Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit vs Disable Gutenberg

EditorsKit provides set of page building block options and toolkit for the new WordPress Gutenberg editor. You can now have better control, text formats, styling and workflow by simply utilizing the tools provided by EditorsKit plugin. See for yourself New: Block Styles Manager You can now easily create and manage all of your block styles with the new styles manager. Rich Text Formats EditorsKit also adds the missing text formats for better content creation. The following rich text format are available upon plugin activation: Links with “rel” nofollow and sponsored attribute option Highlighted Text or Heading Colors Highlighted Text Background Color Clear Formatting Options Paragraph Justify Alignment Underline Text Format Superscript Subscript Indent Paragraph, Heading or List Block Uppercase Text Transform Images and Embeds Caption Alignment Nonbreaking Space Abbreviation for acronyms Insert Special Characters Glyphs and Special Characters Insert special characters and symbols on Gutenberg editor at ease. Special characters are categorized and you can use the search field to find specific symbol. Markdown Support Starting EditorsKit 1.6 , you can now use markdowns on Gutenberg editor while typing. Markdowns for *bold*, _italic_ and ~strikethrough~ are available upon plugin activation. Lists of available markdowns are also accessible on the settings menu. Watch it in action Block Visibility Using EditorsKit you will have the following visibility control in order to manage and display better contents. Show or hide Gutenberg blocks on desktop, tablet and mobile devices User logged-in or logged-out state block visibility Custom PHP conditional display logic Show or hide Gutenberg blocks based on Advanced Custom Fields Plugin(ACF) Value Estimated Reading Time Word count is already available on Gutenberg editor. EditorsKit then extend this word count and display estimated count as well. Using roughly 275 word per minute plus additional calculations based on image blocks, you can display better estimated reading time on your posts and pages. Powered by shortcode you can display the Estimated Reading Time on your content by using the code below. [editorskit display="wordcount" before="Reading Time: " after=" min"] before : Text or element you want to display before reading time. after : Text or element you want to display after reading time. tag : default div : Html tag container fallback : set value to ‘true’ to display PHP based wordcount on old posts that are not edited or created through Gutenberg Block Guide Lines EditorsKit features other tool aside from visibility management. With the new Block Guide Lines, you can easily toggle visible guide lines on title and each editor blocks in order to check the element boundaries. This feature will also help your workflow on handling nested blocks. Copy and Paste Selected Blocks Note: This feature is no longer available in the latest versions of EditorsKit because this has been added to Gutenberg. Editorskit Typography Note: This feature is deprecated and no longer available in the latest version. If you want to continue using Editorskit typography, You can download and install the editorskit deprecated typography addon manually from github. Image and Cover Block Styles Comes with selection of styles on Cover and Image Block for custom shapes and layouts such as diagonal, circular and rounder corners; and even add drop shadows. List Block Additional Styles Provides the following additional styling for list block: Checked List Arrow Crossed Connected Starred Dashed None Responsive Text Alignment Easily change text alignment per devices. This will help you provide different alignment view on mobile and tablet devices aside from the existing option for desktop. Full Height Screen Option Easily display selected blocks as full screen layout by toggling “Full Screen Height” option under the advanced panel. You’ll instantly have beautiful hero section by just using core blocks. Toggle Title Visibility Easily hide post, page or any post type’s title on your website in just a click. This will enable you to create full Gutenberg editor’s driven posts and pages without getting “(No Title)” on your admin dashboard. Block Import and Export Export each block or selected blocks and reusable blocks directly on the editor, no need to navigate to separate admin dashboard. Then drag and drop exported JSON file on the editor and it will automatically be transformed into Gutenberg blocks, same goes with reusable blocks. Better Custom CSS Class(es) Huge improvement on Additional CSS Class(es) option! EditorsKit provides better UI with classes suggestions while typing. Powered with custom PHP filter, theme developers can include custom Utility Classes for more customization options. Set Image Block as Featured Image Enable selected image block to be set as featured image easily using the block settings dropdown. Drag and Drop Featured Image Upload Easily upload or change featured image on Gutenberg editor by dragging and dropping image on Featured Image sidebar panel. Code Editor Mode Syntax Highlighter Improve display when on “Code Editor Mode”. Powered by WordPress default CodeMirror library, Code Editor will be displayed with code syntax highlights and you will easily check each elements and if there are any errors on your HTML codes. Media and Text Block Link and Card Layout Option Assign custom link to Image on Media and Text Block. Add custom, media or attachment link easily. You can also set open to new tab, add no follow and/or set link to the whole block. Additionally, you can set Media and Text Block to display as card layout with option to set image on top or bottom. Integrated perfectly with the toolbar layour selection. Add Link to Cover, Group and Column Blocks Assign link to cover, group and column blocks at ease with option to enable link attributes like open to new tab, apply nofollow and/or sponsored rel value. Additionally, you can enable the extra option to apply hover animation. Keyboard Shortcuts EditorsKit adds the missing keyboard shortcuts from Classic Editor. When activated you can use the following shortcuts to easily save time and improve writing workflow. CTRL + ALT + 1 : Heading 1 CTRL + ALT + 2 : Heading 2 CTRL + ALT + 3 : Heading 3 CTRL + ALT + 4 : Heading 4 CTRL + ALT + 5 : Heading 5 CTRL + ALT + 6 : Heading 6 CTRL + ALT + c : Align center CTRL + ALT + r : Align right CTRL + ALT + l : Align left CTRL + ALT + j : Justify CMD + SHIFT + . : Select Parent Block Block Navigator Display “Block Navigator” on block that can contain multiple child blocks. Available on Columns Block and Group Block. UI and User Experience Improvements Improve interface and provide better writing experience. Copy and Paste Custom Gradients Easily copy custom gradient colors to your clipboard and paste them anywhere. You can also select CopyGradients available combinations and easily paste the colors to Cover and Button blocks. Features Manager Enable or disable EditorsKit features using “EditorsKit Settings” menu. This will give you full control over the plugin features and let you disable the features that you don’t need on your website. Theme Supports for Developers EditorsKit is moving towards being developer friendly as well. Starting version 1.5, custom theme_supports were added to provide theme developers option to make Gutenberg block editing experience for their users match the frontend display. Learn more here. Accessible Help, Tips and Tricks Add help, tips and tricks button on the bottom right side of the editor to help users discover several helpful power tips and shortcuts. These tips will definitely improve your workflow and save time navigating the new block editor. ShareABlock block Insert your downloads from shareablock.com easily using this block. Browse through your block patterns and templates then add them to your content in just a click. Helping you with the new Gutenberg Editor EditorsKit is created to help you navigate through the new editor. Each new features will make your page building more convenient and easier. You can help achieving this goal through the community: Join Facebook Community Follow Us on Twitter Contribute on Github Contact and Credits EditorsKit is maintained and developed by Munir Kamal.

This plugin disables the new Gutenberg Editor (aka Block Editor) and replaces it with the Classic Editor. You can disable Gutenberg completely, or selectively disable for posts, pages, roles, post types, and theme templates. Plus you can hide the Gutenberg nag, menu item, and more! ♠ The all-in-one, COMPLETE solution for handling Gutenberg ♠ Hide ALL traces of Gutenberg and replace with Classic Editor ♠ Restores original Edit Post screen (TinyMCE, meta boxes, etc.) The Disable Gutenberg plugin restores the classic (original) WordPress editor and the “Edit Post” screen. So you can continue using plugins and theme functions that extend the Classic Editor. Supports awesome features like Meta Boxes, Quicktags, Custom Fields, and everything else the Classic Editor can do. Easy to Use Just activate and done! The default plugin settings are configured to hide all traces of the Gutenberg Block Editor, and fully restore the original Classic Editor. Further options for customizing when/where Gutenberg is enabled are available in the plugin settings. ♠ Disable Block Widgets and restore Classic Widgets 🙂 Options Disable Gutenberg completely (all post types) Disable Gutenberg for any post type Disable Gutenberg for any user role Disable Gutenberg for any theme template Disable Gutenberg for any post/page IDs Disable Gutenberg admin notice (nag) Option to restore Classic Widgets Option to hide the plugin menu item Option to hide the Gutenberg plugin menu item (settings link) Adds “Classic Editor” link to each post on the Posts screen Adds item to the WP sidebar menu: “Add New (Classic)” Option to enable Custom Fields Meta Box for ACF Choose which editor to use for each post Whitelist any post title, slug, or ID Option to enable/disable frontend Gutenberg stylesheet ♠ Works same as Classic Editor plugin, but can do a LOT more! ♠ Lightweight and super fast, built with WP APIs 🙂 Fully configurable, enable or disable Gutenberg and restore the Classic Editor wherever is necessary. Automatically replaces Gutenberg with the Classic Editor. Features Super simple Clean, secure code Built with the WordPress API Lightweight, fast and flexible Regularly updated and “future proof” Works great with other WordPress plugins Plugin options configurable via settings screen Focused on flexibility, performance, and security One-click restore plugin default options Translation ready ♠ Works great with Google AMP and the WordPress AMP plugin Disable Gutenberg is developed and maintained by Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author. Super light & fast plugin, super easy on server resources! Why? Gutenberg is a useful editor but sometimes you want to disable it for specific posts, pages, user roles, post types, and/or theme templates. This plugin enables you to disable Gutenberg and replace it with the Classic Editor wherever you want. For example, lots of WordPress users already enjoy robust page-building functionality via one of the many great plugins like Composer or Elementor. So many options, no need to feel “locked in” to using Gutenberg! If you like Disable Gutenberg, please give it a 5-star rating, thank you! Privacy This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way. Support development I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can make a donation or purchase one of my books: The Tao of WordPress Digging into WordPress .htaccess made easy WordPress Themes In Depth Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins: BBQ Pro – Blazing fast WordPress firewall Blackhole Pro – Automatically block bad bots Banhammer Pro – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys GA Google Analytics Pro – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics Head Meta Pro – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress REST Pro Tools – Awesome tools for managing the WP REST API Simple Ajax Chat Pro – Unlimited chat rooms USP Pro – Unlimited front-end forms Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thanks! 🙂