Plugin info

Total downloads: 6,624
Active installs: 200
Total reviews: 8
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 4 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 10/2/2025 (89 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 1/31/2020 (5 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 6.3
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 7.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 89 days ago • 8 reviews

61/100

Is Block Revealer abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 89 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 6.3
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 7.4

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Description

Hightlight your blocks and stop clicking everywhere to find them.
Reveal your blocks with a new keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + Alt + R) or with the plugin sidebar.

Installation

  1. Install the plugin and activate.
  2. Discover the plugin sidebar or use shortcut : Ctrl + Alt + R

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

Li-An
1/31/2020

I should give ten stars

I decided to review your plugin BEFORE testing it because the idea should be in core. I don’t like Gutenberg but plan to use it on some sites as page builder and I think I will love your plugin.
Jb Audras
5/19/2020

Does what it says it will do

Even if the block editor UI is getting better and better, this keyboard shortcup is still super useful. Thanks Maxime 👍
Marie Comet
8/10/2020

Simple and effective

Thanks Maxime, your plugin saves me a lot of time. It doesn't seem to be a big deal, but these few borders improve the editor interface a lot. Maybe one day in core... ? :-) Just a little note: I searched a while before finding the keyboard shortcut to use to activate the feature. Maybe the information would be welcome directly in the plugin description.
leemon
11/24/2020

Great plugin!

For reasons that are difficult to understand, Gutenberg devs have decided to gradually remove any kind of block outline. This plugin brings back this necessary feature. Thanks.
nick6352683
11/25/2020

Deserves 5 stars, but...

Reveals the blocks invisible lines better than what the EditorsKit does (way better), BUT, you have to make sure that you use the key. shortcut while you have not selected any block, otherwise the shortcut will also change that selected block's alignment to the right. Maybe having a different shortcut would be another way to go, or even better, a button instead on the top toolbar. Otherwise, excellent plugin, I am sticking to the 5 stars, Thanks.

Screenshots

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Changelog

2.0.1

  • FIX Fatal on singleton on older PHP version

2.0.0

  • Add compatibility with the site editor
  • Remove the hacky button and use now the wp way plugin sidebar
  • Add custom color selector

1.9.2

  • Fatal JS Fix. Sorry.

1.9.1

  • Fix default local storage color Value
  • Add Playground Support

1.9

  • WP 6.5 compatibility
  • Add Iframed Editor Support
  • Start JS rewrite in order to be later compatible with Site Editor

1.8

  • New plugin name
  • WP 6.1 compatibility

1.7

  • Improve 5.9 compatibility

1.6

  • Fix js error if no editor (Thank’s to Guillaume Turpin) (again)
  • Improve color swatch system (again)

1.5

  • Fix js error if no editor (Thank’s to Samy Kantari)
  • Improve color swatch system

1.4

  • Add color swatch on right click (3 colors available)
  • Add color indicator on button
  • Fix enqueues (script & style are now only loaded on block editor screen)
  • Rewrite js

1.3.4

  • Fix button position in top bar

1.3.3

  • Fix button insertion

1.3.2

  • 5.7 support
  • jQuery fix

1.3.1

  • Fix elementor support

1.3

  • Add button in Editor topbar
  • Local storage support
  • Fix jQuery deprecated event
  • WP 5.6.x compatiblity
  • Temporarily disable copy class feature shortcut

1.2

  • Fix column highlight
  • Add shortcut for copy attr class (CTRL + Alt + C)
  • Remove inserter indicators

1.1

  • Fix selected background color

1.0

  • Fix style enqueue version number
  • Fix hovered style – no more background color
  • And why not switch to 1.0

0.11

  • WP 5.5.x compatiblity
  • Add inserter point

0.10

  • WP 5.5.x compatiblity

0.9.0

  • Larger breadcrumb font-size
  • Clean UI
  • Reveal inster point
  • Fix column hover and selected states

0.8.0

  • improve blocks support (soon widget and embed)
  • remove unused files
  • version number added to asset url

0.7.0

  • group support
  • add screenshot 3

0.6.0

  • screenshots replacement

0.5.0

  • readme fix
  • screenshots replacement

0.4.0

  • Preparation for wp.org

0.3.0

  • Improve read.me

0.2.0

  • Improve highlights for columns
  • Load assets only for gutenberg editor

0.1.0

  • The idea