Photo Block

Photo Block is an advanced yet intuitive responsive image block plugin for WordPress that makes adding, styling, cropping, and managing photos inside the block editor a breeze.

Photo Block combines many features from other image blocks into one, resulting in a fully featured alternative that includes responsive controls,easy cropping, global styles, caption overlays, and lightbox support.

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Features

Easy and Flexible Uploading

Upload directly, choose from the Media Library, or import via a URL. Supports external image sources—such as ScreenshotOne—for automatic screenshots. Every image uploads quickly and previews instantly.

Smart Cropping and Custom Ratios

Define image proportions with built-in ratio presets or enter your own. The smart cropper respects hard crops and known aspect ratios, or you can perform a completely custom crop.

Responsive Image Settings

Every dimension—including padding, width, height, margins, and borders—has responsive controls. Adjust your images to ensure they scale beautifully across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.

Advanced Sizing, Aspect Ratio, and Object Fit

Fine-tune image width, height, and object-fit for a consistent layout. Set an aspect ratio for a custom fit—ideal for hero images, grids, and feature sections with pixel-perfect alignment.

Multi-Line and Overlay Captions

Add expressive, multi-line captions or display them as overlays with hover effects. Position captions at the top, bottom, or center, and mix typography blocks for creative layouts.

Built-In Lightbox

Enable a responsive lightbox with just a few clicks by opening link settings. Viewers can expand and browse larger versions of your images without leaving the page.

CSS Gram Filters

Quickly style your images with 26 built-in CSS Gram filters. Adjust warmth, contrast, or add vintage flair directly in the editor—no photo editing software required.

Drop Shadow Support

Add depth with customizable drop shadows. A simple toggle turns flat images into elegant, layered visuals.

Global Style Presets

Save your favorite image settings as Global Styles. Apply them anywhere with a single click and update them site-wide later for consistent branding and appearance.

Query Loop Integration

Use Photo Block within the Query Loop block as a featured image source. Captions and settings pull automatically, making it perfect for archives and blog lists. The plugin works well inside GenerateBlocks or Kadence loops and also supports the Core Query block.

Seeking Feedback

I'm seeking feedback on existing feature set, as the plugin has been out for some time and has a limited number of users. Adoption of the plugin and marketing has been extremely tough.