Machete vs ska-blocks – TailwindCSS for Block Editor

Machete is a simple suite of tools that solves common WordPress annoyances using as few resources as possible. Machete doesn’t cover every single use case, but there is a huge amount of sites that would require less plugins if they used Machete. All Machete tools have two things in common: they solve problems faced by many web developers and they do it using as few server resources as possible. So far, Machete includes the following tools: WordPress Optimization WordPress places a lot of code inside the tag just to keep backward compatibility or to enable optional features. You can disable most of it and save some time from each page request while making your installation safer. Cookies & GDPR Warning We know you hate cookie warning bars. Well, this is the least hateable cookie bar you’ll find. It is really light, doesn’t affect your PageSpeed score and plays well with static cache plugins. Analytics and custom code You don’t need a zillion plugins to perform easy tasks like inserting a verification meta tag (Google Search Console, Bing, Pinterest), a json-ld snippet or a custom stylesheet (Google Fonts, Print Styles, accessibility tweaks…). The Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager tracking codes are PageSpeed optimized, GPDR friendly. Maintenance mode The maintenance mode that ships with WordPress is just a basic lock-down that is activated whenever you do a major update. With machete Maintenance Mode you can hide your unfinished page from visitors and search engines, give your clients a secure temporary access and lock your site without affecting your SEO. Post & Page cloner Adds a “duplicate” link to post, page and most post types lists. Also adds “copy to new draft” function to the post editor. Social Sharing Buttons Social sharing done the Machete way. The icons are made as a custom webfont embedded in a minified CSS file that only weighs 5.8KB. The sharing actions use each platform’s native share URL. WooCommerce Utils WooCommerce was designed to work for every possible use case, but that often leads to unexpected behavior. These simple fixes can improve the WooCommerce user experience by making it behave as clients expect.

ska-blocks plugin provides a seamless Tailwind CSS integration with the WordPress Block Editor. Manage Tailwind classes on blocks with an intuitive UI, making it possible to implement any Tailwind-based website design directly in the Block Editor with no build step, template files or third party page builders. The plugin comes with low level blocks that can represent any HTML element, which makes it possible to convert custom HTML to blocks and makes the Gutenberg editor incredibly flexible. Live demo on WordPress playground Website Read the docs Features Enter any Tailwind class – the plugin compiles the CSS for it and enqueues it in the block editor and front end. No bloat – any classes you don’t use on the page don’t get loaded, only Tailwind theme and properties are loaded globally, optionally Tailwind’s preflight can be included as well. Responsive – easily target any breakpoint in the block editor. Flexible – full control to utilize all HTML elements with any HTML attributes and styles – tailor custom solutions with no need for page builder bloat. Convert HTML to blocks – have an existing TailwindCSS-based design? Convert it to blocks automatically, use UI to fine-tune it and have less-technical users easily modify text content in a simple WYSIWYG environment. Presets & Variations – create reusable sets of classes, or blocks. AI integration – generate Tailwind HTML using AI and convert it to blocks on the spot. Blocks Text – any HTML element that contains rich text. Element – any HTML element that contains other elements. Tailwind – convert Tailwind HTML to blocks – find HTML from the web or generate with AI. Image – render an image, placeholder, SVG, featured image, Lottie. Gallery – render multiple images with simple markup. External services When using AI this plugin connects to an API endpoint to communicate with various AI models. No external connection is made until you enter your own API key and specifically interact with the AI feature of the “Tailwind” block. Request is made when you press “Generate” and include your written prompt and the contents of the Tailwind block. This service is provided by “OpenRouter”: terms of use, privacy policy.