Edi Amin

Struggling with adding multiple CSS classes to your WordPress blocks? CSS Class Manager simplifies the process with autocomplete suggestions and a dedicated manager for adding, editing, and organizing your classes. Boost your block styling efficiency!
There are two main motivations behind creating this plugin: 
Limitation of Block Style – When applying a block style, only one CSS class can be added to a block. Unfortunately, the block editor lacks the ability to select multiple block styles. To address this, users must resort to the Additional CSS Class(es) inspector control to apply multiple classes. CSS Class Manager provides a powerful manager and an autocomplete inspector control, enabling users to easily add and apply CSS classes to their blocks. 
Poor UX of the Additional CSS Class(es) control – The default control for adding class names is a simple text input. This can be cumbersome, especially when applying CSS classes frequently. With the custom inspector control provided by CSS Class Manager, users can effortlessly add their class names, enhancing the user experience.
<h3>Features</h3>
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<li>Advanced Autocomplete Control: Streamline block styling with autocomplete functionality for CSS classes.</li>
<li>Effortless Class Management: Easily add, edit, or remove CSS classes directly within the manager interface.</li>
<li>Body and Post Classes: Add custom class names to post body and post containers using body_class and post_class filters directly from the post editor.</li>
<li>Inline CSS Classes: Add custom class names to any selected text inside paragraph, heading and other blocks that support Rich Text.</li>
<li>Theme.json Integration: Automatically include global class names generated from theme.json settings in your class suggestions.</li>
<li>Show the control in its own panel: User specific settings to show the Additional CSS Class(es) control in its own panel.</li>
<li>Add classes without saving to the database: User specific settings to toggle saving classes to the database.</li>
<li>Import and Export: Seamlessly transfer custom CSS class names to ensure consistency across projects.</li>
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<h3>Getting Started</h3>
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<li>Activate the plugin within your WordPress setup.</li>
<li>The advanced control will replace the default “Additional CSS Class(es)” and can be found in the “Advance” block settings section.</li>
<li>Adding and selecting classes in the autocomplete field is similar to the tags and categories fields.</li>
<li>To add body or post classes, look for the “Body Classes” and “Post Classes” controls in the Post tab of the post editor (requires custom-fields support). <a href="https://github.com/ediamin/css-class-manager/wiki/Known-Issues#body-classes-preview-in-block-editor" rel="nofollow ugc">See the limitations</a></li>
<li>To add inline classes to the selected text, use the block format tool control in the text formatting tools options (available in blocks that support Rich Text).</li>
<li>To edit and manage class names, click the “Open Class Manager” link or select “CSS Class Manager” from the More Menu.</li>
<li>Import/Export can be done from the manager modal.</li>
<li>Theme.json generated classes are automatically included and can be disabled from the Preferences in the manager modal.</li>
<li>Use <code>css_class_manager_filtered_class_names</code> filter to add class names with PHP files.</li>
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CSS Class Manager – An advanced autocomplete additional css class control for your blocks


For years I used the Editors Kit plugin for the sole purpose of the CSS Class Management. However, though the years that plugin became a disaster, with lots of garbage added to it.



Thankfully I found this little gem. The only thing that I want to add as a Wishlist, that the Editors Kit has is to export the custom CSS classes in php as well, so we can simply include that code in our plugins/themes, so we don't have to import/export the json files with each site installation.



Nevertheless, this is one of my must use plugins for every site, since I have dozens of custom CSS classes to deal with.



I can not express enough my gratitude, YOU ROCK !!!


I really REALLY appreciate this.

Advanced autocomplete CSS class control for blocks with inline styling, body/post classes, and powerful management tools.

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<h3>What you need, where you need it – and when.</h3>
For WordPress 3.8 to 6.9+ – Backward compatibile to WordPress 3.5 (see <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/admin-menus-fixed/other_notes/" rel="ugc">Other Notes</a>) 
Works with: <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ozh-admin-drop-down-menu/" rel="ugc">Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu 3.6+</a> and <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ag-custom-admin/" rel="ugc">AG Custom Admin 1.2.5+</a>
Admin Menus Fixed Three Ways: As a companion to Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu AND/OR AG Custom Admin OR Standalone (WordPress 3.5-3.7)
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New in v1.4 Now Responsive down to phone sizes. Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu header background automatically changes to high contrast when displayed on smaller screens.
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New in v1.4 Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu Header Gradient now wraps when the header does; improving the look and readability!
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Consolidates the WordPress Toolbar and Ozh’s menu and makes them both always readily available at the top of your window; no matter where you happen to be scrolled on a long page.
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Incorporates HoverIntent to chill the Toolbar drop-down menu hair trigger, so now you can overshoot Ozh’ Menu without the Toolbar menu falsely stepping on it; causing you to move away until it closes, so that you can get to what you were going for. Way easier to work this way. Fast. Efficient.
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Automatically adjusts to the WordPress Toolbar display state; whether disabled by Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu or AG Custom Admin.
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Standalone: (Depreciated) The WordPress Devs have taken a page from this plugin’s book, pulling the concept into core by fixed-positioning the Toolbar and Admin Menus in versions 3.8+, so the plugin code is shrinking. Kinda goes against the new direction of pulling code out of core and having plugins handle the function if you want/need it, but I’m glad that the concept has been adopted; because it was long overdue. The plugin is returning to its own core purpose, that of enhancing Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu, and I’m OK with that. – see <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/admin-menus-fixed/other_notes/" rel="ugc">Other Notes</a>
For the backstory and a comprehensive overview of how the plugin got its start, see the <a href="https://blog.imperialearth.com/wordpress/fixed-admin-menus-the-plugin-condensed/" rel="nofollow ugc">Fixed Admin Menus – The Plugin</a> post series.
See What Else We Do:
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<li><a href="https://glasssculpture.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Blown, Cast & Fused Glass and Kinetic Sculpture</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.glasssculpture.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">GlassSculpture.org’s Blog</a></li>
<li><a href="https://imperialearth.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Space & Astronomical Art | Advanced Concept Design</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.imperialearth.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Imperial Earth’s Blog</a></li>
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<a href="https://bengalmania.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Bengal and Maine Coon Rescue</a> 
Standalone: (WordPress 3.5-3.7)
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The WordPress Toolbar and standard Admin Menu along the left side are made fixed-position in both expanded and collapsed modes; eliminating a lot of scrolling.
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<li>See the <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/admin-menus-fixed/screenshots/" rel="ugc">Screenshots</a> for all of the combinations.</li>
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Admin Menus Fixed

Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu + WordPress Toolbar & Admin Menu Fixed to the Top and Side of the Admin Screens. Less Scrolling!

CSS Class Manager – An advanced autocomplete additional css class control for your blocks vs Admin Menus Fixed