{"id":1046,"date":"2022-11-28T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2025-11-21T14:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:44:06","slug":"blocksy-best-free-wordpress-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/blocksy-best-free-wordpress-theme","title":{"rendered":"Blocksy: Best Free WordPress Theme?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Blocksy review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have two websites and one staging site to test new themes, blocks, and plugins.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the sea of reviews, it can be difficult to determine the quality of a WordPress plugin without testing it first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few days ago, I tested the Blocksy theme which, from its name alone, did not indicate that it was any different from other themes. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was surprised but in a good way.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This WordPress theme is visually appealing, and efficient, and comes with all the features of some paid options, even in the free version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But let’s start in order.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main panel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you install the theme and enter the editor on the main panel you will have standard options-header, footer, sidebar, colors, and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Color options<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In color options, you have already defined many pallets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You only need to choose one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, you can always make your pallet if you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Typography<\/strong> options, you select different fonts for titles, buttons, blockquotes…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But some user fonts and Adobe fonts will be available only in the pro version as well as saving fonts locally for better speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post Types<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Under the Post Types<\/strong>, although it doesn’t look like that at first glance, you can define almost anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can define the layout of any page<\/strong> or post<\/strong> including a single post, archive, categories, an author page with social icons, and even a search page<\/strong>!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if you open Blog Posts<\/strong> you will have more options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Categories Structure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Categories Structure<\/strong> allows you five main options for your blog landing page: Simple, Classic, Grid, Enhanced grid, and Gutenberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Card options<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Another subcategory is Card options<\/strong> where you can define Card Type: Simple, Boxed, and Cover with the picture that covers the entire card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there are options for defining the number of columns and the number of posts on the archive page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Card Elements, you can add or remove Featured Image, Post Meta, Title, define Except, Read More Button, Post Meta even add Divider under the cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With additional parameters<\/strong>, you will adjust the Cards Gap and Card Inner Spacing including Content Vertical and Horizontal Alignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No, we are not done with the cards yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For every card, you can select Meta font, Meta Font Color, Card Background Color, or if you want to have a Card Border, Card Shadow, or Border radius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isn’t that amazing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blocksy Companion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After the installation of the Blocksy theme, you will be offered the option to install Blocksy Companion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blocksy Companion will integrate into WordPress and will allow you to install various useful plugins that are an integral part of the Blocksy theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cookies Consent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No, you don’t need another plugin if you want to add GDPR consent to your web page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just enable an option in Blocksy Companion<\/strong> and in the theme, customizer edits how the Cookies Consent<\/strong> will look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breadcrumbs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you want breadcrumbs<\/strong> on your website, turn on that option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But if you use the Yoast SEO plugin then select if you want Blocksy or Yoast breadcrumbs and define how it will look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performance options<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Performance, block choose options that work better for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, Inline loading of CSS files works better than the File option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you don’t use emojis, simply turn off the emojis script to improve loading performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And you can also determine if you want a lazy load<\/strong> of your images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes that option can speed up your website but that is not always the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Pro version of Blocksy in the same place, there will be an option to save fonts locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Form Elements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No, I didn’t find that option even in many Pro themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Form Elements, you can customize the comment form as you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A big plus for Blocksy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Network accounts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On Social Network Accounts<\/strong> you can add your social networks links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All important social networks are included here (although they are not visible in the picture).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitor Engagement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Visitor Engagement,<\/strong> you can add a Google Analytics or Google Analytics 4 code if you don’t use another plugin for that purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Remember that the old Google Analytics will only work for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an extension of the same panel, you can turn on IP Anonymization for enhanced privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can also include Schema.org Markup<\/strong> if you don’t have a plugin like Yoast<\/strong> to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With OpenGraph Meta Data<\/strong> activated your posts shared on social networks will look as you wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another plus for Blocksy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Export and import Customizations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With General>Manage Options<\/strong> you will open a panel for Import, Export, or Copy theme options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the Blocksy webpage, you can download the Blocksy child<\/strong> theme and test new options before transferring data to the parent Blocksy theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then in Copy Options<\/strong> select Copy From child Theme<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Blocksy<\/strong> has Social Icons<\/strong> integrated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That means you can add Social sharing in the header or footer or on any page or post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You just need to add the social platforms that you want and define the size of the icons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be preferable to enable the options “Open links in a new tab<\/strong>” and “Set links to nofollow<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On-page or post option<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On every page or post (in the block editor) in the top right corner you can find the Blocksy icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you press on that icon a panel with a whole range of options will open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From settings, you can disable or enable: header, footer, related posts, featured image, post tags, author box, share box, post navigation, and title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These options can be extremely useful for affiliate marketers in creating landing pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starter sites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Blocksy Companion<\/strong> you can add predefined sites if don’t want to start from zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When you choose a template Blocksy will offer to install plugins necessary for the website to work properly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blocksy page Speed test<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this picture, you can see the speed of my main blog page with six posts measured on Google Site Speed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I must mention that the webpage is on shared hosting, still uncompressed (no GZIP or Brotli compression), and has no cache or some acceleration plugin for now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From everything described, we can conclude that Blocksy is one of the best WordPress themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides, she is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n