DevMoaz

<p><strong>Collapsi for the Block Editor</strong> adds an editor-only chevron toggle to every Gutenberg block. Hover any top-level block, click the chevron, and the block tucks away into a compact bar showing the block’s icon, title, and a short content preview (paragraph text, image alt, “5 blocks”, and so on). Toggle it back open with the same chevron.</p>
<p>Built for the long pages and Site Editor templates where scrolling past 50 blocks to find the one you want is the daily annoyance. Collapsi is <strong>strictly editor-only</strong> — your published site is untouched, no extra CSS or JS ships to the frontend.</p>
<h4>Why this plugin</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Stop scrolling endlessly.</strong> Collapse the sections you’re not working on. Find the one you are in seconds.</li>
<li><strong>Works on every block.</strong> Core, third-party, custom, ACF — anything Gutenberg renders, Collapsi can collapse.</li>
<li><strong>Survives reloads.</strong> Collapse state is saved per post, per template, per browser. Come back tomorrow, your layout is where you left it.</li>
<li><strong>Per-instance opt-out.</strong> Set “Never collapse this block” on a hero or any pinned block from the block settings menu.</li>
<li><strong>Keyboard shortcut.</strong> <code>Alt+Shift+C</code> toggles all top-level blocks at once. Discoverable in WP’s shortcut help modal (<code>?</code>).</li>
<li><strong>No telemetry. No remote calls. No premium upsell.</strong> Free, GPL, forever.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How it works</h4>
<p>The plugin hooks <code>editor.BlockListBlock</code> with a higher-order component that wraps every top-level block. State lives in a <code>@wordpress/data</code> store and persists to <code>localStorage</code> keyed by either the block’s structural path (<code>"0.2.1"</code>) or its user-set name from Gutenberg’s rename feature. A <code>PluginSidebar</code> exposes Collapse All / Expand All / Focus Mode. Settings live at <code>Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Collapsi</code> and persist via the REST API.</p>
<h4>Compatibility</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.5+ (iframed editor)</li>
<li>PHP 7.4+</li>
<li>Post Editor and Site Editor</li>
<li>Browsers: Chrome 90+, Firefox 88+, Safari 14+, Edge 90+</li>
</ul>
<h4>Not in scope</h4>
<ul>
<li>No Classic Editor support — Gutenberg only</li>
<li>No frontend collapse (this is an editor productivity plugin, not a UX framework)</li>
<li>No premium tier</li>
</ul>
<h3>Development</h3>
<p>Source code, issue tracker, and build instructions live at https://github.com/devMoaz/collapsi-for-block-editor. The compiled assets in <code>build/</code> are produced by <code>@wordpress/scripts</code> (webpack) from the <code>src/</code> directory in the GitHub repository. Run <code>npm install && npm run build</code> to reproduce.</p>


Collapsi for the Block Editor

Editor-only collapse/expand toggle for every Gutenberg block. Tame long posts and templates without losing your place.

Ady Romantika

<p>This simple plugin is a widget that displays a collapsible archives list in your widgetized sidebar by using JavaScripts. In version 2.0.0 script.aculo.us effects has been added as an option, utilizing the script.aculo.us files supplied with WordPress.</p>
<h3>Configuration</h3>
<ul>
<li>Widget title: the title of the widget</li>
<li>Show post counts for year: Whether or not to show the post number for each year</li>
<li>Show post counts for month: Whether or not to show the post number for each month</li>
<li>Abbreviate month names: Check this box to show abbreviation of month names</li>
<li>Hide year from month names: Do not print year after month names</li>
<li>Use script.aculo.us effects: Whether or not to show effects</li>
<li>Expand effect: Effect to use when expanding the list</li>
<li>Collapse effect: Effect to use when collapsing the list</li>
<li>Expand the list by default: Check this box to have the list expanded when loaded</li>
<li>Expand current year by default: Check this box to have the current year expanded when loaded</li>
<li>Expand current month by default: Check this box to have the current month expanded when loaded</li>
<li>Show individual posts: Show posts in the list. This should be used in extra caution; if you have a lot of posts consider disabling it as this will take time to load</li>
<li>Use HTML arrows instead of images (► ▼) </li>
<li>Show current month in bold: show current month in bold </li>
<li>Show a link to plugin page. Thank you for your support! : Display a link to plugin page as a support method</li>
</ul>
<h3>TODO</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add ability for multiple instances</li>
<li>Add ability to work as non-widget</li>
<li>Add ability to include / exclude categories</li>
<li>Expand previous month rather the current</li>
<li>Research the practicality to use CSS / allow CSS options</li>
<li>List posts without year and month headers (for blogs with few posts)</li>
<li>Do not list the posts that are listed on the main page</li>
</ul>


Collapsible Archive Widget

This simple plugin is a widget that displays a collapsible archives list in your widgetized sidebar by utilizing JavaScript.

Collapsi for the Block Editor vs Collapsible Archive Widget