Description
Convert to Blocks is a WordPress plugin that transforms classic editor content to blocks on-the-fly. After installing Gutenberg or upgrading to WordPress 5.0+, your content will be displayed in “Classic Editor Blocks”. While these blocks are completely functional and will display fine on the frontend of your website, they do not empower editors to fully make use of the block editing experience. In order to do so, your classic editor posts need to be converted to blocks. This plugin does that for you “on the fly”. When an editor goes to edit a classic post, the content will be parsed into blocks. When the editor saves the post, the new structure will be saved into the database. This strategy reduces risk as you are only altering database values for content that needs to be changed.
Note that Inner Blocks Transforms is only supported with the Gutenberg Plugin 10.9.0+.
Installation
Manual Installation
- Upload the entire
/convert-to-blocksdirectory to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate Convert to Blocks through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
FAQ
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How Do I Know It’s Working?
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Find a classic editor in the post, try to navigate away from the page. You will get an error saying your changes will be discarded. This is because Convert to Blocks converted your content to blocks on the fly and those changes will be saved when you update the post.
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Will Convert to Blocks Handle My Custom Blocks?
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By default it will not.
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Will Convert to Blocks Handle Nested Blocks?
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Nested / Inner Block support does not work with Gutenberg bundled with WordPress Core <=5.7.2. This feature needs the Gutenberg Plugin >=10.9.0.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Convert to Blocks” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
1.0.2
- Changed: Bump WordPress version “tested up to” 5.8 (props @psorensen, @BBerg10up, @jeffpaul).
- Changed: Documentation updates (props @hashimwarren).
- Fixed: Transform Classic Editor blocks nested inside other blocks recursively (props @dsawardekar, @MadtownLems, @dinhtungdu, @jeffpaul).
- Fixed: Add Editor column to all supported post types (props @dinhtungdu, @scarne).
- Fixed: Display current editor for hierarchical posts (props @kreppar).
- Security: Bump
ellipticfrom 6.5.3 to 6.5.4 (props @dependabot). - Security: Bump
y18nfrom 3.2.1 to 3.2.2 (@dependabot](https://github.com/apps/dependabot)). - Security: Bump
ssrifrom 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 (props @dependabot). - Security: Bump
lodashfrom 4.17.20 to 4.17.21 (props @dependabot). - Security: Bump
hosted-git-infofrom 2.7.1 to 2.8.9 (props @dependabot). - Security: Bump
browserslistfrom 4.8.3 to 4.16.5 (props @dependabot). - Security: Bump
postcssfrom 7.0.14 to 7.0.36 (props @dependabot). - Security: Bump
color-stringfrom 1.5.3 to 1.5.5 (props @dependabot).
1.0.1
- Added: Label and updated icons for Classic and Block Editor in Editor column of post table list view (props @dinhtungdu).
- Added: Plugin banner and icon images (props @dianapadron, @jeffpaul).
- Added: Documentation updates, unit tests, PHPCS fixes, GitHub Actions and continuous integration testing (props @barryceelen, @dsawardekar, @dinhtungdu, @jeffpaul).
- Fixed: Issue where edit links force Classic Editor regardless of editor chosen (props @dkotter, @tlovett1, @dinhtungdu).
- Security: Bump
lodashfrom 4.17.15 to 4.17.20 (props @dependabot). - Security: Bump
ellipticfrom 6.5.2 to 6.5.3 (props @dependabot). - Security: Bump
acornfrom 6.4.0 to 6.4.2 (props @dependabot). - Security: Bump
dot-propfrom 4.2.0 to 4.2.1 (props @dependabot).
1.0.0
- Initial release of Convert to Blocks.