For WordPress. Not a page builder.

Framer-quality interactions, native to WordPress.

Give your work a foundation to stand on. Nine curated interaction blocks, from grid reveals to case-study transitions to scroll-tied sequences, built only for portfolio and case-study sites.

GPL-2.0 · No lock-in · Keyboard-operable by default

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CASE STUDY, 2026

Salt & Pine
Packaging

SectionRow

Spacing

0Top
48Right
0Bottom
47PX

Background

ImageVideo
No Scale Middle Center No Repeat
Grid Reveal +Scroll Sequence +
Section · Row47px
NorthwindSalt & PineMeridianField NotesAtlas & CoLow TideFjeldStudio Aar
Grid Reveal

Content that cascades into view.

Reveal work in a cascading grid pattern as visitors scroll.

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GRID REVEAL / LIVE

NORTHWIND

IDENTITY

SALT & PINE

PACKAGING

MERIDIAN

ART DIRECTION

FIELD NOTES

EDITORIAL

ATLAS & CO

BRAND SYSTEM

LOW TIDE

MOTION

Text Reveal

Headlines that assemble themselves.

Animate type into place with split-line or character-driven reveals.

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TEXT REVEAL / LIVE

Scroll Sequence

A story told one scroll at a time.

Progress through a timed sequence of frames tied to scroll position.

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SCROLL SEQUENCE / LIVE
01

THE PROBLEM

Outline the challenge

02

THE APPROACH

Describe the strategy

03

THE RESULT

Show the outcome

Pinned Scroll

Panels that hold their ground.

Pin key scenes in place while content scrolls past in sticky layers.

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PINNED SCROLL / LIVE · SCROLL INSIDE
PINNED

The image holds.

The story moves.

Then releases.

Before/After

Two states, one draggable moment.

Let visitors wipe between before and after views with a clean slider.

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BEFORE / AFTER / LIVE
After: Grid reveal

Salt & Pine

Before: Static

Salt & Pine

Case Study Transition

Seamless project handoffs.

Morph from overview into detail with a smooth editorial transition.

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CASE STUDY TRANSITION / LIVE

01 / Identity

Northwind

02 / Art Direction

Meridian

03 / Motion

Low Tide

Custom Cursor

A cursor with intention.

Replace the default pointer with a context-aware follow element.

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CUSTOM CURSOR / LIVE

Move your pointer here

Filterable Grid

Sort without losing the rhythm.

Reorder gallery items with animated, keyboard-friendly filtering.

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FILTERABLE GRID / LIVE

Northwind

Identity

Salt & Pine

Packaging

Field Notes

Editorial

Atlas & Co

Identity

Low Tide

Packaging

Meridian

Editorial

Magnetic Button

Calls to action that pull people in.

Add subtle magnetic attraction to buttons on hover and focus.

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MAGNETIC BUTTON / LIVE

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The honest comparison

Nothing you’d need Framer for.

CapabilityB.BasalioPage buildersFramer
Portfolio-specific interactionsNot included
Runs natively in WordPressNot included
No page-builder lock-inNot included
Keyboard-operable by defaultNot includedNot included
Reduced-motion aware by defaultNot includedNot included
One payment, no subscriptionNot includedNot included
GPL. The code stays yours.Not includedNot included
0

Blocks, not 90

0

Plugin, zero page-builder lock-in

0

Generic presets. Only opinionated ones.

0

Founder licenses at $149, then $249

Early voices

Built for people who actually make things.

“The pinned scroll block replaced a 400-line GSAP setup I used to copy between client sites. It just lives in the editor now.”
Jonas FeldIndependent designer, Copenhagen
“My case studies finally move the way my mockups did. Clients think I hired a developer. I dragged in a block.”
Mara ChenBrand & packaging, Salt & Pine
“Reduced-motion support out of the box is why I recommend it. Nobody else ships that as the floor instead of an upsell.”
Theo AdeyemiDesign engineer, Atlas & Co

Questions

Asked before you did.

Yes. The blocks ship on WordPress.org under GPL-2.0-or-later: no locked blocks, no watermarks, no instance limits. Free is not a trial. Nothing in the free version expires or gets pulled into Pro later.

The Pro layer: a control center in the editor sidebar for live-tuning all nine blocks, the full Hacks vault, one-click hack-trailer effects, and every future block. One payment, unlimited sites, refundable until the control center ships.

Yes. Basalio blocks are native WordPress blocks. They work with any block theme or classic theme running the block editor. No page builder, no premium theme required.

A single shared script loads only on pages that use a block, and only the blocks on that page are initialized. There is no runtime framework, no jQuery, and no global stylesheet overriding your theme.

Your content stays intact. Blocks degrade to static, semantic markup. Grids stay grids, text stays text. Nothing is stored in a proprietary format.

You are paying for the control center, the Hacks vault, and a direct line to the person building it. Not for permission to use code you could already fork. If Basalio disappears tomorrow, what you have keeps working.

Unlimited sites per license.

Price goes to $249. Founder licenses stay valid, keep every future block and Hack, and are never re-billed.

Q1 2026. If it doesn't, see the refund terms above.

Founder pricing

Get the Pro control center at founder pricing.

Everything in the free version, plus the Pro layer. One payment, unlimited sites, yours permanently, and refundable until the control center ships.

FOUNDER · 100 LICENSES

$149

one time

100 founder licenses at $149, then $249.

30-day refund, no questions asked.