Troy Chaplin

<p>ReadEase provides a simple, native Gutenberg block named Text Resizer aimed for block theme builders that gives site visitors control over text size. Theme builders can add the block to any template (header, footer, sidebar) via the Site Editor.</p>
<p>Built with accessibility in mind, this block helps your site meet WCAG 2.1 text resize guidelines while providing a seamless experience for visitors who need larger text.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Multiple control styles</strong> – Choose from dropdown, buttons, slider, or minimal icons</li>
<li><strong>Customizable label</strong> – Position on top, side, or hide completely with custom text</li>
<li><strong>Flexible scale settings</strong> – Configure minimum/maximum scale (1.0x to 1.5x) and number of size steps (2-5)</li>
<li><strong>Scale scope options</strong> – Apply scaling to full page or exclude template parts (header/footer)</li>
<li><strong>Custom CSS selector</strong> – Target specific elements using advanced selector option</li>
<li><strong>Mobile-only mode</strong> – Show controls only on mobile and tablet devices</li>
<li><strong>Persistent preferences</strong> – Saves visitor choice via localStorage across sessions</li>
<li><strong>Smooth CSS transitions</strong> – Animated scaling with reduced motion support</li>
<li><strong>Fully accessible</strong> – Keyboard navigable with proper ARIA labels</li>
<li><strong>Block theme support</strong> – Native WordPress color, spacing, and alignment controls</li>
<li><strong>Theme customization</strong> – CSS custom properties for easy style overrides</li>
</ul>
<h4>Control Styles</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Dropdown</strong> – Select menu showing percentage options (e.g., 100%, 125%, 150%)</li>
<li><strong>Buttons</strong> – Row of “A” buttons in progressively larger sizes</li>
<li><strong>Slider</strong> – Range input with small/large “A” labels at each end</li>
<li><strong>Icons</strong> – Minimal button group with minus, reset (A), and plus controls</li>
</ul>
<h4>For Theme Builders</h4>
<p>ReadEase integrates seamlessly with block themes. The block respects your theme’s color palette and typography, and provides CSS custom properties for advanced customization.</p>
<p><strong>Customize the appearance in your theme CSS:</strong></p>
<pre><code>.wp-block-readease-text-resizer {
  --text-resizer-border-radius: 8px;
  --text-resizer-button-bg-hover: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
</code></pre>
<p>See the full list of CSS custom properties in the <a href="https://github.com/troychaplin/readease" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub documentation</a>.</p>


ReadEase: Text Resizer

A Gutenberg block that lets site visitors resize text for improved readability and accessibility.

Joost de Valk

Yoast

Anton Timmermans

Jip Moors

Omar Reiss

Taco Verdonschot

<p>The purpose of this SEO plugin is to purge attachment URLs out of Google’s index as fast as possible. This helps sites<br />
that might have suffered from having too many thin content pages in the search index by removing them in the fastest<br />
way possible.</p>
<h3>What does this plugin do?</h3>
<p>This plugin makes all your attachment URLs return an HTTP 410 status. It then creates an XML sitemap with a recent last<br />
modified date, containing all those URLs. The XML sitemap with recent post modified date makes Google spider <em>all</em> those<br />
URLs again. The 410 status code makes sure Google takes them out of its search results in the fastest way possible.</p>
<p>With a nice trick, we also show end users the actual attachment image, so the user experience is not as poor as when<br />
they see an error page.</p>
<h3>Yoast SEO required</h3>
<p>This plugin is an extension to <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/" rel="ugc">Yoast SEO</a>. It requires it to work.</p>
<h3>How long should you run this plugin?</h3>
<p>After 6 months the attachment URLs should be gone from the search results. If you then remove the plugin, and keep<br />
Yoast SEO’s redirect setting on “Yes”, you have the best long term behavior for attachment URLs: to redirect to the<br />
actual attachment.</p>
<h3>Does Google condone this?</h3>
<p>This method has been discussed with and OK’d by Google.</p>
<h3>From within WordPress</h3>
<ol>
<li>Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’</li>
<li>Search for ‘Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge’</li>
<li>Activate Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge from your Plugins page.</li>
<li>Go to “after activation” below.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Manually</h3>
<ol>
<li>Upload the <code>yoast-seo-search-index-purge</code> folder to the <code>/wp-content/plugins/</code> directory</li>
<li>Activate the Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress</li>
<li>Go to “after activation” below.</li>
</ol>
<h3>After activation</h3>


Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge

Remove attachment URLs from Google's index as fast as possible to prevent thin content penalties.

ReadEase: Text Resizer vs Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge