Jason Crist

Twenty Bellows

stevepfisterer

thezenith

Make your WordPress site more interactive by adding taxonomy filters to Query Loop blocks. This plugin provides a simple block that lets visitors filter posts by categories, tags, or any custom taxonomy—perfect for Full Site Editing (FSE) themes.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Works with Any Taxonomy – Filter by categories, tags, or custom taxonomies</li>
<li>Full Site Editing Ready – Built specifically for FSE and block-based themes</li>
<li>Preserves Query Settings – Maintains pagination and other Query Loop configurations</li>
<li>Flexible Filtering – Works with AJAX or page reload depending on your Query Loop settings</li>
<li>Easy to Style – Standard markup and CSS classes for custom styling</li>
<li>Dropdown Enhancer Compatible – Works seamlessly with dropdown enhancement libraries like Select2</li>
</ul>
Perfect For:
<ul>
<li>Recipe sites (filter recipes by cuisine, dietary type, or cooking method)</li>
<li>Portfolio websites (filter artists by specialty or medium)</li>
<li>Restaurant menus (filter menu items by category or dietary options)</li>
<li>Product catalogs (filter by product type or category)</li>
<li>News archives (filter articles by topic or tag)</li>
<li>Any custom post type with taxonomies</li>
</ul>
How It Works:
Simply insert the Taxonomy Query Filter block inside any Query Loop block, select your taxonomy, and visitors can instantly filter the displayed posts. The plugin updates the URL with query parameters, making filtered views shareable and bookmark-friendly.
Open Source:
This plugin is open source and actively maintained on <a href="https://github.com/Twenty-Bellows/taxonomy-query-filter" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>. Contributions welcome!

Taxonomy Query Filter

Add interactive taxonomy filtering to Query Loop blocks for categories, tags, and custom taxonomies.

4wpdev

Anatoliy Dovgun

Make Cover, Group, and Column blocks fully clickable in Gutenberg.
Build Query Loop post cards where visitors can click the image or padding to open the post—while the post title, categories, tags, and buttons keep their own links.
A plugin by <a href="https://4wp.dev/plugin/4wp-smart-link/" rel="nofollow ugc">4wp.dev</a>.
<h4>Demo</h4>
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8ZGojkTl2CM?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
<h4>Perfect for</h4>
<ul>
<li>Clickable post cards in a Query Loop</li>
<li>Cover heroes that link to a landing page, the current post, or Enlarge on click (core lightbox)</li>
<li>Group or Column layouts that behave like one big tap target</li>
</ul>
<h4>How it works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Select a Cover, Group, or Column block.</li>
<li>Open Smart Link in the block toolbar.</li>
<li>Choose Custom Link, Post Link (inside a Query Loop post template), or on Cover with an image background: Link to image file / Enlarge on click.</li>
<li>Open Preview or the published page to test clicks.</li>
</ol>
Smart Link runs on the published front end. The block editor canvas may not show the same click area as the live site—use Preview when you check behavior.
<h4>When the block already has links inside</h4>
If the block has no other links inside, the whole block opens your URL.
If you added a Post Title, buttons, or terms inside the block, those links still work separately. Clicking empty space (background, padding) opens your Smart Link URL—without broken nested links. 
For developers and theme authors
Anchor mode (no inner links): wraps markup in <code><a class="forwp-smart-link-wrapper forwp-smart-link-wrapper--{cover|group|column}"></code> with <code>data-forwp-smart-link</code>.
Host mode (inner links present): uses <code>data-forwp-smart-link-url</code> and <code>assets/forwp-smart-link-frontend.js</code> so link-in-link HTML is never output; inner anchors stay separate.
Filters: <code>forwp_smart_link_supported_blocks</code>, <code>forwp_smart_link_has_inner_links</code>, <code>forwp_smart_link_use_host_mode</code>.
Style <code>.forwp-smart-link-wrapper</code> on the front end. Editor-only classes (<code>forwp-smart-link-cover-panel*</code>) are not stable for theme CSS.
Source and issues: <a href="https://github.com/4wpdev/4wp-smart-link" rel="nofollow ugc">4wp-smart-link on GitHub</a>.

4WP Smart Link

Make Cover, Group, and Column blocks fully clickable in Gutenberg and Query Loop—no wrapper block, no custom code.

Taxonomy Query Filter vs 4WP Smart Link