Top 10 Custom Brics for Blocs in 2024
In this article, I will share our own experience using almost every available custom bric for the Blocs app and share with you our Top 10 custom brics.
Custom Brics are extensions you can install on your Mac to expand the built-in functionality of Blocs Website Builder. As you know, here at Blocs Master, I am focused on getting the best out of the Blocs app without depending on 3rd-party developers, but sometimes some of these Custom Brics really do bring something cool to our workflows as Blocs designers.
In this article, I will share our own experience using almost every available custom bric for Blocs app, and share with you our Top 10 ranking depending on how good these extensions are and how essential they can be for your workflows.
The purpose of this article is straightforward. As a Blocs Master, I frequently engage with hundreds of Blocs app users, and many inquire about my opinion on various custom brics. I aim to provide a resource where I can direct these users – an article that I intend to continuously update with new and improved brics moving forward.
Some of these are essential and real game-changers, bringing huge benefits, while some are just little time-savers.
Disclaimer: I am not paid by any of these brics, and all of the opinions are my own.
1. Volt CMS
The best 3rd-party solution for adding CMS functionality to any Blocs app website. Volt CMS is very easy to set up and manage, highly customizable, and gets the job done without any problems. This is arguably the best 3rd-party custom bric for the Blocs app, and every Blocs app user should have it in their toolbox. Over the past years, I have used it on dozens of websites.
Price: €99
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2. Site Search
Another contender for the best custom bric for the Blocs app. Site Search brings search functionality to usually static Blocs websites. It is very easy to set up, and it works almost instantly. I use it on every Blocs website where I need search functionality.
Price: $40
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3. Page Transition
Want to have smooth transitions on your Blocs website? Page Transition is a super useful custom bric that allows you to add different types of beautiful transitions to your pages with just a few clicks. You can easily change the style, timing, and speed of the transitions.
Price: $20
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4. Image Overlay
This easy-to-use bric allows you to add super smooth and beautiful overlay effects to images on your Blocs app website. The overlay can include a title, description, and even a button, which is perfect for use with project thumbnails. As always, by editing a few custom classes, you can customize the Image Overlay element styling to be exactly what you want. Highly recommend this bric.
Price: $30
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5. Iconic Gallery
Built-in galleries in the Blocs app are very basic, so if you often create photography-related websites, Iconic Gallery is another must-have custom bric for you. It allows you to greatly simplify creating and managing mid to large-sized galleries without messing around with images, thumbnails, and grids. Just upload a bunch of photos to a folder on your server or iCloud photo album, and the bric will automatically display these photos in a modern gallery grid with lightbox functionality.
Price: €49
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6. Dromeas
Dromeas is a relatively new bric for the Blocs app, which brings something completely new to the Blocs ecosystem. You can use it to create unusual and interactive layouts to make your Blocs website look and feel different. I haven’t used it myself on my websites yet, but after testing it for a while, I am sure that when I have to create something unique, Dromeas is definitely going to be on my mind.
Price: €50
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7. DeSpam
DeSpam is a great alternative to the built-in Google ReCAPTCHA function. It provides easy setup of cutting-edge spambot blocking capabilities for your Blocs email forms and a large selection of styling controls. I haven’t used it myself on my websites yet, but I did test it and it works great.
Price: $20
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8. Pagelingo
This custom bric provides an easy-to-use method to quickly create multilingual websites. Powered by Google Translate, Pagelingo will automatically translate the pages of your Blocs website based on the visitor's location. I personally prefer to create completely custom-made translations for my multilingual websites, but if you want to save time and you are okay with Google Translate's level of translation (which is getting better every year), then this bric might be for you.
Price: $15
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9. Particles
One of the best free brics for Blocs, Particles lets you add animated particle backgrounds to any section (one per page) on your website. The bric allows you to customize the number of particles, their size, color, and speed at which they are moving. I use it from time to time on some of my personal or client projects.
Price: Free
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10. Quicklink for Blocs
Another relatively new custom bric for the Blocs app based on the work done by Google Chrome Labs, Quicklink for Blocs tries to reduce the page loading time when a user navigates to sub-pages. It proactively looks for links on the page and preloads them in the background. I haven’t used it myself yet as all of my websites are already fast (advantage of using the Blocs app), but if you want to take advantage of this technology, this bric makes it easier to add it to Blocs.
Price: $14
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