Description
Magazine and news blocks for the WordPress block editor.
The plugin adds blocks and nothing else. There is no settings page, no dashboard
widget and no onboarding wizard — you add a block, set it up in the sidebar like
any core block, and you are done.
Blocks
- Post Grid — posts as a grid of cards, with a column count each for desktop,
tablet and phone. - Post List — posts as a list of rows, each with a thumbnail beside the text.
- Post Group — a featured cluster: one lead story with the rest of the posts
beside it, either as a single rail or as the classic three-column homepage
layout with the lead left, centre or right. - Hero — one story, shown large, with the image above the text, beside it, or
behind it. - Authors — a grid of author cards, each with an avatar, bio and latest post.
Choosing the posts
Every block picks its posts the same way: by number, category, tag, author, or an
explicit list of post IDs — and each of those can be excluded as well as included.
Post Group and Hero can also take their lead story from somewhere else entirely,
such as your sticky post or the newest post in one category, and the block will
make sure that story does not then repeat further down.
Notes
Blocks render on the server, so a block always reflects your posts as they are
right now — editing or publishing a post updates every block that shows it, with
nothing to re-save. It is also the same code that draws the editor preview, so
what you see while editing is what the page will show.
Styling is deliberately minimal. The blocks lay themselves out but inherit fonts,
colours and heading sizes from your theme, so they look native rather than bolted
on.
Credits
The comment icon is “message-circle” from Feather by
Cole Bemis, used under the MIT licence.
Screenshots
Blocks
This plugin provides 5 blocks.
- Hero One big lead story, in a big (stacked/overlay) or split layout.
- Authors A grid of author cards: avatar, name, bio, and optional latest post.
- Post Group A featured cluster: one lead story, with the rest of the posts beside it.
- Post List A configurable list of posts, mirroring the archive entry.
- Post Grid A configurable grid of post cards with responsive columns.
Installation
- Upload the plugin through Plugins Add New Upload Plugin, or install it from the WordPress.org plugin directory.
- Activate it.
- In the editor, add a block and search for Post Grid, Post List, Post Group, Hero or Authors.
There is no configuration step.
FAQ
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Does this work with any theme?
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Yes. The blocks bring the styling they need and define no colours or sizes of
their own globally, so they cannot clash with your theme. If your theme sets the
CSS variables the blocks look for, they follow it automatically. -
Does it work in the site editor?
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Yes. The blocks work anywhere the block editor does, including templates and
template parts in a block theme. -
Will it slow my site down?
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It shouldn’t. There are no page builder libraries, no jQuery and no front-end
JavaScript — a block is plain HTML and a small stylesheet, and a block’s
stylesheet is only sent to a page that actually uses it.
Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
Contributors & Developers
“OwlDraft Editorial Blocks – Post Grid, List & Hero for News and Magazine Sites” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- Five blocks: Post Grid, Post List, Post Group, Hero and Authors.
- Every block picks its posts by number, category, tag, author or an explicit
list of post IDs, and each of those can be excluded as well as included. - Post Group and Hero can take their lead story from somewhere else — a sticky
post, or the newest post in one category — without it repeating further down. - An optional comment count on a post card, off by default, hidden on a post
that has no comments.