Refoundry Blocks

Description

Love WordPress but hate themes? Want granular control over every single element of your sites, without moving to a proprietary site builder platform to get it? Refoundry is for you.

Refoundry is a low-code, theme-free visual site builder that enhances Gutenberg. Get faster page speeds, responsive blocks, and total creative control.

Try it now for free! Or unlock Refoundry’s most exciting features, engineered for agencies, with Refoundry Pro.

Build High-Performing Custom Websites, Faster

Your clients want control over every little detail of their new sites without having to hire a developer. You want to increase profitability. Refoundry is a win/win.

• Save 70-80% on development time by building the majority of your sites with Refoundry’s responsive blocks
• Only 10-20% of the build requires coding, leaving your developers more time for fun stuff like interactions and customizations with CSS, JavaScript, JSON API integrations, or functions.php
• Refoundry drastically reduces or even eliminates the hours wasted on bug fixes
• Anyone on the team can make edits to content, layouts, and styling – no waiting in a queue for developers
• Pro users can combine Reusable Component Blocks and the Component Library of responsive layouts to build new pages in record time

Need to know more? Compare Refoundry to other site builders, and learn more about the benefits to agencies already using Refoundry. Or check the FAQs on this page!

The Blocks

All Refoundry users get access to the entire library of responsive blocks. These are like the default WordPress blocks, except better – and you have total control over style and layout settings in the visual editor.

• Accordion
• Advanced Filters
• Archive List
• Button
• Column
• Container
• Featured Image
• Filter Dropdown
• Filter Search Bar
• Filters (parent)
• Google Maps
• Grid
• Heading
• Image
• List
• Logo Grid
• Navigation
• Next Page
• No Results
• Page Numbers
• Pagination
• Paragraph
• Post Author
• Post Date
• Post Excerpt
• Post Terms
• Post Title
• Previous Page
• Query Block
• Query Post Template
• Related Posts
• Reusable Component Block
• Row
• Slideout
• Slider (carousel)
• Social Icons
• Tabs (navigation)
• Video Popup

The Settings

We keep talking about how you can control all of the settings in the editor, and they’re not locked into the theme or hard-coded into the page template. These are Refoundry’s settings and features.

• Adobe Font Kits
• Borders & Radius
• Box Shadow
• Button & Link Styles
• Color Codes
• Colors
• Custom Fields
• Display Settings
• Font Awesome Shortcodes
• Global Styles
• Google Fonts
• Google Maps
• Gradient Backgrounds
• Gutter
• HTML Anchor
• Image Background
• Parallax
• Positioning
• Responsive Block Settings
• Spacing
• Sticky Header
• Theme Customizations
• Typography
• Utility Classes
• Widths

Refoundry enhances the Gutenberg editor, so all of the regular WordPress settings and features you’d expect are also present, like the list view, user roles, toolbar menus, templates, template parts, patterns, and responsive previews.

Pro Features

• Reusable Component Blocks: Save any group of Refoundry blocks – even whole page layouts – as reusable components. Add them anywhere in a couple of clicks. Edit globally or edit local instances.
• Custom Fields: Add extra custom data to your posts or pages, beyond the standard fields for content that you can build with regular Refoundry blocks (or with the Component Library sections that are also available to Pro users).
• Component Library: A library of 72+ professionally designed, fully responsive component layouts that you can drop into your pages, or fetch with ScoutAI. They include banners, text sections, callouts, grids, and post loops.
• Animations and Parallax: Add movement and drive engagement with scroll parallax effects, smooth scrolling, in-page scroll, sticky elements, head’s up, hover styles, and support for animate file formats.

Support

Refoundry has a team of real humans with decades of agency experience (including product engineering to design, development, SEO, content, project management, and digital strategy) working behind the scenes. We want Refoundry to be the solution that makes your builds better, faster, and more successful.

We deliver quick turnarounds on support requests. Pro users get priority email support. We also have a thorough (and free) Support Library that includes detailed documentation on every single block, settings and features, and video tutorials.

External Services

This plugin connects to Typekit (typekit.com) if provided a valid project ID and api key. An API key and Project ID are transmitted, receiving data from Typekit in the form of fonts to use. Fonts are used in the display of text on the site, if configured to do so.
This plugin connects to Google Maps API (maps.googleapis.com) if provided a valid API key. Only an API key is transmitted. This service is provided by Google.

Blocks

This plugin provides 51 blocks.

• Refoundry Video Popup
• Refoundry Post Date Displays the title of a post, page, or any other content-type.
• Refoundry Button
• Refoundry Post Author – Avatar Display post author avatar.
• Refoundry Archive List Displays a list of taxonomy terms, linking to their archive pages.
• Refoundry Container Block
• Refoundry Social Icons Display icons linking to your social media profiles or sites.
• Refoundry Slideout Block
• Refoundry Post Author – Bio Display post author's bio.
• Refoundry Accordion Item
• Refoundry Post Author – Name Display post author's name.
• Refoundry Mixed Content Block
• Refoundry Post Featured Image Display a post's featured image.
• Refoundry Accordion Block
• Refoundry Quote Block
• Refoundry Map Block
• Refoundry Post Author (Legacy) Display post author details such as name, avatar, and bio.
• Refoundry Slider
• Refoundry Post Nav Link Displays the next or previous post link that is adjacent to the current post.
• Refoundry Post Title Displays the title of a post, page, or any other content-type.
• Refoundry Heading
• Refoundry Logo Grid
• Refoundry Statistic Block
• Refoundry Paragraph Block
• Refoundry Navigation A collection of blocks that allow visitors to get around your site.
• Refoundry List Create a bulleted or numbered list.
• Refoundry Tabs Block
• Refoundry Image
• Refoundry Post Excerpt Display a post's excerpt.
• Refoundry Social Icon Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site.
• Refoundry Query Post Template Contains the block elements used to render a post, like the title, date, featured image, content or excerpt, and more.
• Refoundry Icon Post Block
• Refoundry Row Block
• Refoundry Grid Block
• Refoundry Column Block
• Refoundry Custom Link Add a page, link, or another item to your navigation.
• Refoundry Tab Item
• Related Posts Block
• Refoundry Filter Dropdown Renders a dropdown for the selected taxonomy for use in compound filtering.
• Advanced Filter
• Refoundry Filter Search Renders an input field for searching.
• Refoundry Logo Grid Block
• Refoundry Submenu Add a submenu to your navigation.
• Refoundry Query Block
• Refoundry Next Page Displays the next posts page link.
• Refoundry Search Renders a search form.
• Refoundry Previous Page Displays the next posts page link.
• Refoundry Slider Item
• Refoundry Pagination Displays a paginated navigation to next/previous set of posts, when applicable.
• Refoundry Page Numbers Displays a list of page numbers for pagination.
• Refoundry Filters Displays filtering options for visitors to use.

FAQ

Is Refoundry legitimate? Are there live Refoundry websites I can see?

Yes! Refoundry has been used to create professional, high-performance websites since late 2022. There are hundreds of early Refoundry users out there in the wild, including agencies, site owners, marketers, and technical teams.

Refoundry’s case studies library is coming soon! In the meantime, you can see a selection of websites built entirely using Refoundry on the Forge and Smith website (we’re the agency behind Refoundry).

What’s included in the Pro version of Refoundry?

The Pro version includes everything from the free version, plus advanced features like the Component Library, animations & parallax, custom fields and Reusable Component Blocks. It’s perfect for more complex or dynamic websites. Read more on our Pro Features.

Can I try the Pro version before purchasing?

We don’t offer a trial of the Pro version, but you can start with the free version to see how Refoundry works. If you find that you need the additional features, upgrading to Pro is quick and easy. We also offer custom demos to help you decide if Refoundry is right for you, and we offer a refund if, after 30 days, you don’t love Refoundry.

Does purchasing Pro include support?

Yes, purchasing the Pro version gives you access to priority email support. We’re here to help with any questions or issues you might encounter while building with Refoundry. For a limited time to support our early adopters, we’re able to offer screenshares to help get you up to speed even faster.

How do I install Refoundry?

Download the Refoundry zip file you received in your email. In your WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Add New. Click “Upload Plugin”, select the downloaded zip file, and click “Install Now.”

After installation, be sure to activate the plugin to enable its features. Read more in our support documentation.

What is Refoundry’s compatibility?

Refoundry was engineered to enhance the Gutenberg editor, so anything Gutenberg can do, Refoundry can do too (and better!). If a plugin is compatible with Gutenberg, it should also work with Refoundry. That means you can keep using all of your favourite plugins for SEO, accessibility, translation, analytics, form-building, reviews, security, and so on.

The same is true of any tech integration, such as eCommerce platforms and marketing platforms. You do need to have PHP 8.0 or higher, and WordPress version 6.6 or higher.

Can I add Refoundry to my existing WordPress site?

Yes! You can add Refoundry to any WordPress site that uses the Gutenberg editor.

Can I use regular WordPress blocks on a Refoundry site?

Yes, and they will even pick up the Global Styles settings that you’ve created for Refoundry.

Do I need to be a developer to use Refoundry?

No. Refoundry is a low-code tool that renders code as you work with the blocks and native settings. Anyone can use it to create layouts, build menus, make templates, set global styles, and more. With that said, you’ll have an easier time getting started with Refoundry if you’re already comfortable with the Gutenberg full site editor and the concept of containers, rows, and columns.

Does Refoundry have a theme?

Refoundry is themeless in the traditional sense, where a theme is a bunch of code that controls creative elements across your site. Refoundry comes with two themes that don’t do anything like that. One is empty, and only exists so that Refoundry can work with WordPress, and to give developers a place to add custom code. The other is Refoundry’s Starter Theme, which is optional to use and comes with global and component style presets as well as a basic header, footer, and a demo page to help you get started faster.

Does Refoundry use templates?

You don’t have to use templates to build with Refoundry. But Refoundry can work with templates in the same way any WordPress site can (ie. with the default templates and templates parts functions, which you can build out with Refoundry blocks), because templates make it easier and faster to create new content!

Pro users also have access to a library of expert-crafted, responsive UX templates, from small content sections to entire layouts. You can make as many custom layouts as you want, and even customize styles and layout settings within a template.

Can I customize Refoundry?

Absolutely. Just because it’s low-code, doesn’t mean you’re limited. WordPress is open source, and Refoundry is an extension of WordPress. So developers can add custom CSS, JavaScript, or add functions to functions.php to build custom features, integrate tools, or modify WordPress behaviors — all while leveraging Refoundry’s flexible block-based system. It’s also easier to customize WordPress with Refoundry, because you can do this in the Custom Styles area of the full site editor as well as in the theme.

Can I build a big website with Refoundry?

Yes. Just like any other WordPress site, you can create as many pages and posts as you need. In fact, Refoundry makes it quicker to build page and post templates if you use its Reusable Component Blocks. We have seen Refoundry sites with 1k to 50k posts!

Does Refoundry have good tech support?

Refoundry was created by an agency, for agencies, and continues to be supported (and expanded) by its original team of experienced engineers. We know that any problem can eat into profitability. We have a team of real humans who answer all support requests. Pro users get priority email support. We also have a thorough (and free) Support Library that includes detailed documentation on every single block, settings and features, and video tutorials.

Do you offer refunds?

If you’re not 100% satisfied with Refoundry Pro we will refund your purchase.

Reviews

Dead simple, surprisingly fast

jcbizzy February 7, 2025

I built one of my client’s websites using Refoundry for the first time and I probably won’t be going back to Elementor or other builders for now. Clients found it super easy to add/edit on their own after the site was done. Solid support and they are adding new features often. I recommend devs try it out.

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.8.5

• Fix issue with some blocks not properly applying custom field overrides;
• Fix issue with slider autoHeight not properly applying if the slider was initially hidden on the page during load;

1.8.4

• The free version has been unleashed upon the cosmos. Signs and portents, etc.