Product: Crosswinds Blocks

The Google Maps block allows you to display a Google Maps embed on your posts and pages. Settings/Attributes How to use this block First, you’re going to need to get a Google Maps API key, which you can learn more about here. Once you have the key, you’ll need to add it in the Crosswinds…

The download search filters are a group of blocks that allow you to create a search and filters section for your Easy Digital Downloads downloads. The downloads search filters block is the container block that you’ll need to use. This ensures that all of the filters look for only the downloads post type when you…

The copyright block allows you to display a copyright date and text on your page (most likely in the footer). And you won’t have to worry about updating the date every year. Settings/Attributes How to use this block While you can use this block anywhere on a template, it’s highly recommended that you use this…

The breadcrumbs block allows you to display a breadcrumbs section on the post or page to let people know where they are on your website. Settings/Attributes How to use the block Using the breadcrumbs block is really easy. It’s highly recommended that you use this in your template files, so you’ll want to go to…

The basic grid block allows you to create a simple grid of items. This can be really helpful in showing off a list of features for a product or service or a list of services that you offer. And you can control how many columns are shown at mobile, tablet and desktop screen sizes. If…

The accordions block allows you to add an accordion section to your content. This can be really useful for frequently asked questions or any other section of content where you have a lot of information to share but don’t want to take up too much space on the page. Settings/Attributes How to use this block…

Currently there are over 15 blocks you can add to your templates, template parts, posts and pages. These blocks range from a simple marquee to post navigation to more complex sections like accordions and tabs. Blocks

Customizing the use of Crosswinds Blocks with your theme is fairly easy and straightforward. Right now, the biggest thing you can do is force certain blocks, post types and taxonomies to be enabled when your theme is active. Below are the filters you can use to do just that. Blocks Post Types Taxonomies More customizations…

Getting started with Crosswinds Blocks is pretty simple. You’ll be up and running with it on your website in just a few minutes after following these instructions. The plugin is now active on your website and you can start adding cool blocks to your website.