BlockStrap Page Builder – Bootstrap Blocks vs No Gutenberg? – Choose Where to Use the Block Editor or the Classic Editor

BlockStrap Page Builder — Bootstrap Blocks gives you a selection of Bootstrap blocks that let you craft a whole site, including a header, footer, and even menus. This plugin, combined with the BlockStrap theme, effortlessly turbocharges your website’s loading speed. BlockStrap: The Ultimate BootStrap Page Builder for WordPress Transform your WordPress website with BlockStrap, the ultimate page builder plugin that brings the power of the Bootstrap CSS framework to your fingertips. Why Choose BlockStrap? BlockStrap is not just a plugin; it’s a complete page builder that gives you the freedom to create any type of theme. It integrates seamlessly with the WordPress block editor, providing a wide range of fully customizable blocks that are easy to use. Build Anything with BlockStrap Whether you’re building a blog, a Directory, an e-commerce store, a portfolio, or a business website, BlockStrap has got you covered. With over 30+ unique blocks, you can create anything from stylish navigation bars and responsive image galleries to dynamic accordions and interactive maps. BlockStrap Free Child Themes Directory Theme – Built for our plugin GeoDirectory, this is the best free WordPress directory theme you will find on WordPress.org. Real Estate Theme – Designed specifically for our GeoDirectory plugin, this is the top free WordPress Real Estate theme available. When used alongside the free Real Estate Directory add-on , for GeoDirectory, it puts premium real estate themes to shame. Job Board Theme Seamlessly integrated with GeoDirectory, this theme offers a robust platform for managing and showcasing job opportunities. Whether running a local job board or a large-scale employment site, the Job Board Theme ensures a professional look and smooth user experience. School Child Theme Build a professional-looking educational website with the free School Child Theme for Blockstrap. Tailored for academic institutions, this theme provides a clean, user-friendly design that enhances the online presence of schools and educational programs. Fully compatible with the Blockstrap framework, the School Child Theme offers seamless functionality and a professional aesthetic to engage students, parents, and educators alike. Many more BlockStrap Child themes are in the pipeline. We aim to release at least 1 per month. Blockstrap Blocks BS > Archive Actions This block, perfect for blogs and news sites, allows you to add category selectors and sort options to archive pages. BS > Archive Title Display your archive titles stylishly and professionally. BS > Breadcrumb Improve your site navigation with this breadcrumb block. BS > Button Create stylish and responsive buttons that are highly customizable. BS > Container This block allows you to create responsive containers for your content. It also doubles as row, column and card blocks. BS > Counter Display numbers dynamically and engagingly with this counter block. BS > Gallery Showcase your images in a beautiful and responsive gallery. BS > Heading Create headings that stand out and match your theme. BS > Icon Box Add icons to your site with this easy-to-use block. BS > Image Display your images in a stylish and responsive manner. BS > Map Add interactive maps to your site with this block. BS > Nav Create a responsive navigation menu for your site. BS > Nav Dropdown Add dropdown menus to your navigation with this block. BS > Nav Item Add individual items to your navigation menu. BS > Navbar Create a stylish and responsive navigation bar. BS > Navbar Brand Display your brand/logo in your navigation bar with this block. BS > Pagination Improve your site navigation with this pagination block. BS > Post Excerpt Display post excerpts stylishly and engagingly. BS > Post Info Showcase your post info with this block, including author, dates, comments, reading time, etc. BS > Post Title Display your post titles stylishly and professionally. BS > Search Add a search function to your site with this block. BS > Shape Divider Add stylish dividers to your site with this block. BS > Share Make it easy for your visitors to share your content with this social share block. BS > Skip Links Improve your site accessibility with this skip links block. BS > Tab Create tabs for your content with this block. BS > Tabs Organize your content in a stylish and responsive tabs layout. BS > Accordion Display your content in a dynamic accordion layout. BS > Accordion Item Add individual items to your accordion with this block. BS > Contact Form Add a simple and easy contact form to your site with this block. BS > Rating Add star rating icons to your posts. (can also be used to output GeoDirectory post ratings) BS > Scroll Top Add a button to the page so users can scroll back to the top of the page easily. BS > Modal Add a modal (popup) to the page containing any content. BS > Offcanvas Add an Offcanvas element to the page containing any content. BS > Alert Add an Alert element to the page to show important information. BS > Headline Add an animated headline to your site, this supports highlight and animations. Get BlockStrap Today! Take your WordPress site to the next level with the BlockStrap plugin. Experience the power of Bootstrap in your WordPress block editor today!

The most configurable way to leave the block editor behind. Activate it and everything block related is gone: the block editor, Global Styles, patterns, block widgets, the Site Editor and the block CSS and JavaScript that every page loads. From there you decide the scope: everywhere, or only for the post types, roles, templates and entries you choose. What this plugin removes: Core Gutenberg Features Gutenberg Block Editor (completely disabled) Full Site Editing (FSE) Global Styles and inline CSS Block-based Widget Editor (reverts to Classic Widgets) Block Patterns and Pattern Directory Theme.json support and processing Block Directory integration Site Editor functionality Performance Optimizations The block library CSS and JavaScript that every page loads The Global Styles inline CSS, which dequeuing the handle never reaches The block assets of any other plugin that registers blocks, on pages where no block appears The block editor assets in the admin, wherever the Classic Editor is the one opening WooCommerce Integration The block based product editor, which follows the same rules as any other post type The WooCommerce block styles and scripts, removed along with the rest of the block assets Nothing else: leave blocks on for products and the block product editor keeps working Admin Experience Removes the welcome panel that promotes the block editor Removes the Patterns submenu from the Appearance menu (WP 6.5+) Removes the Fonts submenu from the Appearance menu (WP 7.0+) Blocks access to Site Editor pages Shows activation success notice Warns you when a block theme is active Adds settings and support links to plugin actions A default that asks nothing, and a settings page for everything else – Activating the plugin disables the block editor and every block feature across the site, which is what most people install it for. The rest of this page is about wanting less than that. Full control when you need it – The settings page lives under Settings > No Gutenberg?, built around one master switch. Leave it on and the whole site keeps the complete disable. Turn it off and you decide where the block editor goes away: by post type, by user role, by page template or by individual entry. The site wide pieces (classic widgets, block patterns, frontend block assets, theme.json and the Site Editor) are then yours to keep or remove one by one. Every checkbox means the same thing, so no setting ever undoes another one. Switch editors entry by entry, where it makes sense – Editor switching is chosen per post type, right next to the rule that disables the block editor. Enable it for pages, for instance, and every page gets “Edit (Classic)” and “Edit (Blocks)” links in the list plus a switch inside both editors, while your posts stay untouched. Each entry remembers the editor chosen for it, and that choice beats the rules in both directions: one landing page can stay on the Classic Editor while the rest keep blocks, or the other way around. It tells you what it is doing – The settings screen opens with a status panel for your particular site: how many block patterns are being blocked, how much weight is off every page, whether your theme is a block theme, and how much of your published content is really built with blocks. That last number is the one that should decide whether you strip the block styles from the frontend or not, and no other plugin tells you. Built for agencies and managed sites – The whole configuration can be fixed from wp-config.php, and the settings screen locked as read only or hidden altogether, so a site you deliver keeps the setup you left behind. A whole network configured in one file – This is where the plugin stands alone. Every single setting it has, and not just which editor opens, can be written in wp-config.php, the same file every site of a multisite network reads. A network of a hundred sites is set up once, all of them with the same rules, all of them with the same block CSS gone, and none of them able to drift away from it. The plugin can also be network activated and left alone, because settings are stored per site, so a network can equally let each site decide for itself. Same mechanism as the locking above, and this is how it is written. One configuration for a whole network, or for a site you deliver Everything the settings screen does can also be written in wp-config.php, where nobody changes it by accident, and what you write there wins over whatever is stored in the database. It is the same file for every site of a multisite network, so it is also how you set up a network without repeating the configuration site by site. Add the lines you need above the comment that says “That’s all, stop editing! Happy publishing.” To disable Gutenberg everywhere and leave no settings screen for anyone to touch, which is the usual setup both for a network and for a site you hand over to a client: define( 'NO_GUTENBERG_OPTIONS', array( 'complete' => true ) ); define( 'NO_GUTENBERG_HIDE_SETTINGS', true ); Drop that second line and the settings page is still there, showing the configuration the site is really running, but read only. And if all you want is to lock the screen, leaving the configuration as each site has it stored: define( 'NO_GUTENBERG_LOCK_SETTINGS', true ); NO_GUTENBERG_OPTIONS takes any of the settings on the screen, so a selective setup is written the same way: define( 'NO_GUTENBERG_OPTIONS', array( 'complete' => false, 'disable_post_types' => array( 'post', 'page' ), 'disable_roles' => array( 'editor', 'author' ), 'frontend_css' => false, ) ); The keys are the settings on the screen. complete, widgets, patterns, frontend_css, theme_json, site_editor and fse_notices take true or false, while disable_post_types, disable_roles, disable_templates and switch_post_types take an array of slugs, and disable_ids an array of entry IDs. Any key you leave out keeps the value stored on the site. Note that defining NO_GUTENBERG_OPTIONS already turns the whole screen read only, so NO_GUTENBERG_LOCK_SETTINGS is not needed on top of it. It fits sites that: – Work better in the Classic Editor and want it back – Run classic themes and plugins that were never built around blocks – Are paying for block CSS and JavaScript on pages with no blocks in them – Need the Classic Editor for everyone except a few post types, roles or people – Are a multisite network that wants the same editing experience on every site Support Need private support or custom development? Do you need one-on-one help, priority troubleshooting, or a custom feature, integration, or tweak built specifically for your site? I offer private support and custom development. Just contact me and tell me what you need. Need help or have suggestions? Official website WordPress support forum YouTube channel Documentation and tutorials Love the plugin? Please leave us a 5-star review and help spread the word! About AyudaWP We are specialists in WordPress security, SEO, and performance optimization plugins. 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