MytTemeShop is a known WordPress site where you can find various themes and plugins for your WordPress site. I an using the themes from them on my sites ( including this one and some affiliate sits) as they have a nice design, they are fast and have a lot of customization options.

MytTemeShop released a new theme called Blocks last week and in this article, I would like to make a review of that theme and see if is the one for you.

Blocks Theme Review

Design

The design is nice and you can have various blocks added into your first page. You can choose to add posts from various categories and different formats. Below is a picture with the main example:

You have 7 Predefined HomePage Sections that you can use for your home page and 2 header options. Within the admin panel, you can choose the font and size for every section of your site. You can also choose a background color.

Features:

• Responsive
• Drag and Drop HomePage section
• 7 Pre defined HomePage Sections
• 2 Pre defined Header Layouts
• SEO Ready
• Schema Integrated
• Speed Optimized
• AdSense Optimized
• Advanced Options Panel
• Advanced Typography Options
• Unlimited Background Options
• Shortcodes
• 4 Types of Pagination
• Off-Canvas Mobile Menu
• WP Review Compatible
• Import Export Options
• Customizable Single Post Header
• 5 Related Posts Layouts
• Parallax and Zoom Out effect
• Author Box
• Dedicated Ad Management Options
• Social Sharing Buttons
• 600+ Font Icons Included
• 14 Custom Widgets

Under the Hood

All the options can be controlled within the admin interface. From there you can choose the front page elements, the fonts and various options that the theme has. The admin panel it has a lot of elements and is quite easy to choose what you need. Below are a couple of pictured so you can see exactly what it has:

Performance

Another import factor in a theme is performance and how fast is loading. A theme has to not have a lot of elements and load fast to offer a nice experience for the visitor. Is important especially if you are using also other plugins. I have done a test on a webserver build with easyengine that using a caching plugin that comes with easyengine and the results are quite good.

The webserver is very fast and you can check this in case you wan to set it out: Install EasyEngine On Ubuntu 18.04 With PHP 7.2

As you can see with the demo data you have loading under a second and only 24 requests ( the page has the full demo imported and more then 10 posts in homepage).

Price

The price is not very high and you can get it even with 35$ when is not at any discount.

There is also an option to buy a membership with 9$ a month. In this way you have access to all the themes and plugins.

Video Review for Blocks