Better Block Editor (BBE)
Better Block Editor (BBE) adds responsive layout controls, hover effects, on-scroll animations, and ready-to-use site templates to Block Editor. It’s not another page builder. It doesn’t replace core blocks or add bloat — BBE just adds the missing settings where needed. It works with your current block theme and plugins, so your existing content stays intact. Highlights Responsive Settings for Row, Stack, Grid, Columns, Button, Navigation, and text (Heading, Paragraph) blocks — choose a breakpoint, then adjust orientation, spacing, and alignment at that breakpoint. Responsive Visibility for any block — set the default visibility state and change it at a chosen breakpoint. Prevent Shrinking for elements set to Fixed or Fit-content sizes — keeps complex layouts intact on small screens. Animation on Scroll — configurable animation effect, easing, duration, and delay. Hover colors for Button and Navigation. Pre-made Sites and Partial Import — bring over a full site or a single page/section; assets import automatically. One-click customization for imported content — set primary, secondary, and neutral colors; BBE creates a balanced palette in one click. Native Block Editor integration — no lock-in, lightweight, GPL, and free. Free pre-made site templates Business — https://templates.wpbbe.io/business/ Brewery — https://templates.wpbbe.io/brewery/ Life Coach — https://templates.wpbbe.io/life-coach/ Bakery — https://templates.wpbbe.io/bakery/ More templates coming soon. How it works Import a template and make it yours in minutes with the one-click customization tool. Mix pages and sections from different templates with Partial Import. Create a professional website in hours — not weeks! Features Responsive Settings for Row and Stack — change orientation (convert Row ↔ Stack), justification, vertical alignment, and spacing at a chosen breakpoint. This panel is key to controllable responsive behavior in Block Editor sites. Prevent Shrinking — available when a block’s width/height is set to Fit content or Fixed; prevents fixed-size elements from collapsing on small screens. Responsive Visibility for any block — set the default visibility state (visible/hidden) and change it at a chosen breakpoint. Responsive Settings for Grid — replaces the core Stack on mobile with a dedicated panel to choose the stacking breakpoint and adjust spacing at that breakpoint. Improved Stack on mobile for Columns — choose the breakpoint and optionally reverse the column order at that breakpoint. Navigation overlay menu — replaces the fixed Mobile option with Responsive; pick the exact breakpoint when navigation collapses to a menu icon (useful for headers). Hover color for Navigation — add hover color controls for menu and submenu items. Responsive Settings for Button — control the orientation of inner buttons (stack or reverse), plus justification and vertical alignment at a chosen breakpoint. Hover colors for Button — set text, background, and border colors on hover. Responsive Settings for Post Template (Grid view) — stack posts and adjust spacing at a chosen breakpoint. Animation on Scroll for any block — subtle reveal on scroll with configurable effect, easing, duration, and delay. Responsive text alignment — add alignment controls at a chosen breakpoint for Heading, Paragraph, and select text-based blocks. SVG Icon block + sanitized SVG upload — place SVG icons anywhere; control size, color, hover color, and linking. Breakpoints — edit built-in breakpoints and add or remove custom breakpoints. Requirements & Compatibility WordPress 6.8 or later Uses the native Block Editor (Gutenberg) Works with block themes; does not target third-party page builders Privacy This plugin does not collect personal data from site visitors. It uses standard Block Editor controls and optional template imports. Site owners should review their own analytics/embeds for compliance. License Better Block Editor is distributed under the GPLv2 or later. You are free to use it on personal and commercial sites. Resources Official website — https://wpbbe.io/ User Guide — https://docs.wpbbe.io/
List Last Changes
Shows a list of the last changes in the widget area, via shortcode or in the gutenberg block editor. This can include changed pages and/or posts (configurable). Additional features include: Select the number of entries in the list Define pages to be excluded Show the author or the last editor of the page/post Select and order by date modified or date published Exclude page or post To exclude a page or post from being listed in the widget do the following steps: Open the page or post you want to exclude for editing. Open the “Screen Options” (on the top right of the page) Ensure that “Custom Fields” is checked (see Screenshot #3) In the “Custom Fields” further down the screen add the following custom field (see Screenshot #4): name: list_last_changes_ignore value: true To include it again set the value to false or remove the custom field completely. Block Editor (Gutenberg) The block can be found in Widgets -> List Last Changes. The block can be configured in the block settings (panel on the right side) In difference to the widget, with the block no title is written. If a title is needed it has to be defined in an own block in front of the List Last Changes block. Shortcode To show the list of the last changes via shortcode use the following syntax: [list_last_changes number='7' showpages='true' showposts='true' showauthor='false' usedatepublished='true' template='{title} {change_date} {author}' /] The attribute ‘number’ defines the number of entries shown. With the attributes ‘showpages’ and ‘showposts’ changed pages and/or posts are included. To show also the author set the attribute ‘showauthor’ to true (deprecated, use template mechanism instead). With the attribute ‘usedatepublished’ set to ‘true’ the date when the page or post was first published, if set to ‘false’ (or not set at all) the date the page or post was modified is used. The ‘template’ attribute defines the content of the entries. If the ‘template’ attribute is defined the attribute ‘showauthor’ is ignored. In difference to the widget, with the shortcode no title is written. If a title is needed it has to be defined by hand in front of the shortcode. Templates In the template string the following fields can be used: {title}, {change_date}, {published_date}, {author} and {editor}. {title} : the title of the page or post with a link to it {change_date} or {change_date[format]} : the date the page or post was changed (“modified date”) {published_date} or {published_date[format]} : the date the page or post was published (“post date”) {author} : the author of the page or post {editor} : the last editor of the page or post With the optional [format] the date format of change_date and published_date can be defined. The date format is in the php date formatting. Without definition the wordpress system date format is used. Sample templates: {title} {change_date} : the default template {title} {change_date[Y-m-d H:i]} : like the default template but with date and time defined by the given format {title} {change_date} {author} : behaves as in versions before 0.9 when show author was enabled {change_date} : shows only the change_date, can be used with number = 1 as last modified date of a WordPress Site
