No option for Native blocks?

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I eventually figured out that I’d need to rebuild with native blocks if I wanted those. It might a good idea to point out that the “WordPress” option is WordPress with Astra. Because ALL of the options are WordPress. I wasted a fair bit of time looking for a template that used only native blocks. Once I realized that there were none It was pretty easy to rebuild and delete Astra.

Again, thanks for responding

Aradhy, 

Thanks for the reply. There really wasn’t that much confusion. I was just curious as to why the Starter Templates plugin gives you the following build options for the Template: “Wordpress”, “Elementor” or “Beaver Builder” and if you choose “Wordpress” you get a template that is built with WordPress and Spectra Blocks. I Know that Spectra Blocks uses the block editor and it’s technically WordPress.  BUT Elementor and Beaver Builder are also technically WordPress. So when I saw the option for ‘Wordpress” I assumed that that the template would be built using NATIVE WordPress blocks. Which is what I wanted. 

There’s nothing wrong with Spectra Blocks. I might even opt for it in situations where the site is maintained by someone who has some technical skill. But for someone who is non-technical and just wants to edit and maintain their content it’s not a good idea to give them 300 anxiety inducing settings for every block and multiple options pages etc. etc.

I used the Starter Templates because I wanted the client to have some layouts to look at to help dial in some basic designs. I ended up just rebuilding the client’s template choice with native WordPress blocks and deleted Spectra Blocks and the Starter Template plugins to keep things clean and simple.

I don’t think it would be a bad idea to note that the “Wordpress” option in the template builder uses Spectra Blocks on the build options screen. That said, it’s not that big of a deal to rebuild those templates with native blocks.

Again, thanks for your reply.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by telecine.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by telecine.

Aradhy,

Thanks for the reply. To be clear I was not suggesting that the templates be rebuilt with native blocks. My suggestion was:

“I don’t think it would be a bad idea to note that the “Wordpress” option in the template builder uses Spectra Blocks on the build options screen.”

I didn’t mind having to rebuild the template myself. It’s just that I could have avoided some time wasted trying to get the plugin to generate a template that used 100% native WordPress which is what that setting seemed to suggest. And YES, I know that Spectra Blocks technically operates in a 100% WordPress environment but so does Elementor and Beaver Builder.

My suggestion was for the following options when generating the template:

WordPress (with Spectra Blocks) or Elementor or Beaver Builder

instead of:

WordPress or Elementor or Beaver Builder

Thanks again

Thanks.