Simon Kraft

Matthias Kittsteiner

epiphyt

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.
You can hide blocks based on:
<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>Page number in numbered pages (in archives and search results)</li>
</ul>
Additionally, you can set an inline formatting to display certain text only for screen readers.

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.

Gabriel Serafini

Specify the start and end date / times you’d like content enclosed by the shortcode to be displayed during. Optionally include a message or different content to display once that time period has passed.
<h4>Shortcodes:</h4>
Insert <code>[display_during end_day_time="June 27, 2018 10:00 am" message="Sorry, this content no longer available."]CONTENT_TO_DISPLAY[/display_during]</code> into any post or page to conditionally display whatever is inside of the shortcode. The <code>message</code> parameter you specify will display if the start and end time parameters are not currently valid.
All shortcode parameters:
<pre><code>[display_during start_day_time="Sun 8:00 am" end_day_time="Mon 8:00 pm" timezone_location="America/Denver" message="Sorry, this content is not currently available."]CONTENT_TO_DISPLAY[/display_during]
</code></pre>
<ul>
<li><code>start_day_time</code> – OPTIONAL – What day/time or time of day should the contents start being displayed?</li>
<li><code>end_day_time</code> – REQUIRED – What day/time or time of day should the content of the shortcode stop being displayed?</li>
<li><code>timezone_location</code> – OPTIONAL – The timezone uses by default whatever is set for the site in Settings > General. You can use this optional parameter to specify a different timezone location. Uses the standard <a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php" rel="nofollow ugc">PHP timezones</a></li>
</ul>

Display During Conditional Shortcode

Provides ability to use a shortcode to show or hide content depending on time of day, expiration of a certain date, or on a recurring schedule.

Block Control vs Display During Conditional Shortcode