Bricks 2.1 was released out of beta. The final release includes the beta features, fixes, and WPML integration for components, Query Loop performance options, and a new form field type for galleries.

Wow, Bricks 2.1 beta is out and it is a major update with lots of big features. New additions include: make your Bricks components available as Gutenberg blocks, the addition of Wireframes and Design Sets (largely ignored until now), global query manager, API queries to bring in external data via REST API or JSON, front-end forms to create and update posts, Fluid Typography generator, new OpenStreetMap element, option to require new users verify their email before their account is activated, and more.

Paul Charlton created this video to help people get going with Bricks components. Are they ready to use now or is it still too soon?

Here is a nice tutorial on using Meta Box with Bricks and how to filter by relationship fields.

If you are new to using dynamic data with Bricks then this article from the ACF team might be useful to show you the options and process. It is a pretty comprehensive overview. If you are already familiar then it might not be of as much value.

An interesting look at the two builders. It is good if you aren’t familiar with one or the other.

Bricks 2.0.2 dropped. This is mainly a bug fix release.

Often we want to “zebra stripe” every other row in a loop, or vary the layout left or right. This quick 3 minutes tutorial shows how to do this using the Bricks selector detector.

Bricks 2.0 got a new visual grid builder. Paul Charlton takes this for a spin and shows how easy it is to use.