BricksPlus Review: The Bricks Template Library We Actually Use

What BricksPlus Is and Why We Keep Using It

BricksPlus is a template library for Bricks Builder, built and maintained by ThemeX. It carries 150+ full website template packs plus roughly 1,500 reusable sections, wireframes, and page layouts, in Vanilla, ACSS, and Core Framework flavors. We bought the lifetime Full Access Bundle, we have used it across several client builds, and it is the rare tool that has never once made us regret the purchase.

We build WordPress sites for service businesses across the United States, run out of our shop in Louisiana. Contractors, pest control operators, septic companies, law firms, and plenty of others. They all want the same two things: a site that looks custom and one that loads fast, delivered in weeks rather than quarters. BricksPlus is a big part of how we hit that timeline without shipping something generic.

Who Is ThemeX and How Does BricksPlus Fit In?

Knowing who builds a template library tells you how long it will be maintained. ThemeX is not a one-person side project.

ThemeX runs as a web development and AI automation agency, with client work spanning code quality, web applications, AI automation, and website builds. BricksPlus is its product line. The company reports serving more than 10,000 active users across 70+ countries.

That parentage is the reason the templates feel practical rather than decorative. The people drawing these layouts also hand them to real clients, chase real revisions, and answer for real page speed. You can feel that in the markup.

It also means the library gets treated like a product with a roadmap instead of a one-time asset dump. Weekly releases have continued long enough for the catalog to pass 150 packs.

What Do You Actually Get for the Money?

The library splits into four asset types, and an agency will reach for all four in a single build.

Website template packs are complete multi-page designs by industry: service, agency, portfolio, event, charity, ecommerce, restaurant, healthcare, LMS, travel, corporate, and about a dozen more. Section templates are single blocks such as a hero, a team grid, or a testimonial row. Wireframes are class-based skeletons with no styling opinion. Page layouts are copy-paste single pages.

Component work rounds it out, including WooCommerce product cards and category tabs with multiple variants. For a store build, having those already structured and styled saves an afternoon on its own. The full catalog of Bricks Builder templates from BricksPlus is browsable before you buy, so you can judge the work for yourself before committing.

Are the Template Designs Actually Any Good?

This is the question that matters most, because a big library of mediocre layouts is worse than a small library of sharp ones.

The designs hold up. Typography is confident, spacing is generous, and the layouts use current patterns rather than the tired three-column-icon-row that most marketplaces still ship. We have handed BricksPlus starting points straight to clients in a first design review and had them approved, which is faster than template work usually moves.

Two packs make the point. ConstructX is built for a construction firm: dark, heavy, photography-led. Every demo is live, so you can walk the pages before you spend anything.

WebWhiz goes the other direction with a light gradient, condensed display type, and a lot of air. Same library, same class-based approach underneath, and nothing about the two suggests a shared parent.

Variety is the other half of it. The packs read as distinct designs rather than one theme recolored 150 times, and the industry range means a septic company and a law firm do not end up looking like siblings. That matters when you serve competing businesses in the same market, and it is the opposite of the cookie cutter website templates we have warned clients about for years.

Under the hood, the build quality matches the surface. ThemeX states it uses only essential elements, WebP images, and proper tag markup, and that is borne out when you open the templates in Bricks. There is no widget bloat to strip out before you can start working.

How Fresh Does the Library Stay?

Template libraries usually die quietly. The founder gets busy, releases slow to a trickle, and two years later the catalog looks dated. That has not happened here.

BricksPlus ships a new website template every week, and existing templates are audited for optimization and for compatibility with each new Bricks release. That second part is the one agencies undervalue. Bricks moves quickly, and a template library that does not track it becomes a liability the moment a client updates.

That maintenance commitment is the part worth paying for. For a tool you lean on across multiple client sites, a library that tracks the builder it depends on is worth more than the sticker price.

How Does Installation Work?

The install path is refreshingly boring, and boring is the right answer for anything touching a client site.

Purchases download as a ZIP containing JSON files. You extract it, go to Bricks, then Templates, then Import, and upload the JSON. There is no companion plugin to install, no license key to activate, and nothing calling home from the client’s server. If you ever let a membership lapse, the templates you already imported keep working.

One pro tip from experience: the import screen has an “Import images” checkbox, and you want it ticked. It pulls the demo imagery into the client’s own media library instead of referencing it remotely, which keeps every asset on the site you control. Tick it once and it is never a concern again.

Headers and footers ship as separate templates from the page templates, which is the right call because it lets you mix a header you like with a body design you like. Budget an hour to wire up theme styles and template conditions, then the pages go fast.

What Is Their Customer Service Like?

Support is where most template shops quietly fail, and it is one of the strongest things about this one.

Responses have been fast, friendly, and free of the back-and-forth where you spend three messages proving you actually have a problem. ThemeX commits to 24/7 premium support on the product, and our experience has matched the promise.

There is also a real community around it. The founder is active with customers, takes template requests, and asks which packs people want built next. Buying into a library where the roadmap is shaped by the people using it is a different experience from buying a static download.

What Does BricksPlus Cost?

Pricing is straightforward, and by agency-tool standards it is a bargain.

Here is every product line as published, with list prices before any promotion.

Read down the lifetime column and the math makes itself: the six lines bought separately come to $883, so the bundle is the only sensible entry point for an agency.

Buy the bundle. Bought separately, those six product lines total $883 at list, so the bundle saves more than $500 on its own. BricksPlus also runs promotions from time to time, so it is worth checking for a current offer before you buy.

License terms are the part agencies care about most, and they are generous. Downloads are unlimited during an active membership, and templates may be used on unlimited client websites. For a shop doing white label website design for other agencies, that clause alone justifies the purchase.

How We Actually Use It

Buying the library changed our process in one place we did not expect, and the change was upstream of the build.

We now use BricksPlus wireframes during discovery, not just during build. Pulling a class-based wireframe into a staging site lets a client react to real structure in the first meeting instead of squinting at a static mockup. That collapses two rounds of revision into one conversation, and clients notice.

For the build itself, we cherry-pick sections as often as we import full packs. We keep Bricks Awesome on hand alongside it, because a second library means a second vocabulary of sections and we rarely have to build a layout from nothing. A hero here, a testimonial layout there, restyled against the client’s brand tokens. Because the templates are class-based, the restyle is a variable change rather than element-by-element surgery.

Then we do the part no template can do: real client photography, original copy, correct business information, and schema built from scratch. The template gives us a fast, clean, attractive foundation, and it buys back the hours we spend on the work that actually converts. That is the same standard we hold on any custom web design project, and it is why a good library makes our work better instead of replacing it.

The One Thing We Would Change

No honest review is all praise, so here is our single note, and it is a small one.

The Vanilla, ACSS, and Core Framework versions of the same 150 packs are sold as three separate licenses. Buy a single flavor, then take on a client site running a different framework, and some class work gets redone by hand. The Full Access Bundle removes that entirely, and at $349 for all three flavors plus everything else it costs less than two licenses bought alone, so it is the one we point people to.

That is the extent of our complaint list across several client builds, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Common Questions About BricksPlus and Bricks Templates

These are the questions that come up most often about the library, from builders sizing it up and from clients who found it on their own.

Do I need Bricks Builder to use BricksPlus templates?

Yes. The templates are Bricks JSON exports and only import into a WordPress site running the Bricks Builder plugin. They will not work with Elementor, Divi, Breakdance, or the block editor. Bricks is a separate purchase from BricksPlus, and BricksPlus does not include it.

Which framework flavor should I buy?

Buy the one your existing sites already run. If you standardize on Automatic.css, buy the ACSS flavor. Core Framework shops buy the CF flavor. Teams writing their own utility classes buy Vanilla. If you work across client sites you did not build, the Full Access Bundle removes the guess and costs less than two flavors.

Is the lifetime license actually lifetime?

The lifetime plans grant permanent access to the library and future updates for the products purchased. Templates you have already downloaded remain usable regardless, because they are plain JSON sitting in your Bricks template list. There is no activation server that can revoke an imported template.

Can I use one license on client sites?

Yes. BricksPlus states that downloads are unlimited during membership and templates can be used on unlimited client websites. That is a meaningful difference from theme licenses that meter activations per domain, and it is one of the main reasons agencies choose it.

How often are new templates added?

A new website template ships every week, and existing packs are audited for optimization and compatibility with each new Bricks version. The library has grown past 150 website packs on that cadence, alongside 500+ sections, 500+ wireframes, and 500+ page layouts.

Will a template site rank in local search?

A template gives you fast, clean, well-marked-up pages, which is a real head start. Ranking still comes from service-specific pages, consistent business information, reviews, and schema. BricksPlus handles the layout and performance foundation, so your time goes into the content that earns rankings.

Is BricksPlus worth it for a single business owner?

It can be, if you already run Bricks and enjoy building. The value math is strongest for agencies and freelancers building several sites a year. A single owner who does not want to learn Bricks is better served hiring a designer who already owns the library.

Want a Site That Starts From a Great Template and Still Looks Like Yours?

We build WordPress sites for service businesses nationwide, from single-location shops to multi-market operators. Tools like BricksPlus let us move faster on structure, so more of your budget goes into the parts that actually convert: your photos, your copy, your service pages, and your schema.