Block Navigation
Demo – Documentation – GitHub Block Navigation provides a sidebar with the current post/page’s blocks and some tools to facilitate the editing process in the new Gutenberg editor. Features The features are especially useful for nested blocks – blocks that are inside parent blocks which are difficult to select or move in the editor. Inside the panel several utilities are included to enhance the UX, such as: Dragging blocks to a different location Moving blocks by click Selecting blocks Easily recognising the block from a small snippet of the block’s content The user can select a dark or light color scheme, from the multiple included. Plugin and Theme developers The plugin also provides some features for Plugin and Theme developers, such as: Click and Copy the block’s clientId Click to console.log helpful data from the block Usage Inside the Post editor on the right side of the top Block’s Toolbar the plugin icon/button should appear (if not, please read the FAQ below). Click the icon/button to open the plugin sidebar. Credits Images from the readme banner and screenshots belong to Charles Postiaux.
Find My Blocks – Locate blocks on your site
Find My Blocks is a WordPress plugin built to help you find specific Gutenberg blocks on your WordPress website. 🆕 Official site Find My Blocks 🔍 Fast search for block locations Save your time by scanning your entire WordPress site (including posts, pages and custom post types) to locate instances of WordPress Blocks. 📍 Find & replace blocks safely with quick edit and preview links. 🧱 WordPress Full Site Editing support. Block Templates & Template parts will be searched. ⚡️ Performance settings for low (shared hosting) to high-end hosting. 🤝 100% free & open source. Which blocks can be located? Find My Blocks will batch loop through your posts (and more) to detect instances of blocks. WordPress Core blocks (paragraphs, images, group blocks and so on) Blocks added by third-party plugins (Even if they are uninstalled) Synced Patterns (Reusable Blocks) WordPress template added by your theme, or plugins such as WooCommerce. Conditional Blocks with custom visibility settings. Anything missing? Let us know – our goal is to find every WordPress block. Quickly identify block types. Filter found blocks by their “Block Provider”, narrowing the search results to individual plugins. The amount of times a specific block type has been used on your WordPress website. The posts/pages that a block has been used on. The amount of times a block has been used on a specific post/page. Check if the block is a “Synced Pattern (Reusable Block)”. Check if the block is a “Nested Block”. Check if the block is a “Template”. How to get started? Navigate to the Tools -> Find My Blocks Menu inside the WordPress Admin dashboard. You can then set your server performance, which will decide how many posts to scan at a time. Once it’s done you’ll see all found blocks! Resources Website: Read our guides and tutorials. GitHub: Contribute to the plugin. @MorganHvidt: Follow Morgan on X (Twitter).
