Clean Blocks is a simple and sophisticated, free multipurpose Gutenberg WordPress theme crafted with Gutenberg compatibility in mind. It supports all Gutenberg blocks and is equipped with enhanced block styles. Like its name, the theme is simple, clean yet power packed with features to create modern and highly optimized websites of any kind. This theme has a gorgeous design that will be suitable for different types of websites. Amazing features like Featured Content, Featured Slider, Hero Content, Portfolio, Service, Testimonials, and more have been added to Clean Blocks. The process of realizing your ideas takes a minimal amount of steps, making sure you get the most out of Clean Blocks without investing too much time and effort. It also supports all devices with modern browsers. To top it all, the theme is translation-ready. And if you want advanced features for your website, check out the premium version.
Features
Theme Options
The most powerful feature of Catch Themes is its Theme Options which will allow you to easily customize your website with clicks. So, now you no longer need to be a designer or a programmer to build customized websites. Theme Options allow you to toggle on and off features, adjust layouts, change colors, fonts, logo, favicon, background, add social links and custom CSS.
Responsive Design
One of the key features of our themes is that your website will magically respond and adapt to different screen sizes delivering an optimized design for iPhones, iPads, and other mobile devices. No longer will you need to zoom and scroll around when browsing on your mobile phone.
Incredible Support
We have a great line of support team and support documentation. You do not need to worry about how to use the themes we provide, just refer to our Tech Support segment. Further, if you need to do advanced customization to your website, you can always hire our theme customizer!
Featured Page Slider
Featured Page Slider is an option that is helpful to highlight noteworthy pages on your site. You can have columns of content as well as selected images set on your page slider. The fun part is, you get to decide for how long a page stays on your page before something else comes up on the slider. How will you make that happen? By exercising your control over different slide effects and their timing!
Featured Content
Featured Content allows you to highlight your recent & popular posts on your website. It can either be displayed on Homepage or the entire site. You can add your title and sub-title for featured content, select the number of featured content, display Meta, select multiple categories, and enjoy displaying your featured & recent posts.
Hero Content
You can now display the best assets of your website with the Hero Content feature. The feature allows you to highlight the most important content in a fashion that is easily attention-grabbing. You can enable the hero content either on Homepage or the entire site. Hero Content - the easiest way to display your strengths.
WordPress Standard Codes
Our code is secure and optimized. We do proper data validation and sanitization and follow core theme guidelines. Our developers are active contributors to WordPress theme review and WordPress core. Our themes will always be updated as things change in WordPress.
Testimonials
People are always curious about what your goods and services are really like. Since customer testimonials are candid and not by the company promoting the product, they assist in building trust. You can display testimonials on Homepage, the entire site or disable it completely.
Portfolio
Portfolio empowers you to showcase your professional skills and accomplishments to the world at large. Display your Portfolio in an elegant manner on the Homepage/Frontpage, the entire site or you can also disable it completely if you don’t need it. An astounding way to easily display your experience, skills, talent, and expertise.
More Features
- Theme Options
- Responsive Design
- Featured Slider
- Page Templates
- Featured Thumbnail
- Threaded Comments
- Dropdown Menu
- Excerpt Length
- Gravatar Ready
- Localized for translations
- Custom Header / Logo
- Custom Favicon
- Custom Menu
- Custom Layout
- Support
- Hero Content
- Portfolio
- Testimonials
- Services
- Header Video
- Clean Header
- Featured Content
- WordPress Standard Codes
Free Vs Pro (Premium)
| Free | Features | Pro (Premium) |
|---|---|---|
| Responsive Design | ||
| Super Easy Setup | ||
| Color Options for various sections | ||
| Color Scheme: Dark, Gray, Red and Yellow | ||
| Header Media | ||
| Social Top Menu | ||
| Primary Menu | ||
| Social Primary | ||
| Footer Menu | ||
| Social Footer Menu | ||
| Social on Contact Info | ||
| Comment Options | ||
| Contact Info | ||
| Excerpt Options | ||
| Featured Content: Post | ||
| Featured Content: Page | ||
| Featured Content: Category | ||
| Featured Content: Custom | ||
| Featured Content: Custom Post Type | ||
| Featured Slider: Post | ||
| Featured Slider: Page | ||
| Featured Slider: Category | ||
| Featured Slider: Custom | ||
| Font Family Options | ||
| Footer Editor Options | ||
| Header Top Options | ||
| Hero Content: Page | ||
| Hero Content: Post | ||
| Hero Content: Category | ||
| Hero Content: Custom | ||
| Site Layout: Fluid | ||
| Site Layout: Boxed | ||
| Default Layout: Right Sidebar(Content, Primary Sidebar | ||
| Default Layout: Left Sidebar(Primary Sidebar,Content) | ||
| Default Layout: No Sidebar | ||
| Default Layout:No Sidebar:Full Width | ||
| Homepage/Archive Layout: Right Sidebar(Content, Primary Sidebar | ||
| Homepage/Archive Layout: Left Sidebar(Primary Sidebar,Content) | ||
| Homepage/Archive Layout: No Sidebar | ||
| Homepage/Archive Layout:No Sidebar:Full Width | ||
| Homepage Posts Column: 1 Column, 2 Columns, 3 Columns and 4 Columns | ||
| Blog/Archive Layout: Right Sidebar(Content,Primary Sidebar) | ||
| Blog/Archive Layout: Left Sidebar(Primary Sidebar,Content) | ||
| Blog/Archive Layout: No Sidebar | ||
| Blog/Archive Layout: No Sidebar(Full Widht) | ||
| Blog/Archive Post Column: 1 Column, 2 Columns, 3 Columns and 4 Columns | ||
| Single Page/Post Image Layout:Post Thumbnail | ||
| Single Page/Post Image Layout:Slider Image Size(1920*822) | ||
| Single Page/Post Layout:Original Image Size | ||
| WooCommerce Layout: Right Sidebar(Content, Primary Sidebar | ||
| WooCommerce Layout: Left Sidebar(Primary Sidebar,Content) | ||
| WooCommerce Layout: No Sidebar | ||
| WooCommerce Layout:No Sidebar:Full Width | ||
| Logo Slider: Post | ||
| Logo Slider: Page | ||
| Logo Slider: Category | ||
| Logo Slider: Custom | ||
| Menu Options: Header Top Mobile Menu Label | ||
| Menu Options: Header Right Mobile Menu Label | ||
| Menu Options: Primary Mobile Menu Label | ||
| Portfolio:Page | ||
| Portfolio:Post | ||
| Portfolio: Category | ||
| Portfolio: Custom | ||
| Portfolio: Custom Post Type | ||
| Promotion Headline: Page | ||
| Promotion Headline: Post | ||
| Promotion Headline: Category | ||
| Promotion Headline: Custom | ||
| Promotion Headline: Video URL | ||
| Section Sorter | ||
| Scroll Up | ||
| Search Options | ||
| Services: Page | ||
| Services: Post | ||
| Services: Category | ||
| Services: Custom | ||
| Services: Custom Post Types | ||
| Stats: Page | ||
| Stats: Post | ||
| Stats: Category | ||
| Stats: Custom | ||
| Team:Page | ||
| Team:Post | ||
| Team: Category | ||
| Team: Custom | ||
| Team: Custom Post Type | ||
| Testimonials: Page | ||
| Testimonials: Post | ||
| Testimonials: Category | ||
| Testimonials: Custom | ||
| Testimonials: Custom Post Type | ||
| Update Notifier | ||
| WooCommerce Options | ||
| WPML Ready | ||
| WooCommerce Ready |
Theme Instructions
#How to install theme?
Go to this link
#How to update theme to the latest version?
Go to this link
#Always Set Featured Images
This theme relies heavily on Featured Images. If your post is missing a Featured Image, the post image will not show up on homepage, on archived pages and on Featured Page Slider Content. Click Here to see how to add Featured Image in your Post/Page.
Image Sizes in px:#
Custom Header
Width: 1920
Height: 1080
Archive image left/right
Width: 480
Height: 270
Portfolio/Featured Content
Width: 666
Height: 444
Slider Image:
Width: 1920
Height: 822
Hero Content:
Width: 730
Height: 547
Testimonial/Services:
Width: 100
Height: 100
Team:
Width: 666
Height: 888
Customizer (Theme Options) #
You can customize this theme using cool additional features through Customizer at “Appearance => Customize” from your WordPress Dashboard.
#How to add Logo?
Go to this link
#How to enable/disable Site Title and Tagline
Go to this link
#How to add Site Icon (Favicon/Web Clip Icon)?
Go to this link
#How to add Header Video?
Go to this link
#How to add Header Image?
Go to this link
#Menus
Clean Blocks offers exciting Menu Options! This theme supports and recommends using “Custom Menus”. You can create Custom Menu through “Appearance => Menus” from your WordPress Dashboard.
Go to this linkto know how to add custom menu
Select Menu Locations
You can assign your custom menu in 5 different locations. You assign it either from “Appearance => Customize => Menus => Manage Location” or from “Appearance => Menus => Manage Location”
Select your Custom Menu as Primary Menu to display it as the Main Menu, which will replace the default Page Menu
Select your menu as Social Footer Menu to display in footer
#Content Types
If you want content type option in your theme you can use our free plugin Essential Content Type. The details are listed below:
Essential Content Type #
You can install our free plugin Essential Content Type from this link and follow the steps provided by the link.
#How to Change the Excerpt Length and Read More Text?
Go to this link
#Featured Content
Clean Blocks supports Custom Post Type(requires Essential Content Type Plugin ). For Featured Content Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Featured Content”
#How to use Featured Content using Custom Post Type?
Go to this link
#Featured Slider
Clean Blocks supports Page as featured slider. For Featured Slider Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options =>Featured Slider”.
Go to this link
#Hero Content
Clean Blocks supports Page as hero content. For Hero Content Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Hero Content”.
Go to this link
#How to Set Certain Categories to Display in Homepage/Frontpage?
Go to this link
#Layout Options
Clean Blocks has 2 Default Layout, 2 Homepage/Archive and 1 Single Page/Post Image Layout to choose from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Layout Options”
Default Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Default Layout Options” which will set our site layout. Further, you have the choice of selecting custom layout for individual pages and posts through “Clean Blocks Options => Layout Options”, which you shall find below individual posts and pages, when you click on them for adding/editing
Homepage/Archive Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Homepage/Archive Layout” which will set our layout for Homepage/Archive Page. Further, you have the choice of selecting custom layout for individual pages and posts through “Clean Blocks Options => Layout Options”, which you shall find below individual posts and pages, when you click on them for adding/editing
Single Page/Post Image Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Single Page/Post Image Layout” which will set our posts/page image layout. Further, you have the choice of selecting Single Page/Post Image Layout for individual pages and posts through “Clean Blocks Options => Single Page/Post Image Layout”, which you shall find below individual posts and pages, when you click on them for adding/editing.
#How to change Pagination Options?
Go to this link
#Portfolio
Clean Blocks supports Custom Post Type as portfolio.
#How to add Portfolio in Homepage/Frontpage using Essential Content Type?
Go to this link
#How to enable/disable Scrollup feature?
Go to this link
#How to change default text in search box?
Go to this link
#Services
Clean Blocks supports Custom Post Types as services. For Services, go to “Appearance => Customize => Services”.
#How to add Services using custom post types?
Go to this link
#Testimonials
Clean Blocks supports Custom Post Type as testimonials.
#How to add Testimonials in Homepage/Frontpage using Essential Content Type?
Go to this link
#Widget Area (Sidebar)
Clean Blocks currently has 4 widgetized (Sidebar) areas thay are: 1. Sidebar, 2. Footer One, 3. Footer Two and 4. Footer Three. Go to “Appearance => Widgets” or “Appearance => Customize => Widgets” in WordPress.
#Widgets
Clean Blocks supports CT: Social Icons. You can add widget in widget area as per your need.
#How to add Widgets in widget area?
You can add widgets to your widget area from two location
Go to this link for more detail.
#How to add “Social Icon” in widget area(CT:Social Icon)?
This widget is used to add social icons as a widget.
- Add CT:Social Icon to desired widget area. More Info
- Add “Title” under the respective field.
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
#Additional CSS
You can add your custom CSS that will overwrite the theme CSS for further design customization through “Appearance => Customize => Additional CSS”, in your WordPress Dashboard.
Note: If you are doing heavy customization and adding lot of custom css then we recommended to build Child Theme and add it in your child theme style.css file. Read More about child theme…
#Webmaster Tools
Go to this link for more detail
Recommended Plugins
* Catch Web Tools for Webmaster Tools, To Top, Catch IDs
* Essential Content Type
* WP-PageNavi for Numeric Pagination
* Regenerate Thumbnails to for Regenerating Thumbnails
* Jetpack for Infinite Scroll, Gallery, Stats, Image CDN and many more
Change Log
2.1 (Released: June 15, 2025)
- Added: Discord, RSS, Phone, Fetlife, Line, Xing, Telegram, Twitter X, Tiktok, Bluesky, and Threads icons
- Updated: About admin CSS for changelog display
- Updated: WordPress 6.8 ready
2.0.3 (Released: June 13, 2024)
- Updated: WordPress 6.5 ready
2.0.2 (Released: February 20, 2024)
- Bug Fixed: Removed unnecessary comment code in custom-header.php
- Removed: Depreciated Instagram Feed Plugin recommendation
- Updated: WordPress 6.4 ready
2.0.1 (Released: August 04, 2022)
- Updated: Google Font hosted locally (https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2022/06/18/complying-with-gdpr-when-using-google-fonts/)
2.0 (Released: February 10, 2022)
- Optimized: Compress screenshot image
- Updated: WordPress 5.9 ready
1.2 (Released: December 09, 2021)
- Bug Fixed: Multi flex-height, changed to flex-height and flex-width
- Updated: Customizer reset button moved to the bottom
1.1.6 (Released: February 07, 2020)
- Bug Fixed: Sidebar issue when main sidebar inactive
1.1.5 (Released: January 17, 2019)
- Removed: Demo import code
1.1.4 (Released: November 22, 2019)
- Bug Fixed: Multi Category Sanitization issue
1.1.3 (Released: August 12, 2019)
- Bug Fixed: Keyboard navigation accessibility issue
1.1.2 (Released: July 25, 2019)
- Bug Fixed: error.log function removed
1.1.1 (Released: July 15, 2019)
- Added: Catch Themes Demo import plugin support
1.1 (Released: May 04, 2019)
- Added: Css file style.css.map
- Bug Fixed: Button border removed form load more infinite scroll
- Bug Fixed: Comment section border color changed
- Bug Fixed: Slider responsive fix
- Bug Fixed: Promotional headline alignment
- Bug Fixed: Link color fix
- Bug Fixed: IE menu fix
1.0 (Released: April 16, 2019)
- Initial Release