like grids. Crosswinds Blocks give you that last 10 percent so that you can design and build better pages for yourself or your clients.

Screenshots of the Crosswinds Blocks grid block
Screenshots of the Crosswinds Blocks grid block in the post editor and the panel of additional tools from the plugin
Screenshots of the Crosswinds Blocks accordion and tabs blocks
Screenshots of the Crosswinds Blocks post navigation and social share content blocks
Screenshot of the Crosswinds Blocks related posts block

Block Library

Add More to Your Single Post Template

The single post template is an important part of any website, especially if you rely a lot on your blog. And the Crosswinds Blocks plugin can help you add more functionality to your post template. From post navigation to related posts and helping people share your content, you can really make your blog post pages come alive.

Add in More Customizable Post Navigation

When you have people on your website, you want to keep them there. And one way to do that when they are reading a blog post is to have post navigation to the next and previous posts around the current post. Crosswinds Blocks makes that super easy for you to add to your blog post template with next and previous post blocks. Just add them to the template, customize how they look just like you would in the query loop block and you’re all set. Now you can have people read more of your content and keep them on your website.

Help People Share Your Content

One key in helping get your website seen by others is by readers sharing your content on their social media profiles. And Crosswinds Blocks can help you out with that. There’s a social share content block that allows you to display share links for all of the major social media companies so your readers can share your posts and pages with just one click.

Performance

Performance is key in today’s online world, and Crosswinds Blocks is built for speed. This theme will help you keep your website loading as quick as possible. With lean code and utilizing new WordPress styling tools, you won’t have to worry about your website taking too long to load.

Responsive Design

Websites are viewed on many different sized devices. So it’s important that your website looks great on a laptop, tablet or mobile device. Crosswinds Blocks will help you build a responsive website that looks amazing on all of those devices.

Translation Ready

Crosswinds Blocks already comes translated in a variety of different languages, including Spanish, French, German and Italian. And it’s ready for you to translate it into a different language using Loco Translate, WPML or any one of the WordPress translation plugins.

Rapid Support

Run into an issue with Crosswinds Blocks? No worries. Using the Report an Issue form, you’ll get rapid support for any bug you discover. I work to get things fixed up as quickly as possible to keep your website running. 

Automatic Updates

Your yearly or lifetime subscription gives you access to automatic theme updates. You’ll be able to easily update the theme with just a few clicks right in your WordPress dashboard. It’s the perfect way to make sure you’re up-to-date with Crosswinds Blocks.

Live Preview

See what Crosswinds Blocks can do in action

Want to see what Crosswinds Blocks can do for your website? Head on over to the demo site to see the amazing blocks and other functionality that you’ll get when you add the plugin to your website.

Screenshot of the front page for the Crosswinds Framework demo site

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