Goodbye 2024 and welcome 2025! 🥳 last year was a fantastic year for Essential Blocks, your favorite Gutenberg blocks plugin. As we enter 2025, we want to reflect on the highlights, celebrate the milestones achieved and plan for more groundbreaking updates in the days to come. And we want you to be a part of the journey; that’s why we have gathered all updates, releases and achievements in one place in this blog. 

If you missed any Essential Blocks updates over the year, do not worry; you will find them all here. We hope you enjoy reading this blog about the journey of your Gutenberg blocks plugin as much as we did writing it. Without any delay, let’s dive in.

Looking Back 2024: Essential Blocks’ Year of Innovation, Growth & Lots of Love 

The year 2024 was memorable for everyone around the world, for businesses striving to grow, for WordPress and also for your favorite WordPress Gutenberg blocks plugin. This is also the year when Essential Blocks achieves consistency and scalability. This year’s milestones focused on community growth and user-friendliness rather than just sales numbers. Essential Blocks has a lot going on and we want to share it with you all. Let’s reflect on one of the most exciting years for Essential Blocks, its accomplishments, changelogs and other tiny little stats that are close to our hearts.   

Enhanced WooCommerce Store Customization 

Gutenberg’s features and versatility open up new possibilities; in addition to being the most useful blog editing tool, you can now modify the entire site. And this Gutenberg blocks plugin, Essential Blocks, goes above and beyond to make it easier to customize your WooCommerce online store with Gutenberg.

With your favorite Gutenberg blocks plugin, Essential Blocks, you can now customize your entire WooCommerce online store, from the home page to product single pages. 5 stunning WooCommerce blocks are released. To provide flexibility in WooCommerce online store customization, an additional 8 blocks were also released. Let’s have a look at these updates.

5 New WooCommerce Blocks Released 

Last year, Essential Blocks v5.0 was a massive release that included 9 Gutenberg blocks as well as WooCommerce blocks. Now you can style the Add-to-Cart button, product prices, ratings, details and images seamlessly. No more restrictions in designing your WooCommerce store and the amazing thing is all of these are available in the free versions. Here is the list of newly released blocks of your Gutenberg blocks plugin:

🌟Woo Add to Cart 🌟Woo Product Image 🌟Woo Product Details  🌟Woo Product Ratings 🌟Woo Product Prices 

5 New Advanced Blocks, Global Controls & WPML compatibility Are Included 

Your Gutenberg blocks plugin was not only focused on WooCommerce store enhancements, but it also introduced new interactive and advanced blocks. You can now say goodbye to the plain Paragraph block and style your texts with the Essential Blocks Text block. It provides the freedom to represent content in multi-columns, customize typography, styling and so on. 

Off Canvas is a unique and effective block introduced this year. This block allows you to add menus, flyout information, slide panels and other features to your Gutenberg website that will slide in or appear when a button or other Gutenberg external blocks is triggered. Yare can organize and show additional content without cluttering the main screen with this premium block.

Other worth-mentioning updates from last year are:

• Addition of other new blocks like Taxonomy, Post Meta, Breadcrumbs etc.
• Included Global Typography control for all blocks
• Visibility options for customizing the designs of each block
• Translation compatibility with WPML for blocks and full site… and many more.

Revolutionized Design Experience with WordPress Gutenberg Blocks: Introduces New Presets 

Essential Blocks was designed to give you the most flexibility possible when designing in Gutenberg without coding. Keeping that promise, this Gutenberg blocks plugin has introduced a new way of designing with blocks, which are ready templates. 

The moment you insert the block into your page, you will be provided with multiple pre-designed layouts. Without starting from scratch, you can choose them and complete the customization and styling. This Gutenberg blocks plugin aims to provide this enhancement to all 60+ blocks. This year Essential Blocks has successfully revamped Filterable Gallery, Accordion, Table of Content, etc. blocks. 

A Look at the Most-Used Elements of Your Gutenberg Blocks Plugin That Sets It Apart from Others 

Essential Blocks stood out by offering versatile and user-friendly Gutenberg blocks that empowered creators to build stunning websites with ease. Let us take a closer look at some of the most popular blocks of 2024 that made Essential Blocks PRO & Free version favorite among users:

• Infobox Block: You can highlight important details in an eye-catching box with icons, titles and call-to-action buttons using this. Perfect for showcasing features or statistics.
• Slider Block: Display a carousel of images or content with this block. Your users can navigate through slides using arrows or dots. Common uses include showcasing products, testimonials, or portfolio items.
• Parallax Slider Block: Similar to a regular slider, but adds a parallax scrolling effect to the background images. This creates a sense of depth and visual interest as the user scrolls.
• Accordion Block: This block helps you to organize content effortlessly with collapsible sections ideal for FAQs or detailed descriptions.
• Advanced Heading Block: You can style headings with unique fonts, colors and effects to create standout titles.
• Flipbox Block: Add interactivity with flip animations. This stunning block is ideal for before/after images or team profiles.
• Typing Text Block: You can create dynamic text that types itself out, adding a fun, animated effect to your content with this block.
• Progress Bar Block: This block helps you to visually represent the progress of a task or project. It typically displays a bar that fills up to a certain percentage, often accompanied by a numerical value.
• Filterable Gallery Block: You can display a collection of images that can be filtered based on categories or tags with this block. This allows users to quickly find specific images within a larger gallery. 

These blocks have made designing websites easier and more engaging for users. As we approach 2025, Essential Blocks continues to provide tools for creating stunning websites with ease.

Essential Blocks Year in Statistics: Codes, Coffees & Upgrades 

In 2024, the Essential Blocks team had a productive year filled with exciting milestones. We published 21 blogs and created 12 engaging videos to help our community. With an estimated 8,109 cups of coffee consumed, our team worked tirelessly to make your Gutenberg blocks plugin better than before.

On the technical front, we made 2,803 code commits, added a staggering 228,768 lines of code and enhanced 2,343 files across our free and pro versions. Plus, we released 12 security upgrades in Free and PRO versions, along with 41 bug fixes and improvements throughout the year to ensure a smoother user experience.

The Booster That Keeps Us Going: Reviews & Testimonials from Happy Users

This year Essential Blocks made waves in the community, being featured in 22 PR blogs, with 7 exclusively dedicated to showcasing its features. Prominent names like Crocoblock, Wpmet and CommonNinja highlighted Essential Blocks as a must-have plugin. Additionally, we were thrilled to see Essential Blocks featured in 2 PR videos, solidifying our reputation as a user-favorite plugin. 

Every kind word from our users motivates us to keep improving Essential Blocks. This year, we have received countless positive reviews highlighting our plugin’s ease of use, customization options and reliable support. One user called it the ‘Best of the Best’, while others appreciated the careful support and great performance of this Gutenberg plugin. Feedback like this fuels our passion and commitment to providing the best experience for WordPress users.

Let’s Grow Stronger in 2025 & Celebrate Milestones 🍻

As we enter 2025, we are filled with enthusiasm and determination to make this year even more significant for the WordPress community. Essential Blocks, your trusted Gutenberg blocks plugin, is ready to embark on a journey of innovation and achievement. 

With a focus on allowing users to easily create stunning websites, we are committed to introducing cutting-edge features, celebrating significant milestones and growing stronger alongside you. Let’s have a look into the roadmap and upcoming highlights for 2025, designed to push the boundaries of what the Gutenberg blocks plugin can achieve. 

More Insightful Gutenberg Features & Blocks Are On the Way 

Essential Blocks is now considered the most powerful Gutenberg blocks plugin, which covers versatile category blocks. You will find blocks for content, marketing, dynamic elements, creative elements, WooCommerce blocks, form integrations and many more. 2025 will be the year when we want to focus on block enhancements. Infobox, Pricing Table, Post Grid, etc. are a few blocks that we want to revamp and increase functionalities. Rather than that, planning to bring more new blocks and enrich the Gutenberg block library. Stay tuned. 😉

Your feedback Is Powerful: Share What You Want Next 

It is you, our beloved users and readers, who have brought us here today through your continuous support and feedback. In the new year journey of this Gutenberg blocks plugin, we want to reflect your wishes. We want to hear what new blocks or enhancements you want in your Gutenberg blocks plugin. Let’s share the feedback in the below form:

A Few Steps Away From Touching 200k+ Active Installation Milestones 

Your favorite Gutenberg blocks plugin now has over 100,000 happy users. This was a huge milestone for us. And if we keep the same pace, hoping that 2025 will be the year with another great milestone, be a Gutenberg blocks plugin with 200k+ active users. Till now, Essential Blocks has been downloaded 5,143,612 times and its growth is 1.94%. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and get ready for another grand celebration. 🎉

Stay Tuned With Your Gutenberg Blocks Plugin, Essential Blocks

As we wrap up an incredible year, it is clear that Essential Blocks has made it a community favorite list as Gutenberg Block Library. It was also featured as a WordPress Gutenberg blocks plugin in the WordPress repository as well. It is speculated that Essential Blocks will continue to evolve in 2025, with innovative features, new block additions and increased customization options. 

Your feedback and support remain at the heart of our journey. So stay tuned for more ways to create stunning websites effortlessly with Essential Blocks, your trusted Gutenberg companion. Let us keep growing and building together. Wishing you a happy new year ahead.
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