Reusable Blocks Extended
Extend Gutenberg Reusable Blocks feature with a complete admin panel, widgets, shortcodes and PHP functions.
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Installation instructions
Customer support & learning resources
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Main benefits
Complete admin panel
Widgets and shortcodes
Live preview feature
Reusable Blocks dashboard
PHP functions support
About this plugin
Author: Jb Audras
Categories: Widgets and Sidebars
Version: 0.9.1
Last updated: 14-01-2024
WordPress version: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.4.5
PHP version required: 7.0
Languages: Deutsch (Schweiz, Du), Deutsch (Sie) [+10]
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Overview
The WordPress plugin "Reusable Blocks Extended" enhances the Gutenberg Reusable Blocks functionality by offering a comprehensive admin panel along with widgets, shortcodes, and PHP functions. It enriches the Reusable Blocks admin interface by adding dashboard information, an activation screen, and a list of posts where each block is used, complete with modification dates. Users benefit from a live preview feature that reflects their theme’s stylesheets, and a widget option to place blocks in widget areas seamlessly. Additionally, the plugin supports shortcodes and PHP functions for inserting blocks in posts and themes regardless of the editor used. A notable new feature allows for converting reusable blocks to block patterns with a single click, making it an efficient tool for managing content blocks within WordPress. For more details, a comprehensive presentation is available through a linked WordCamp talk synthesis.
Enhanced Admin Interface
- Add Reusable Blocks dashboard informations
- Activate Reusable Blocks admin screen
- Provide a list of Posts where each Reusable Block is used and the date it was last modified
Live Preview
- Provide a live preview of your reusable blocks from the Reusable Blocks admin screen
- Live preview includes your theme stylesheets
Versatile Usage Options
- Provide a Reusable Blocks Widget to use your block anywhere in your theme’s widgets areas
- Provide a Reusable Blocks Shortcode to use your block anywhere in your Post types
- Provide some Reusable Blocks PHP functions to use your block anywhere in your theme
Conversion Tool
- An easy tool to convert reusable blocks to block patterns in one click
Rating and reviews
Line49 Design
14 Jun, 2024
Hey everybody that wrote to this forum and complained about something not working with this free plugin:
You can get the Gutenberg Block as a Shortcode function by using WP Code Pro. It works great and is highly supported. But the price is USD$100/yr for a single website, or $250/yr for 25 sites (prices upon yearly renewal).The whole reason I found this plugin is that WP Code Pro is expensive, and there is no LTD.
After a fairly thorough search, I have found zero other options besides these two plugins: one home-made and one commercial. So if you don’t want to pay the premium price for the commercial plugin, then there’s no point complaining about the homemade one.
mjmurphy53711
04 Jun, 2024
Previously a 5 star review, the last year problems creeping in and it’s obvious to me that the developer refuses to participate in this support forum. Kick them out of the respository until they are responsive. Note to developer, previously would have happily purchased a pro version of this plugin (which you don’t seem to offer) in order to support you and get access to support.
robertorefresh
11 Mar, 2024
simple and usefull. I’m using it in every website
marklustre
28 Nov, 2023
The plugin was good and I really like it. but now I have problem when I open the plugin it self it will show “500 Internal Server Error”. This only plugin have error. Please help. Thanks
tomo55555
23 Sep, 2023
This is a very useful plugin, especially as it stops my admin team accidentally editing a reusable block and then changing all the blocks, which gutenberg sometimes messes up. This plugin could be extended even further.
