Block style extension as it should be

  • Bjarne Oldrup

    (@oldrup)


    1 month, 1 week ago

    I meant to test Abs for quite some time now, as it cleverly extends the possible styles of the core blocks, not adding a gazillion extra “advanced heading” blocks etc. to your already bloated block inserter.

    Abs adds a class to the blocks meaning, you can actually disable the Abs plugin entirely, and your content will still render, just with normal core styles. You won’t even get the dreaded “This block contains unexpected or invalid content.”

    This approach makes Abs very robust, in the way that should you ever encounter a problem with the Abs styling, you just disable that feature in the Abs settings panel, and core WordPress styling will be used.

    No lock in.

    No dependencies.

    Tested with WP 6.5, PHP 8.3, the W3C HTML Validator and WebAIM Wave. No issues found.

    Definitely give Abs a try. I might not do as much as some block plugins, but what it does, it does extremely well.

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  • Plugin Author WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas

    (@webmandesign)

    1 month, 1 week ago

    Hi @oldrup,

    Thank you for your thorough review! You’ve actually mentioned multiple points I keep in mind when creating my products, so I’m glad to see they are being noticed and appreciated 🙂

    Shameless plug:
    I think you might also like a new free universal Zooey theme I’ve just released. It is a block theme by default, but can be switched to hybrid/classic mode with ability to edit theme parts with block editor if needed. The theme is accessibility ready too, though it is currently still waiting for an accessibility review at WordPress themes repository.

    Best regards,

    Oliver

    Thread Starter Bjarne Oldrup

    (@oldrup)

    1 month ago

    That Zooey theme looks absolutely gorgeous, surely a lot of work has gone into that. Done, shame the plug. I look forward to testing it properly. Really appreciate the focus on accessibility! Nice work 👏👏👏

    Plugin Author WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas

    (@webmandesign)

    1 month ago

    Thank you. I think Zooey (and other newest themes of mine) could be the only theme which can be used as a block theme and also switched to classic (actually hybrid) mode. I haven’t found any other theme doing it so thoroughly.

    If you find any issues or have suggestions for the theme improvement during your testing, please report them at https://wordpress.org/support/theme/zooey/ Thank you!

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