Hi @jlop77,
What do you mean by “dynamic background”? Could you please explain in more detail?
Updated: You mean like use the featured image as the background of a block, right?
Phi.
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Phi Phan.
My approach for this kind of feature is this Meta Field block .
I released it for a while. It’s free. Could you please check it out? I’m not sure it is what you looking for.
Phi.
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jlop77
(@jlop77)
I was referring, for example: to the advanced group, allowing background media to choose the image dynamically.
It is something necessary: kadence, generateblock, spectra, etc. they implement it.
Ah, I got your point now. There is no feature like that in the current version. I plan to implement it in the upcoming version but it is only a setting ‘Use the featured image as background’. There is no other dynamic content. I want to keep this plugin small and only do the layout work.
Thank you very much for your feedback. Ah, if you find it useful please give it a rating. I saw you already did in the SVG Block. Thank you again. Please keep reporting issues, or give suggestions to make it more useful.
Thanks, Phi.
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jlop77
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Excellent, that you have planned to implement it.
Currently, I am supplying this with the container block of generateblock, which in its free version has it.
Hi @jlop77,
I’ve included this featured image feature in the latest version.
I also recorded some video guides for some real-world use cases: The post title bar with parallax background , Banner slider using Query Loop block
Phi.
In my opinion, dynamic contents are completely a separate thing. We create custom post types, and can easily create templates for each post type archive and single pages in new WordPress block editor (Appearnace => Editor). There we can specify any custom field created at any place, we can even create a separate new blocks for using lazy blocks like easy to use plugins.
If you want to allow something dynamic as settings for your predefined blocks (like advanced group) then its a different case, otherwise for any dynamic fields there are many plugins already available to show them like ACF, Pods etc.
I agree with @hozefasmile about populating dynamic content, but setting the featured image as the background image of a custom block is a good feature. You can see some real-world use cases for that feature in the video tutorials.
