# Advanced Gutenberg
> [!NOTE] Overview
> Advanced Gutenberg (now PublishPress Blocks) is a powerful enhancement plugin for the WordPress block editor, adding new blocks, custom styles, and advanced features to extend Gutenberg's functionality.
## Key Features
### 1. Block Collection
1. Content Blocks
- Advanced text
- Custom images
- Layout blocks
- Media elements
2. Functional Blocks
- Forms
- Maps
- Social media
- Custom HTML
### 2. Enhancement Features
1. Block Controls
- Custom styles
- Advanced options
- Block manager
- Permission control
2. Editor Features
- Custom CSS
- Block templates
- Reusable blocks
- Block patterns
## Free Features
### 1. Basic Blocks
1. Content Types
- Advanced paragraphs
- Custom headings
- Image blocks
- Button blocks
2. Layout Options
- Columns
- Containers
- Spacers
- Dividers
### 2. Core Features
1. Block Management
- Enable/disable
- Custom styles
- Block access
- User roles
2. Editor Tools
- Style controls
- Block settings
- Custom classes
- Block templates
## Pro Features
### 1. Advanced Tools
1. Enhanced Blocks
- Premium blocks
- Custom styles
- Advanced options
- Special features
2. Management Tools
- Role manager
- Block access
- Style controls
- Template system
### 2. Additional Features
1. Integration
- Custom post types
- Theme support
- Plugin compatibility
- API access
2. Development
- Custom blocks
- Style editor
- Block templates
- Code snippets
## Configuration Guide
### 1. Basic Setup
1. Installation
- Plugin setup
- Block activation
- Style config
- User access
2. Block Settings
- Default styles
- Block options
- Access control
- Template setup
### 2. Advanced Settings
1. Custom Configuration
- Style editor
- Block manager
- Role settings
- Template system
2. Integration Options
- Theme setup
- Plugin compatibility
- Custom code
- API usage
## Best Practices
### 1. Block Usage
1. Content Strategy
- Block selection
- Style consistency
- Layout planning
- Mobile design
2. Performance
- Block loading
- Style optimization
- Asset management
- Cache usage
### 2. Management
1. Block Organization
- Categories
- Templates
- Reusable blocks
- Style guides
2. Access Control
- User roles
- Block permissions
- Style access
- Template usage
## Common Issues & Solutions
### 1. Editor Problems
1. Block Issues
- Loading errors
- Style conflicts
- Display problems
- Update issues
2. Performance Issues
- Load time
- Editor lag
- Asset loading
- Cache conflicts
### 2. Integration Issues
1. Theme Compatibility
- Style conflicts
- Layout breaks
- Block display
- Mobile issues
2. Plugin Conflicts
- Other block plugins
- Page builders
- Cache plugins
- Performance tools
## Resources
- [WordPress Repository](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-gutenberg/)
- [PublishPress Documentation](https://publishpress.com/docs/)
- [Support Forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-gutenberg/)
- [Pro Features](https://publishpress.com/blocks/)
## Tips & Tricks
### 1. Development
1. Custom Blocks
- Block creation
- Style customization
- Template usage
- Code snippets
2. Integration
- Theme setup
- Plugin compatibility
- Custom code
- API usage
### 2. Optimization
1. Performance Tips
- Block loading
- Style management
- Asset handling
- Cache setup
2. Maintenance
- Regular updates
- Block cleanup
- Style review
- Template management