A block theme is only as useful as the blocks it ships with. Nextora, the WordPress block theme from BePlus, bundles 37 free Gutenberg blocks — enough to build most of a site without a separate block library.
That count reflects the develop branch, where the collection has grown well past the 18 blocks in the current v0.0.14 release. Nineteen more are on the way, including a chart block, a table of contents, an events list, and an expanding-card gallery. Here’s the full lineup, grouped so you can see what’s worth reaching for.
Where the Blocks Live
All of the Nextora theme blocks live inside the theme, under the blocks/ folder in the GitHub repository. They’re first-party blocks, not wrappers around a third-party library, so they inherit the theme’s design tokens and typography. You add them from the block inserter like any core block, and their options sit in the block sidebar.
There’s no separate plugin to update and no paid tier. The theme is open source, which means every block below is free.
The Full Block Lineup
The 37 blocks fall into a handful of groups. Blocks marked as new are on the develop branch and land in a future release.
Layout and Containers
- Advanced Container – a group with color, image, or video backgrounds
- Advanced List – a list with per-item icons and text
- Advanced Button – a CTA button group with inner Button items, using Lucide icons or uploaded images
- Advanced Icon – a single Lucide icon or custom image
- Box Icon and Box Image – icon or image cards in a grid that becomes a carousel on small screens
Heroes and Sections
- Hero Section – a two-column hero with clamp()-based sizing
- Hero Paper Roll – a full-screen hero with a 3D paper-roll background (new)
- Call to action – a flexible CTA banner with optional parallax
- Page Title – a themed title section with breadcrumbs and motion
- Scrolling Promotion – a continuous text or logo marquee
- Scrolling Image Strip – a horizontal image strip with tilt and fade mask (new)
Galleries and Media
- Image gallery (grid) – bento, spotlight, and editorial layout presets
- Image gallery (slider) – a Swiper carousel with autoplay, arrows, and dots
- Arc Gallery Section – images arranged along a curved arc
- Expanding Cards – a hover-grow gallery with a detail modal (new)
- Instagram Feed – square tiles with a lightbox
Content and Blog
- Blog Posts – posts in a carousel, grid, or list with query and card controls
- Post grid – a responsive grid with meta and query settings
- Related Posts – server-rendered matching by shared category or tag (new)
- Table of Contents – auto-generated from headings with scroll-spy (new)
Forms, Data, and Interactive
- Contact form – emails the admin and sends a confirmation to the visitor
- Chart – line, bar, and doughnut charts (new)
- Counters – animated statistics with count-up on scroll
- Events – an events list with date badge and register link (new)
- Google Maps – an iframe or JavaScript API embed
- Notifications – an alert banner with dismiss (new)
- Plugin Notice – a dotted-border notice linking to supported plugins (new)
Testimonials and Team
- Testimonials — a split-screen carousel with ring pagination
- Testimonial Carousel — a minimalist fade carousel with an avatar stack
- Our Team — a team showcase with a Swiper carousel
Navigation and Utility
- Site header – logo, menu, and an optional toolbar for search, cart, and account
- Spotlight search – a header control that opens a modal with live REST search
- Slide wrapper and Slide item – carousel primitives for building custom sliders (new)
- Text List Hover Image – a text list that reveals a cursor-following image (new)
A Few Worth Calling Out
Every block has a use, but a handful stand out for how much work they remove.
Table of Contents is the one I’d reach for most often. It’s auto-generated from your headings, with scroll-spy and smooth scrolling, so long posts get usable navigation without a plugin or manual anchor links.
Related Posts is also worth noting because it’s server-side rendered. That means it resolves the correct posts from the current page’s categories or tags, which client-side post blocks sometimes get wrong on cached or archive pages.
For pure visual impact, Hero Paper Roll is the most distinctive of the new batch. A full-screen hero with an infinite 3D paper-roll background is the kind of thing you’d normally need a custom build for.
Finally, the Contact form block removes a plugin for simple sites. It emails the admin and confirms to the visitor, which covers a lot of small-business needs on its own.
Getting the New Blocks
The 18 released blocks are in Nextora v0.0.14 today. The other 19 sit on the develop branch, so you can either wait for the next release or build from source to try them early. Clone the repo at github.com/miketropi/nextora, switch to the develop branch, and run the theme build. The full list lives in the blocks/ directory. If you’re new to the theme, the FAQs page covers common setup questions.
Verdict
On Nextora, these blocks quietly replace a stack of plugins: forms, charts, galleries, testimonials, related posts. The trade-off is lock-in. Blocks that ship with the theme don’t follow you if you switch themes later. For a block-first build on Nextora, that’s a fair price for a cohesive, free library. See the rest of our coverage on the blog.
