Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit vs Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks

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 was previously called Spectra. It’s now Spectra Legacy. Nothing on your website has changed. Your blocks, pages, settings, and content all continue to work exactly as they did before. There’s nothing to migrate and nothing to configure. Spectra Legacy vs. Spectra Blocks We’ve split Spectra into two products. Spectra Legacy is this plugin — built for existing Spectra users. It receives security and compatibility updates and full support, but no new features. Spectra Blocks is a new, separate plugin where all new feature development happens, aimed at new installs and anyone who wants ongoing additions. If you’re already using this plugin, no action is needed; installing Spectra Blocks is entirely optional whenever you’re ready. If you’re already using this plugin, you don’t need to do anything. If you want new features as they’re released, you can install Spectra Blocks separately, whenever you’re ready. There’s no deadline and no required migration. What’s included Spectra Legacy includes the full block library your site is already built on: layout tools, content and post blocks, form and SEO blocks, social blocks, and site tools like Popup Builder and Coming Soon mode. Blocks included Core — Container, Heading, Image, Icon, Buttons, Info Box, Call To Action, Countdown Content — Sliders, Content Timeline, Google Maps, Inline Notices, Tabs, Taxonomy List, Price List (Loop Builder in Spectra Pro Legacy) Post — Counter, Modal Popup, Post Carousel, Post Grid, Post Timeline Social — Instagram Feed, Blockquote, Social Share, Team, Testimonials Forms — Contact form, newsletter signup, suggestion form, reCAPTCHA (registration/login forms in Spectra Pro Legacy) SEO — FAQ, How-To, Review, Table of Contents Dynamic content — Archive feed filtering by date, author, category, and post type Site tools — Popup Builder, Coming Soon mode, block animations, local Google Fonts, global styling defaults About the AI block The AI block previously included in this plugin is now called ZipAI. It still works in Spectra Legacy for compatibility. New AI features are being built in Spectra Blocks going forward. Compatibility Works with most standard WordPress themes, including Spectra One, Astra, Blocksy, and GeneratePress. Compatible with common plugins including WooCommerce, SureCart, Gravity Forms, LearnDash, MemberPress, and Yoast SEO. See our documentation for the full compatibility list. Support & community Spectra Legacy is actively maintained — security patches, compatibility updates, and support all continue. This plugin is not deprecated. Support forum: use the Support tab on this page Documentation: wpspectra.com/docs Facebook Group: Web Creators by Astra Facebook: Spectra X (Twitter): @wpspectra Contribute Spectra is open source. Browse the code or contribute on GitHub: brainstormforce/wp-spectra Credits Our external packages use Rating Star Component that are distributed under the terms of the ISC. While Slick, Lottie and Striptags is distributed under the terms of the MIT. Additionally, we incorporate FontAwesome v6 under the CC BY 4.0 License, and dnd kit licensed under the MIT License.