Wix Blocks Glossary
Wix Blocks is open to all Wix Studio users. To access Blocks, go to Custom Apps in your Studio workspace.
In this article, you can find definitions, synonyms, related links, and locations of many terms used within the Wix Blocks environment. Search this page to find the word or phrase you require.
Action Bar
Definition: The floating menu that appears in the Wix Editors when a widget or its elements are clicked.
Related links: Configuring Action Bars
Where**:** Editor Experience, Configuration Tab
Action Buttons
AKA: Action bar button, system button
Definition: The buttons of an action bar.
Related links: Configuring Action Bars
Where: Editor Experience, Configuration Tab
App Dependencies
Definition: Other Wix apps that are required for the Blocks app to function on a site.
Where: Top Bar Menu
Backend Code
Definition: Create JavaScript files, web modules, and other files for use in the backend, and organize these files in folders.
Related links: Add code files to your app
Where: Code Tab, Public & Backend
Blocks
Definition: Blocks is an independent Editor where you can create web applications to use on Wix sites.
Related links: Blocks unboxed: a Quick Tour
Blocks Apps
AKA: Custom Apps
Definition: Reusable web apps for use on Wix sites that are built on Blocks, using native Wix elements. Blocks apps can contain widgets with responsive UI, code files, database collections and a dashboard page.
Related links: Blocks unboxed: a quick tour
Code Packages
AKA: Code Files, Public & Backend Files
Definition: Code libraries that you can reuse across multiple sites that allow you to add specific functionality to your site.
Related links: Add code files to your app
Where: Code Tab, Public & Backend
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Collections
AKA: Databases, CMS
Definition: A way to store and manage data in your app.
Related links: Collections in Blocks
Where: Code tab, Databases
Configuration
AKA: Widget Behavior, Editor Experience
Definition: Defining the site builder's experience when interacting with the widget in the Wix Editors. For example, which widget elements can be selected or removed, and what buttons are available in the action bar.
Related links: About Configuration in Blocks
Where in product: Editor Experience, Configuration Tab
Configuration File
AKA: config.json
Definition: You can add a config.json file to define settings that affect how the app works on a specific site. These settings typically vary from site to site, so the file you provide contains default settings that you can edit for each site.
Related links: Add a configuration file
Where: Code Tab, Public & Backend
Connect to theme
Definition: Defining the widget elements so that they connect automatically to the theme of any site the widget is installed on.
Related links: About themes in Blocks
Where: Widgets and Design
Consumption
AKA: Installed apps
Definition: The whole experience of using the app on a site. Installing it, updating app versions, changing layout, hiding or removing elements etc.
Where in the product: The Wix Editors
Custom Apps
AKA: Blocks Apps, Private Apps
Definition: Blocks apps that you created or collaborated in, are called Custom Apps in the Wix Editors and the Studio Workspace.
Where: The Wix Editors, The Studio Workspace
Custom Element
Definition: Embed your own custom HTML element into your widget using an external source.
Related links: About Custom Elements in Blocks
Where in product: Add Elements > Embed
Custom Panels
Definition: Panels that were built in the Blocks Panels tab (as opposed to default ones).
Related links: Designing custom panels
Where: Editor Experience, Custom Panels Tab
Design Presets
Definition: Different design and layout options for one widget. The functionality remains the same across the different designs.
Related links: About Design Presets
Where: Widgets and Design, Design Presets
Display name
Definition: The name of the widget and elements that appear when the widget is added to the Wix Editors. Display names can be defined in the Configuration tab. Note that this is not the Velo Element ID.
Related links: Configuring widget display names and behavior
Where: Editor Experience, Inspector Panel
Elements
AKA: Design elements, Components, UI Elements, Editor Elements
Definition: The basic building blocks of your widget: text elements, buttons, images, user input fields and more.
Where: Add Elements + Panel
Events
Definition: API events can be fired by the widget when a certain condition is met. They can then be caught by event handlers in the site where the widget is installed.
Related links: Adding a New Event to Your Widget
Where: Blocks IDE
Install
Definition: Adding your Blocks app to a Wix site.
Related links: Install a Blocks App on a Site
Where: In the Wix Editors (under Custom Apps)
Major Version
Definition: A "major" version or release of your app is done when you've made bigger, breaking changes to your app that can impact app compatibility wherever the app is installed. This is required for your first real build (not test) and after cases like adding an app dependency for example.
Related links: About App Versions
Where: When Building
Minor Version
Definition: A "minor" version or release is done when you've made small changes to your app that won't break app compatibility wherever this app is installed.
Related links: About App Versions
Where: When Building
Multilingual
Definition: The feature used to translate Blocks apps for use in other languages.
Related links: Translating your app
Where: WixBlocks Logo, The App Menu
My Apps / My Widgets
AKA: Custom App Widgets
Definition: Any apps you have installed or built with Wix Blocks
Related links: Install a Blocks App on a Site
Where: The Wix Editors
Namespace
AKA: Import name
Definition: A namespace is required for importing the app’s backend and public functions, as well as content collections in the Editors and in the app’s code in Blocks.
Related links: Creating a namespace for your App
Where: Prompted when building an app after adding collections or code files
Nested Widget
AKA: Widget in Widget
Definition: Two widgets (from the same app) where one is inserted inside the other. Eg. A button widget inside a form widget.
Related links: Add Nested Widgets in Blocks
Where: Widgets and Design Menu
Panel Elements
Definition: The UI elements of a custom panel (buttons, dividers, text inputs, etc) that are used to control a widget's or element's settings. These elements are different from the regular Wix elements used in the Wix Editor.
Related links: Panel Elements in Blocks
Where: Editor Experience, Custom Panels Tab panel
Panels
Definition: The pop-up window that opens when an action bar button is clicked and gives site builders control over a widget or element's settings. For example, when you click Design the design panel opens.
Related links: Configuring action bars
Where: The panels open in the Wix Editors, when a site builder configures the widget
Plugin
AKA: Site Plugin
Definition: The ability for site builders to add a plugin into a dedicated container (or slot). This allows site builders to extend the functionality of their app. Usually used to extend Wix business solution apps.
Where: Widgets and Design, Add Plugin
Related links: Build a Site Plugin in Blocks
Properties
AKA: Widget Properties, Widget API Properties, Props
Definition: Certain choices that the app builder gives to the site builder regarding the widget. The properties can be changed from the widget's Settings panel, from a custom panel, from a dashboard page or from the site's code.
Related links: Working with Widget API Properties
Where: Widget IDE
Public Code
Definition: Public files contain exported functions that can be imported and called anywhere on a website.
Related links: Add code files to your app
Where: Code, Public & Backend or Widget IDE
Public API Functions
Definition: The widget creator can expose API functions that can be called by the code of the page where the widget is added.
Related links: Widget Functions
Where in product: Widget IDE
Remove and restore elements
AKA: Add, hide, delete
Definition: Site builders can choose which widget elements are displayed on their site using the Add Elements panel, which is available from the action bar. You can configure elements as non-selectable or non-removable in the Editor Experience, Configuration tab.
Related Links: Configure widget and element behavior
Where in product: The Editors, Editor Experience, Configuration Tab
Roles & Permissions
AKA: Collaborators
Definition: Giving other Wix users or Teams access to view/edit your app in Blocks and to install it on their Wix sites.
Related links: Manage Collaborators in Blocks
Where: Wix Blocks Logo, App Menu
Site Builder
Definition: Person who installs and modifies the Blocks app on a Wix Site.
Site themes
AKA: Site Styles
Definition: The color and typography theme on the sites that the Blocks app will be installed on. When designing your app, it's important to connect it to a theme, so it blends on sites with different themes. You can test how your app looks across different themes in Preview mode in Blocks.
Related links: Site Themes
Where: Widgets and Design, Preview, Wix Editors
Site Visitor
AKA: User of user
Definition: The person who uses the Blocks app that's installed on a Wix site. Since your user as an app builder is the site builder, the site visitor is your "user of user".
Test Version
Definition: A test version of your app is used to check functionality of your app before installing it on a live site. Testing is usually done on a test site.
Related links: Create and Manage a Test Version in Blocks
Where : When Building
Widget
AKA: Site Widget, App UI
Definition: Widgets build your app's User Interface (UI). They are the part of the app the site visitor interacts with. Widgets are usually composed of elements like buttons and input fields, as well as settings panels and action bars. Every app can have several widgets. For example, a booking form widget, countdown timer or a customized menu.
Related links: Blocks widgets
Where: Widgets and Design Menu in Blocks & App Widgets Menu in the Editors Add Panel.
Widget API
Definition: The widget's properties, functions and events, exposed by the app creator and enabling site builders to interact with the widget.
Related links: About the Widget API
Where: Widget IDE
