Title: Blockshifter
Author: Ange Chierchia
Published: <strong>August 1, 2026</strong>
Last modified: August 1, 2026

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# Blockshifter

 By [Ange Chierchia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nighcrawl/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/blockshifter.0.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/blockshifter/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/blockshifter/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/blockshifter/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/blockshifter/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blockshifter/)

## Description

Blockshifter is a growing toolbox of display modes for native Gutenberg blocks —
no new block types, no leaving the block editor, no learning curve.

Pick a block you already use — Gallery, Group — flip a toggle in its Inspector, 
and its front-end output transforms. The block itself stays 100% native and editable;
nothing about how you write content changes.

Think of Blockshifter as a shape-shifter for your blocks: same content underneath,
a different shape on the front end. Today it shifts into a Carousel; tomorrow more
shapes join the same toolbox, each just as simple to switch on.

#### Carousel, live today

A clean, minimalist carousel for Gallery and Group blocks, powered by [Splide.js](https://splidejs.com/)—
lightweight, accessible, dependency-free. Arrows and pagination are styled to sit
quietly on top of your content, in any color, on any background.

 * One toggle to turn a block into a carousel
 * Slides per page
 * Autoplay
 * Infinite loop
 * Fully responsive, keyboard and screen-reader friendly out of the box

#### More shapes are coming

Accordion, Masonry, and other display modes are on the roadmap. Every future module
follows the exact same pattern you already know: pick a block, flip a toggle, done.

#### For developers

The list of blocks a module targets is filterable, so you can extend the Carousel
module to other core blocks without forking the plugin:

    ```
    add_filter( 'blockshifter/carousel/allowed_blocks', function( $blocks ) {
        $blocks[] = 'core/columns';
        return $blocks;
    } );
    ```

### Development

Source code, build tools and issue tracker: https://github.com/nighcrawl/Blockshifter

The `src/` directory contains the human-readable, unminified source for everything
shipped in `build/`. See the repository’s README for the build steps (`composer 
install && npm install && npm run build`).

## Screenshots

[⌊The Blockshifter Carousel panel in the Inspector of a Group block, with the Carousel
mode enabled and its settings (slides per page, autoplay, infinite loop) visible.⌉⌊
The Blockshifter Carousel panel in the Inspector of a Group block, with the Carousel
mode enabled and its settings (slides per page, autoplay, infinite loop) visible
.⌉[

The Blockshifter Carousel panel in the Inspector of a Group block, with the Carousel
mode enabled and its settings (slides per page, autoplay, infinite loop) visible.

[⌊The same Blockshifter Carousel panel on a Gallery block.⌉⌊The same Blockshifter
Carousel panel on a Gallery block.⌉[

The same Blockshifter Carousel panel on a Gallery block.

[⌊A Group block rendered as a full-width Carousel on the front end.⌉⌊A Group block
rendered as a full-width Carousel on the front end.⌉[

A Group block rendered as a full-width Carousel on the front end.

[⌊A Gallery block rendered as a Carousel on the front end.⌉⌊A Gallery block rendered
as a Carousel on the front end.⌉[

A Gallery block rendered as a Carousel on the front end.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to `/wp-content/plugins/blockshifter`, or install the plugin
    through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
 3. Select a Gallery or Group block in the editor, open the Inspector, and enable the“
    Blockshifter Carousel” panel.

## FAQ

### Can I use this on blocks other than Gallery and Group?

Not out of the box yet, but developers can extend the Carousel module’s target blocks
via the `blockshifter/carousel/allowed_blocks` filter — see the Description above.

### Are other display modes (Accordion, Masonry…) available?

Not yet — the current release ships with the Carousel module only. More are planned.

### Is this plugin free?

Yes, Blockshifter is completely free, with no premium tier at this time.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Blockshifter” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Ange Chierchia ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nighcrawl/)

[Translate “Blockshifter” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/blockshifter)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blockshifter/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/blockshifter/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/blockshifter/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/blockshifter/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1.0

 * Initial release: Carousel, the first Blockshifter module, for the Gallery and
   Group blocks.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1.0**
 *  Last updated **4 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0.2**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [block-editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block-editor/)[carousel](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/carousel/)
   [full-site-editing](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/full-site-editing/)[gutenberg](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gutenberg/)
   [slider](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/slider/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/blockshifter/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Ange Chierchia ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nighcrawl/)

## Support

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