These two updates push the boundaries of what’s possible with block-based layout design in WordPress.
These releases are packed with a new Carousel Block, as well as powerful new CSS Grid features, smarter dynamic content tools, and workflow enhancements that will make your designs more flexible, maintainable, and future-proof.
Introducing the All-New Carousel Block
GenerateBlocks Pro 2.5.0 introduces the new Carousel Block, an innovative new way to provide high performance carousels unlike any other system. The Carousel Block setup begins with a dialogue enabling starter patterns for:
- Basic slider
- Gallery
- Testimonial Carousel
- Hero slider
- Query Carousel
The Query Carousel provides site owners with the capability of querying any data within WordPress to allow any post type, meta options, products, or custom post types within a fully customizable carousel.
This isn’t just another slider. The GenerateBlocks Pro Carousel Block is a fully block-based, accessible, and infinitely customizable carousel that works seamlessly with the WordPress block editor. Use any GenerateBlocks or WordPress core blocks as slides. There are various controls for carousel navigation, autoplay, pagination, and responsive breakpoints, all with the same intuitive interface GenerateBlocks is known for.
No more bloated slider plugins. Your carousels now live natively alongside your content.
CSS Grid Upgrades
Both GenerateBlocks and GenerateBlocks Pro now give you full control over the modern CSS Grid properties you’ve been asking for:
- grid-auto-columns
- grid-auto-rows
- grid-template-areas
- grid-area
- text-wrap (pretty-print, balance, stable)
These new fields live inside the Styles Builder, giving you pixel-perfect control without writing a single line of custom CSS. Name your grid areas, let implicit rows and columns size themselves automatically, and create complex magazine-style layouts that used to require third-party plugins or heavy custom code.
Whether you’re building asymmetrical galleries, editorial grids, or advanced dashboard interfaces, these tools make GenerateBlocks one of the most capable native Grid builders in the WordPress ecosystem.
Global Styles Just Became Smarter
GenerateBlocks Pro 2.5.0 introduces the Global Style Usage Modal, a game-changer for site owners.
Ever wonder exactly where a Global Style is being used across your site? Now you can click a button and see a complete list of every block instance implementing that style. Update once, see the impact instantly, and never lose track of your design system again.
We’ve also increased the Global Style limit significantly, so even large design systems won’t hit performance ceilings.
Dynamic Content Gets Even More Powerful
Two new dynamic tags have landed in Pro:
- Site Logo URL. Perfect for header templates
- Site URL. Instantly pull your homepage URL anywhere
Plus, new operators have been added to GenerateBlocks Conditions, so that you can set behavior whether a Condition has a value or not. These give you finer control over conditional block display, such as personalized content, smarter hero sections, and cleaner fallback states.
Developer-Friendly Improvements
These additions make GenerateBlocks even more robust for advanced users and agency workflows.
- generateblocks.media.imageAttributes filter – Take full control over auto-populated image attributes in the Media block
- Global CSS values (inherit, initial, revert, revert-layer, unset) are now available across all SelectControl components
- Dynamic tag validation middleware – Prevents unsafe meta references from slipping through during save
GenerateBlocks Continues to Innovate
GenerateBlocks 2.2.0 and GenerateBlocks Pro 2.5.0 will be rolling out automatically very soon. As always, we recommend backing up your site before updating, though these releases have been thoroughly tested across WordPress 6.6–6.9.
For a full review of the entire changelog, see our technical notes. [link]
The future of lightweight, powerful WordPress design is here, and it’s never been more exciting.
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