Title: WP-Blocks
Author: Keir Whitaker
Published: <strong>August 24, 2010</strong>
Last modified: August 30, 2010

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP-Blocks

 By [Keir Whitaker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/keirwhitaker/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-blocks.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-blocks/)

## Description

WP-Blocks a simple plugin designed to help you edit discrete bits of template content
via the WordPress admin interface. A good example would be your sidebar bio, footer
copyright notice or a simple events listing. It’s not intended to be tied in with
posts and pages like some other plugins.

Here’s what you need to know:

 * WP-Blocks can be accessed via the Settings menu in the WordPress admin (I may
   move this in time)
 * The plugin requires PHP5 (apologies to those on PHP4)
 * I have developed and tested this plugin on WordPress Version 3.0 and above
 * It “should” work on earlier versions, as far as I know I haven’t used any brand
   spanking new API calls
 * Every “block”, whether visible or not will incur a database query so use of a
   caching plugin is encouraged

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

e.g.

 1. Upload `plugin-name.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Create content blocks using the built in editor
 4. Copy the template code from the blocks list page
 5. Paste into the appropriate place in your WP template

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“WP-Blocks” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Keir Whitaker ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/keirwhitaker/)

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

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

= 1.4 –
 * Corrected two opening PHP tags that weren’t included * Included ability
to put shortcodes into block

#### 1.3

 * Added donate link

#### 1.2

 * JS and CSS only now apply to admin area

#### 1.1

 * Removed a piece of unwanted testing code

#### 1.0

 * First post beta release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.4**
 *  Last updated **16 years ago**
 *  Active installations **60+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.0.5**
 * Tags
 * [blocks](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/blocks/)[content](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-blocks/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Keir Whitaker ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/keirwhitaker/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-blocks/)

## Donate

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