Block Designer – Create Custom Blocks for Gutenberg Editor

Description

Design your own custom blocks for the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor without any line of code.

fastest way to create your block for Gutenberg
✔ Incredibly easy and intuitive to use
✔ Your custom blocks are completely WYSIWYG (no form)

Tutorial (create an address block for Gutenberg):

open tutorial on YouTube

Live Preview

Test the latest version here:
> > > open LIVE PREVIEW < < <

Supported Elements

  • HTML Element
  • Icon
  • Static Text
  • Author Image
  • Author Link
  • Author RichText
  • Inner Blocks

Supported Styles

  • Display (block, flex, inline-block, inline, none)
  • Flex (direction, reverse, align, justify, gap, wrap)
  • Flex Child (shrink, grow, align self)
  • Spacing (margin, padding)
  • Size (width, height, min-width, min-height, max-width, max-height)
  • Overflow (visible, hidden, scroll, auto)
  • Typography (font-weight, font-style, font-size, line-height, color, text-align, text-decoration)
  • Border (radius, style, width, color)
  • Background (color, linear-gradient, radial-gradient)
  • Effects (box-shadow)

How it works

  1. Design your block

    First you design your block in the Block Designer with different HTML elements and styles.

    You can define areas where authors can insert images and text in the WordPress Block Editor.

    After you designed your block, you only need to enable and save it.

  2. Use your block

    If you enabled and saved your block, you will find your block in the Inserter panel of the WordPress Block Editor.

    Just insert it as you know it from ordinary blocks.

    If you have defined areas for author input, you can add your content now.

    Save your page/post and enjoy your result on your site 😉

More from the same author

If you are interested in more plugins by this author, you could have a look at the Gridzy.Gallery.

Screenshots

  • This is the overview of all your created blocks.
  • This is the view when you design one of your blocks.
  • In the WordPress Block Editor, you can always preview your block by hovering over your block icon.
  • Use your block as often as you want.

Reviews

2023-01-24
With its intuitive interface and many customizable options, I was able to easily create my own blocks for the Gutenberg editor and make my WordPress website more appealing. The support is fast and helpful. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to make their WordPress sites more customized. 5 stars!
2022-09-19
If you have tried Lazy Blocks or Genesis Custom Blocks and are looking for a more visual way to both create and use custom blocks, this plugin is for you: Creating a custom block is very much like building a post in the Gutenberg block editor (no coding required), and using your custom block is completely WYSIWYG (no form).
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Contributors & Developers

“Block Designer – Create Custom Blocks for Gutenberg Editor” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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Interested in development?

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Changelog

1.10.0 – 2023-11-01

  • Make block content translatable via WPML plugin

1.9.5 – 2023-07-12

  • Added help text about adding custom CSS classes

1.9.4 – 2023-07-12

  • Fix small style implementation issue

1.9.3 – 2023-04-09

  • Fix small compatibility issue with WP 6.2

1.9.2 – 2023-04-09

  • Fix small compatibility issues with WP 6.2

1.9.1 – 2022-11-02

  • Fix small compatibility issue with WP 6.1

1.9.0 – 2022-10-04

  • Fix issue with theme style switch
  • Make the plugin translatable
  • Optimize various small things

1.8.2 – 2022-09-29

  • Fix small issue with paste command

1.8.1 – 2022-09-29

  • Fix small issue with copy, cut and paste commands

1.8.0 – 2022-09-29

  • Implement a better way for copy, cut and paste commands

1.7.5 – 2022-09-28

  • Fix issue when copying an author link with other author elements in it

1.7.4 – 2022-09-16

  • Fix two small issues in the site editor

1.7.3 – 2022-09-16

  • Fix: style settings for tablet and mobile had no effect in the backend

1.7.2 – 2022-09-15

  • Fix: overview preview did not work on multisite installations

1.7.1 – 2022-09-15

  • Fix: canvas did not work on multisite installations

1.7.0 – 2022-09-13

  • Support of block alignment “wide” and “full”
  • New element “authorlink”

1.6.5 – 2022-08-30

  • Fix issue about copy, cut or delete elements

1.6.4 – 2022-08-25

  • Fix safari issue

1.6.3 – 2022-08-24

  • Fix two small issues

1.6.2 – 2022-08-23

  • Fix small issue

1.6.1 – 2022-08-22

  • Fix various small issues

1.6.0 – 2022-08-17

  • Show indicators when styles are set
  • New element “Icon”

1.5.1 – 2022-08-10

  • Fix for older PHP versions

1.5.0 – 2022-08-10

  • Use CSS classes instead of style attributes
  • Add responsive styles (desktop, tablet, mobile)

1.4.0 – 2022-07-31

  • Add drag and drop to element tree

1.3.1 – 2022-07-26

  • Fix: BD crashed when saving a new block while an element was selected

1.3.0 – 2022-07-25

  • Add support for many more HTML tags
  • Add support for custom HTML attributes
  • Small optimizations

1.2.1 – 2022-07-20

  • Fix: canvas height was too high
  • Fix: capability issue

1.2.0 – 2022-07-19

  • Add options to change canvas view

1.1.1 – 2022-07-17

  • Optimize box-shadow controls to support different units

1.1.0 – 2022-07-16

  • Add options for background gradients
  • Add options for box shadows
  • Add feedback panel

1.0.1 – 2022-07-16

  • Fix: Canvas height was too small in Firefox

1.0.0 – 2022-07-15

  • Initial release