Title: Search Snippet Control for Blocks Author: weareallconnected Published: August 31, 2026 Last modified: August 31, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/assets/banner-772x250.png? rev=3674282) ![](https://ps.w.org/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev =3674282) # Search Snippet Control for Blocks By [weareallconnected](https://profiles.wordpress.org/weareallconnected/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/search-snippet-control-for-blocks.0.2.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/) ## Description Search Snippet Control for Blocks adds a toggle within Advanced settings of supported blocks to add a `data-nosnippet` tag, which excludes that content from search snippets and AI answers. The plugin adds the toggle to these blocks: * Group * Columns * Column * Cover * Media & Text * Buttons * Button The switch is on by default, which leaves the block’s normal HTML unchanged. Turning it off adds `data-nosnippet` directly to the block’s existing `div`, `section`, or `span` root during server rendering. The plugin is designed to be as lightweight as possible and never adds a wrapper. Paragraphs, Headings, Images, Lists, and other content blocks can be placed inside a Group or other supported block when an editor wants to exclude that section from search snippets and AI-generated answers. Note that adding `data-nosnippet` does not change indexing or organic search visibility– only the wrapped contents’ eligibility for inclusion in snippets and AI answers. ## Screenshots [⌊Toggle enabled by default, enabling content within this block to be used in snippets.⌉⌊ Toggle enabled by default, enabling content within this block to be used in snippets .⌉[ Toggle enabled by default, enabling content within this block to be used in snippets. [⌊Disabling the toggle adds the data-nosnippet tag to the block, preventing content within that block being used in search snippets and AI answers.⌉⌊Disabling the toggle adds the data-nosnippet tag to the block, preventing content within that block being used in search snippets and AI answers.⌉[ Disabling the toggle adds the data-nosnippet tag to the block, preventing content within that block being used in search snippets and AI answers. [⌊The data-nosnippet tag is added to existing divs, with minimal impact on speed and no extra elements added to the page.⌉⌊The data-nosnippet tag is added to existing divs, with minimal impact on speed and no extra elements added to the page.⌉[ The data-nosnippet tag is added to existing divs, with minimal impact on speed and no extra elements added to the page. ## Installation 1. Upload the `search-snippet-control-for-blocks` directory to `/wp-content/plugins/`. 2. Activate Search Snippet Control for Blocks in WordPress. 3. Select a supported block and open its Advanced settings. 4. Turn off “Allow search engines to use this content in search snippets and AI-generated answers? Does not affect normal indexing.” and save the post. ## FAQ ### I can’t see the control for some blocks (Paragraph, Image etc.) To avoid compatibility and/or layout issues, the toggle is only available on blocks that already use compatible `div`, `section` or `span` elements, where the `data- nosnippet` tag can be added. You can simply put the content you wish to exclude within a supported layout block such as a Group. ### Does this have an impact on SEO? No, applying `data-nosnippet` to page elements expressly only removes their eligibility for inclusion in search snippets and AI answers. All page content is still crawled and indexed as normal. ### My content is still being included in AI answers! Why? Sometimes other plugins may output the entire page contents in the articleBody schema field without taking into account visibility controls, which renders on-page `data- nosnippet` tags useless. Unfortunately there’s nothing we can do about this – we would recommend contacting the plugin author and asking them to add support for ` data-nosnippet` exclusions. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Search Snippet Control for Blocks” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ weareallconnected ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/weareallconnected/) [Translate “Search Snippet Control for Blocks” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/search-snippet-control-for-blocks) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.2.0 * Make the search-engine usage control on by default and add data-nosnippet only when it is turned off. * Use one stable toggle label and help message in both states. * Identify We Are All Connected as the plugin author and add initial WordPress. org directory metadata. * Rename the plugin to Search Snippet Control for Blocks and use search-engine- neutral interface copy. * Confirm compatibility with WordPress 7.1. #### 0.1.1 * Verify the expected wp-block-* root class before applying data-nosnippet, preventing accidental targeting of markup prepended by another renderer. * Reject non-string block content defensively before HTML processing. * Guard against double loading with class and constant checks. * Adopt the current ToggleControl margin convention in the editor control. #### 0.1.0 * Initial development release. * Support seven core container blocks with direct-root rendering. * Do not add wrappers or apply ancestor-based exclusions. ## Meta * Version **0.2.0** * Last updated **2 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [AI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/)[block-editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block-editor/) [content control](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content-control/)[search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/) [seo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ weareallconnected ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/weareallconnected/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-snippet-control-for-blocks/)