Custom Block Builder – Lazy Blocks vs NS Featured Posts

Custom Blocks Plugin For WordPress ★★★★★ Developers magic wand for WordPress custom blocks. We created Lazy Blocks WordPress plugin, to help every developer get access to the powerful tools they need to quickly run websites based on WordPress block editor (called Gutenberg). Official Site | Documentation | GitHub Create custom blocks visually, add controls to your blocks using drag & drop, write blocks output using HTML or PHP code. You can create custom blocks as well as custom meta fields for specific post types. Furthermore, you are able to create post templates with predefined blocks for any post type. 🚀 Easy To Start This everything you need to deploy your custom block in WordPress editor: 1. Configure Custom Block Give a name to your custom block, set icon, category, etc. 2. Add Controls Add control fields like simple text and complex image selectors. 3. Write Output Code Output code for your custom block with HTML and PHP support. 🌟 Features Custom blocks with output code Custom blocks for posts meta fields Large set of predefined controls Show controls in block content / inspector Multiple output methods allowed Custom PHP Custom HTML + Handlebars Template files in theme folder Export / Import blocks 🔥 Controls To manage custom blocks attributes you need to use Controls. Lazy Blocks have a large set of controls predefined for you: Basic Text Textarea Number Range URL Email Password Content Image Gallery File Rich Text Classic Editor Code Editor Inner Blocks Choice Select Radio Checkbox Toggle Advanced Color Picker Date Time Picker Layout Repeater Custom Controls read our extensive documentation 🏳️ Multilingual Lazy Blocks adds a new layer of compatibility for WPML. All text controls of custom blocks are compatible with WPML and ready for translation. https://www.lazyblocks.com/docs/multilingual/ 🛠 Built For Developers Lazy Blocks built by developers, for developers and gives you unlimited freedom to create custom blocks. Furthermore, there are PHP filters and actions to customize every part of your custom blocks from the backend. Possibility to use PHP and theme templates system. Every UI part should be intuitive for simple custom blocks, but if you want to create something more complex, you may be required to read our extensive documentation. 🔥 Lazy Blocks Pro The Lazy Blocks plugin is also available in a professional version which includes more controls and features! Learn more about Lazy Blocks Pro In order to maintain the free version of the plugin on an ongoing basis, and to provide quick and effective support for free, we offer a Pro version of the plugin. The Pro version allows you to: Additional Controls Posts – Search and select posts based on post type or taxonomy Taxonomy – Search and select categories, tags and any other custom taxonomies Users – Search and select users based on user roles Units – Advanced number input with possibility to select any CSS unit Message – Display a helpful message between controls Code Editor – Insert code parts using editor with syntax highlighting Controls Conditions Conditionally display/hide controls. In order not to overload your block with a huge list of controls, you can hide some of them depending on the values of other controls. Styles & Scripts Add custom CSS and JavaScript to your blocks. Define styles for editor and frontend, and script for interactive frontend functionality. Assets are automatically loaded only when needed for optimal performance. Panels and Dividers The Panels and Dividers provides a way to structure controls into groups. It assists in better organizing the block panel UI. Blocks Preloading Display blocks preview immediately once the page editor loaded. SEO Enhancements Additional support for content analysis in Rank Math and Yoast SEO plugins. Find much more custom blocks features of Lazy Blocks Pro today!

NS Featured Posts This plugin adds checkboxes for each list item. You can easily check/uncheck the Featured flag. Checking the Featured will set the meta value yes for meta key _is_ns_featured_post. You can choose which post types you want Featured functionality from plugin settings. Using in theme This plugin only sets/unsets the meta key for assigned posts. You need to implement it in your theme to get Featured functionality. Example: $query = new WP_Query( array( 'meta_key' => '_is_ns_featured_post', 'meta_value' => 'yes' ) ); This will fetch the list of posts that are checked as Featured. Want to see how this can be used in a Page Template? Click this link to see an example