Blocksy vs GeneratePress: 21+ Feature Comparisons

Looking for the perfect WordPress theme can be a daunting task, especially with so many options out there. In this blog post, we will be comparing two popular themes – Blocksy and GeneratePress.
We will be highlighting 21+ features of each theme to help you make an informed decision on which one is right for you. Whether you are a blogger, business owner, or developer, this comparison will provide you with valuable insights on these two powerful WordPress themes.

What is Blocksy?

Blocksy Theme
Blocksy is a versatile and highly customizable WordPress theme designed for building modern and professional websites. With its intuitive interface and powerful features, Blocksy offers users a seamless experience in creating stunning websites without requiring any coding skills.
The theme is based on the WordPress block editor, allowing users to easily arrange and customize content blocks.

What is GeneratePress?

GeneratePress
GeneratePress is a highly versatile and lightweight WordPress theme that offers a solid foundation for building professional and customizable websites. With its clean and minimalistic design, GeneratePress focuses on speed, performance, and usability.
It provides a wide range of options and settings that enable users to personalize their website’s appearance and functionality without the need for complex coding.

Comparison Table Between Blocksy vs GeneratePress: 21+ Feature Comparisons

Why We Recommend Using Nexter Theme?

Make your WordPress image gallery more user-friendly and organised by adding a category filter. With a category filter, visitors can easily browse through specific image categories, making it easy to find the images they're looking for.

With the Media Listing block from The Plus Blocks for Gutenberg, you can easily create a WordPress image gallery with a category filter.

To check the complete feature overview documentation of The Plus Blocks for Gutenberg Media Listing block, click here.

Requirement  - This block is a part of The Plus Blocks for Gutenberg, make sure its installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.

To do this, add the Media Listing block on the page, select Images from the Type dropdown, then select the appropriate listing style and layout from the Layout tab, go to the Content tab, and choose Repeater from the Select Option dropdown.

Note: The Category option is only available for Repeater.

Make sure you’ve added and assigned categories to your images while adding content to each repeater item.

Then go to the Filters tab, and turn on the Category Wise Filter toggle.

Note: Category filter is not available for the Carousel layout.

Now you’ll see filter options in your image gallery that you can use to filter images by category.

media listing category wise filter

Note: Similarly, you can add a category filter to a video gallery by selecting Videos from the Type dropdown.

You can edit the ‘All’ filter label from the All Category Text field.

From the Filter Style and Filter Hover Style, you can choose different styles for the category filter labels for normal and hover states.

From the Filter Alignment section, you can align the filter label.

media listing category wise filter demo

Also, check How to Create a Video Carousel in WordPress.

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