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Subtle Blocks

Core blocks that
respect your theme.

Subtle Blocks is an upcoming framework that inherits your theme.json as the ultimate source of truth. Lean, semantic HTML5. Architectural integrity for the modern WordPress era.

Design with the grain.

Our Philosophy

Inheritance over dominance.

We never fight your site’s DNA. We inherit your theme.json settings—colors, typography, spacing—so your blocks feel native the second they touch the page.

Ruthless simplicity.

We fiercely protect your mental load. Every UI field is audited for clarity and impact. Smart defaults are utilized carefully and frequently. We do everything we can to ensure that each decision you make feels like a meaningful action.

Architectural integrity.

Clean code is the silent partner of great design. We advocate for the web by outputting lean, semantic HTML5 and accessible patterns by default.

Integrated icon ecosystem.

Cultivate a personal icon library powered by an engine that connects you to 100,000+ icons. Lightweight SVGs that integrate seamlessly with our blocks natively.

We launched Subtle Icons: our free plugin

Subtle Icons brings 100,000+ icons, native ACF integration, and four lightweight blocks to your editor. 100% free.

Explore Subtle Icons

What’s coming in Subtle Blocks

A utility suite of structural and interactive blocks.

Tabs

Semantic tabs that are flexible and easy to manage.

  • Horizontal and vertical layouts
  • State management for tab buttons
  • Keyboard accessible with native ctrl+f discoverability
  • Convert into Accordions on tablet or mobile breakpoints

Accordions

Polished accordions with smooth interactions.

  • Granular control over Toggle Icons and optional Feature Icons
  • State management for closed, focus, and open, with smart defaults.
  • Powered by native HTML5 <details> element – no frontend javascript.

Cards

Precisely control repeating sections for different screen sizes, with toggleable regions.

  • Responsive controls for cards per row on Desktop, Tablet & Mobile.
  • Configurable regions for content, title, icon and cover.

Gallery Grid

Advanced, performance-first gallery layouts

  • Highly flexible masonry, offset-column, and mosaic layouts, including responsive controls.
  • Performant lazy-loading
  • Accessible lightbox module

Carousel

Wrap a Cards or Gallery Grid block into a Carousel layout.

  • Collapse a grid of cards directly into a Carousel on mobile.
  • Configurable navigation buttons, pagination dots, and thumbnails.

Illustrated Text

Treat SVGs and brand logos as semantic text elements that are readable by screen readers and search engines alike.

  • Premium Icon Management
    • Bookmark icons for easy retrieval
    • Store, reuse and group custom SVGs by category
    • Dashboard to configure default icon collections and system icons.
  • Shadow Builder: Integrated shadow configuration system. Build and save custom shadows directly in the block editor.
  • Simplified settings mode, global style controls, and more.