Simon Kraft

Matthias Kittsteiner

epiphyt

<p>Have you ever used WordPress’ new block editor Gutenberg and wished for a way to influence, when and to whom blocks are shown? We’ve been in this situation, that’s why we came up with Block Control. This nifty little plugin allows you to control, whether a block should be displayed under certain circumstances or not. And that’s of course true for both WordPress’ default blocks and blocks added by third-party plugins.</p>
<p>You can hide blocks based on:</p>
<ul>
<li>Device types (desktop, mobile, screen reader)</li>
<li>Login status</li>
<li>Date (start and end date)</li>
<li>User roles</li>
<li>Page types</li>
<li>Posts of the current post type</li>
<li>Feeds</li>
<li>Page number in numbered pages (in archives and search results)</li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally, you can set an inline formatting to display certain text only for screen readers.</p>
<h4>Contribution</h4>
<p>Feel free to contribute. The code is available at <a href="https://github.com/epiphyt/block-control" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>.</p>
<h4>Documentation</h4>
<p>You can find the documentation for BLock Control at <a href="https://docs.epiph.yt/block-control/" rel="nofollow ugc">docs.epiph.yt</a>.</p>


Block Control

I've used this plugins on two websites now. It works just great. The visibility option for different devices is very useful.

It works just smoothly

Lovely helper plugin lets you select, if you need to be logged in to see a block in a post or page and whether it should be hidden on certain devices.

Currently the plugin description may be a little vague ("it does what?") but the plugin works right out of the box and may be for many a smart solution for a simple task. 

Well done, Matthias and Simon. 👏🏻

Nice little helper plugin

Block Control allows you to take control of all the blocks on your website. Tailor a unique experience for your visitors.

landwire

<p>Block Logic adds a “Block Logic” field to the “Advanced” section of the block editor (i.e Gutenberg), that lets you show or hide any block based on conditions. You can use WordPress’ <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags" rel="nofollow ugc">Conditional Tags</a> or any general PHP code.</p>
<h3>Show or hide blocks based on</h3>
<ul>
<li>User role</li>
<li>User login status</li>
<li>Post status</li>
<li>Date and time</li>
<li>The result of a custom PHP function</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Show or hide any block using conditions</li>
<li>Combine conditions with “and” or “or” operators. See FAQ Writing Logic Code</li>
<li>Full flexibility: use any condition you want (you can extend base functionality with filters)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Limitations</h3>
<p>Does not work with the Classic Block, Widget Block or Widget Area Block [‘core/freeform’, ‘core/legacy-widget’, ‘core/widget-area’], as the those blocks do not support block attributes. Does also not work with the HTML Block [‘core/html’] inside the Widget Screen, as this one also does not support block attributes there.</p>
<h3>Configuration</h3>
<p>Just activate the plugin. The “Block Logic” textbox will then appear in the “Advanced” section of the Gutenberg editor.</p>
<h3>Breaking changes since 2.0.0</h3>
<p>Since version 2.0.0 the code does not get eval’d directly, but there is a whitelist of allowed functions that can be extended via a filter.</p>
<h3>Upgrade Notice</h3>
<p>When upgrading to version 2.x you will need to update your logic. No <code>return</code> is allowed anymore and no semicolons in code as only expressions are evaluated. See FAQ Section <strong>Writing Logic Code</strong>.</p>


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Works just like widget logic. Excellent plugin and easy to use.

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Block Logic adds a "Block Logic" field to the block editor, that lets you show or hide any block based on conditions.

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