Widget Content Blocks vs Rich Text Formats

BlaBlaBlocks Formats lets you enhance your Gutenberg editor with interactive rich text formats like tooltips, markers, inline typography controls, and formatting utilities directly inside WordPress. No coding needed. Just select your text, choose a format, and instantly make your content more engaging. With BlaBlaBlocks Formats, you can add animated markers, interactive tooltips, inline typography styling, and quick formatting controls to improve readability and emphasize key information. Key Features Interactive text formats – Add InfoTips, markers, typography controls, and clear formatting directly from the block toolbar. Live customization – Change color, animation, and behavior in real time. Lightweight & optimized – Assets load only when formats are used. Native Gutenberg integration – Seamlessly fits the WordPress Block Editor. Why Choose BlaBlaBlocks Formats? Because plain text doesn’t always tell the full story! Highlight key phrases, provide helpful InfoTips, adjust inline typography, or quickly remove formatting, all within the familiar block editor UI. No shortcodes or custom HTML needed. 100% visual control inside the editor. Works with all themes and blocks. How It Works Select any text in the Gutenberg editor. Choose a format such as Marker, InfoTip, Typography, or Clear formatting. Adjust style and behavior using the sidebar options. See the preview instantly. Formats are rendered on both editor and frontend views with minimal code overhead. Use Cases Add InfoTips to glossary terms or product details. Highlight important phrases in tutorials or documentation. Apply inline typography styles to emphasize selected text. Clear unwanted formatting from copied or edited content. Available Formats 1. Marker Underline or highlight text segments with customizable color and animation. 2. InfoTip Attach informative tooltips to any text selection perfect for definitions, links, or extra context. 3. Typography Apply inline typography styles such as font family, font size, appearance, letter spacing, and letter case. 4. Clear formatting Remove applied inline formatting from selected text with a single toolbar action. Customization Options Marker color & animation style Tooltip position, size, and behavior Typography presets and inline text styling Backend-only or frontend-visible options Per-format settings saved automatically Performance & Optimization BlaBlaBlocks Formats loads assets only when necessary, reducing frontend bloat. No React, Redux, or large JS libraries Powered by the web component, not loaded on the public site unless formats are active. Open Source and Free The BlaBlaBlocks Formats is open source. Not only is it free to use, but you are also welcome to collaborate and contribute to its development. Source Code: https://github.com/lubusIN/blablablocks-formats Report Issues: https://github.com/lubusIN/blablablocks-formats/issues Documentation: https://github.com/lubusIN/blablablocks-formats/wiki

WYSIWYG Widgets or rich text widgets This plugin adds so called “Widget Blocks” to your website which you can easily display in your widget areas. You can create or edit the widget blocks just like you would edit any post or page, with all the default WordPress editing functions enabled. This way, you can use the visual editor that comes with WordPress to format your widgets. You can even use media uploading to insert images and so forth. Features: Create beautiful widgets without having to write HTML code Easily insert media into your widget content Add headings, lists, blockquotes and other HTML elements to your widgets using the WordPress classic editor Use WP Links dialog to easily link to any of your pages or posts from a widget Use shortcodes inside your widgets Have a revision history of your widget content Translation ready Translations Is the plugin not translated into your language? You can contribute your translations using the translation editor here on WordPress.org. Source code The source code of this plugin is available on GitHub: ibericode/wysiwyg-widgets. About the plugin author Danny van Kooten has been building WordPress plugins since 2010, starting with WordPress 3.0. He is the founder of ibericode, the small software company behind popular WordPress plugins including Mailchimp for WordPress and Koko Analytics.