Timeline Block – tell your story with elegant timelines vs Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks

Design stunning WordPress timelines without writing a single line of code – showcase your stories, projects, milestones, and events in a captivating format. Timeline Block | Pricing | Support | Demo What Is Timeline Block? Timeline Block is a WordPress timeline plugin that lets you create responsive vertical and horizontal timelines directly in the Gutenberg Block Editor. Use it to present company history, project milestones, product roadmaps, events, personal achievements, stories, development progress, or any content that works better in chronological order. Choose a timeline layout, add your content, customize the settings, and publish. No coding knowledge is required. Key Features Two Free Themes: Customize the default theme to match your style and preferences. Timeline Type: Easily switch between horizontal and vertical layouts in the default theme. Start Index: Set the starting position (left or right) for both horizontal and vertical timelines. Display Item: Choose how many items to display in the horizontal timeline for a tailored view. Insert HTML in timeline title: Add custom HTML to enhance your timeline titles. Pro Features Eight Extra Themes: Access Eight more professionally designed themes, some themes supporting both horizontal and vertical layouts. Classic Editor for Descriptions: Edit timeline descriptions beautifully with the integrated classic editor, providing advanced formatting options. Customizable Icons: Add unique icons to your timeline items and style them to create a polished, professional look. Enhanced Customization Options: Fine-tune every aspect of your timeline for ultimate design control. Animation: Add animation to your timeline items. Dynamic Post Timeline Block: Build automated timelines dynamically from any WordPress post type, filtered by taxonomy terms and author. Accordion Timeline Block: Group collapsible timeline steps with custom status markers, icon choices, and smooth interactive expand/collapse toggles. Company History Timeline Block: Feature a spotlit year card with a clickable year rail and optional auto-slide carousel navigation. Career Timeline Block: Showcase work experience, education, and career achievements with specialized timeline layouts. Media Story Timeline Block: Display rich media stories combining images, video highlights, and narrative timelines. Event Schedule Block: Present event agendas, schedules, and multi-track session timelines clearly. Roadmap Timeline Block: Organize product releases, project phases, and strategic milestones into clean roadmap views. Year Navigator Block: Navigate historical timelines effortlessly year-by-year. AI Content Generator: Generate timeline items, titles, and descriptions instantly using integrated AI tools. Load More Feature: Add a customizable Load More button with initial item counts, per-click reveal limits, and custom styling. Add Shortcode API: Embed timelines anywhere using a powerful shortcode system. Why Choose Timeline Block? Create beautiful and professional timelines without writing any code. **Beautiful timeline layouts ** — Showcase stories, events, milestones, and projects with attractive horizontal and vertical timelines. **Horizontal & vertical timeline support ** — Choose the perfect layout style to display your content. **Ready-made timeline themes ** — Use professionally designed themes to create stunning timelines quickly. **Easy Gutenberg integration ** — Add and customize timelines directly inside the WordPress block editor. **Fully customizable design ** — Adjust colors, fonts, icons, and styling options to match your website. **Shortcode support ** — Display your timelines anywhere on your WordPress website. **Responsive timeline design ** — Looks great on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. **Lightweight & performance-friendly ** — Built for fast loading with optimized assets. Common Use Cases The plugin is useful for many types of WordPress websites: ✔ Company History: Highlight your business journey, achievements, and important milestones. ✔ Project Roadmaps: Display development stages, future plans, and product milestones. ✔ Product Launches: Showcase product releases, updates, and feature timelines. ✔ Personal Portfolios: Create career journeys, biographies, and achievement timelines. ✔ Educational Content: Present historical events, learning paths, and research timelines. ✔ Event Schedules: Organize conferences, programs, and important dates visually. ✔ Storytelling Websites: Create engaging visual stories with interactive timelines. How to use First, install the Timeline Block plugin Add the Timeline Block block from the block category called “Widgets” in the Gutenberg editor. You can change block settings from the right-side settings sidebar. Enjoy! For installation help click on Installation Tab Feedback Did you like this plugin? Dislike it? Do you have a feature request? Please share your feedback with us ⭐ Check out the Parent Plugin of this plugin- 🔥 B Blocks – Best gutenberg blocks collections for WordPress. ⭐ Check out our other WordPress Plugins- 🔥 Html5 Audio Player – Best audio player plugin for WordPress. 🔥 Html5 Video Player – Best video player plugin for WordPress. 🔥 PDF Poster – A fully-featured PDF Viewer Plugin for WordPress. 🔥 Document Embedder – Best WordPress Document Embedder Plugin. 🔥 3D Viewer – Display interactive 3D models on the webs. 🔥 Advanced Post Block – Best Post Display Plugin for WordPress. Source Code You can find the source code, report bugs, and contribute to the development of this plugin on our GitHub repository: Timeline Block on GitHub External Services This plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript/PHP libraries. SVG Icons (Font Awesome, Lucide, etc.) Purpose: Provides scalable vector icons used for UI elements. Note: This plugin does not load the full Font Awesome or Lucide libraries. Instead, specific icons are included directly as inline SVGs in the source code to keep the plugin lightweight and performant. Freemius Lite SDK Version: 2.2.0 Source: https://bplugins.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/freemius-lite-sdk License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Purpose: Provides an opt-in consent form for usage tracking and analytics to help improve the plugin. No data is sent before explicit user consent. External Services: Communicates with api.bplugins.com (activation events) and wp.freemius.com (opt-in processing) only after user opt-in. See bPlugins Privacy Policy and Freemius Privacy Policy. Timeline Version: 1.2.0 Source: assets/js/timeline.min.js, assets/css/timeline.min.css Author: Mike Collins License: MIT Purpose: A horizontal / vertical timeline component used for rendering timelines on the frontend. YouTube Source: https://www.youtube.com/ Purpose: Used to display documentation and tutorial videos in the admin dashboard. Privacy: Loading or interacting with the video player connects to YouTube servers and is subject to YouTube’s privacy policy. Third-Party Libraries Immer Version: 11.1.8 Source: https://immerjs.github.io/immer/ GitHub: https://github.com/immerjs/immer License: MIT Purpose: Used for managing immutable state in a more convenient way. bpl-tools Source / GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls. External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made

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.