Beschreibung
Writing Tools for the Block Editor makes Gutenberg calmer, cleaner, and genuinely easier to use — and adds the everyday tools writers and editors keep wishing it had.
Gutenberg is powerful, but its interface can feel busy and unforgiving. This is a lightweight skin and toolkit that smooths the rough edges — without replacing the editor, forking it, or turning it into a page builder.
Editing tools you’ll use every day
- Find & Replace across the whole post, with a live match count and optional case-sensitivity. Links, markup, and code blocks are never touched.
- Undo on delete — remove a block and a one-click „Undo“ appears, so accidental deletions are easy to recover.
- Clear Formatting — strip messy inline formatting from any selection in one click.
- Live word count for the selected block, not just the whole post.
A calmer canvas
- A quieter, more focused editor — softer chrome, a restrained accent colour (choose teal, sage, or slate), and a tidier List View.
- An always-visible „Add block“ button, so adding content never depends on hovering to find a hidden control.
- A friendly one-time tip that teaches keyboard navigation between blocks.
- An optional toggle to reduce autosave frequency on slower sites.
Lightweight and safe by design
- Loads only inside the editor — zero scripts, styles, or slowdown on your live site.
- Purely visual and additive: it never changes your block markup or saved content.
- Works alongside your theme and other block plugins.
No settings page to wrestle with, and no bloat. Just a better editing experience.
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Installation
- In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins Add New Plugin and search for „Writing Tools for the Block Editor“, or upload the plugin ZIP via Plugins Add New Plugin Upload Plugin.
- Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen.
- Open any post or page in the block editor — the improvements are applied automatically. Open the Writing Tools panel from the editor’s top-right toolbar for Find & Replace, word count, the accent picker, and performance options.
No configuration required.
FAQ
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Does the WordPress block editor have find and replace?
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Not on its own. Writing Tools for the Block Editor adds a Find & Replace panel to the editor sidebar — search your whole post, see a live match count, and replace across every block at once. Links, markup, and code blocks are left untouched.
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Does this slow down my website?
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No. It loads only inside the WordPress admin block editor. It adds nothing to your live site’s pages and has zero impact on front-end performance.
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Will it change or break my existing content?
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No. It is purely visual and additive — it never modifies your block markup or saved content. Find & Replace only changes the text you ask it to.
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How do I clear formatting in the block editor?
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Select the text and click the Clear Formatting button in the block toolbar. It strips inline formatting — bold, italic, links and more — in one click.
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Does it work with Full Site Editing / the Site Editor?
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Yes. The core editor improvements apply in both the post editor and the Site Editor. Some tools are specific to the post editor.
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Is it compatible with other block plugins?
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Yes. Because it works at the CSS/UI layer rather than replacing or forking Gutenberg, it is compatible with third-party block libraries.
Rezensionen
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Mitwirkende und Entwickler
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Änderungsprotokoll
1.0.0
- First public release on WordPress.org. Includes the calmer editor skin, Find & Replace, Clear Formatting, undo-on-delete, per-block word count, the accent picker, the reduce-autosave toggle, and the Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+F shortcut.
0.8.4
- New: keyboard shortcut — press Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+F in the editor to open Find & Replace with the search field focused. (Shown in the editor’s Keyboard Shortcuts help.)
0.8.3
- Improved: more comfortable spacing in the Find & Replace panel — the „Replace with“ field and the „Match case“ checkbox now have room to breathe.
0.8.2
- Housekeeping: renamed the plugin’s internal PHP constants and functions to a longer, more distinct prefix, following WordPress.org naming guidelines. No functional changes.
0.8.1
- Fixed: a script dependency typo prevented the editor enhancements from loading. All features now load correctly.
0.8.0
- New: a „Reduce autosave frequency“ toggle that slows background saving and checks, easing typing hitches on slower sites.
0.7.0
- New: Find & Replace. Search the post’s text and replace across all blocks from the Writing Tools panel, with a live match count and an optional case-sensitive match. Links, markup and code blocks are left untouched.
0.6.0
- New: removing a block now shows a brief „block removed — Undo“ message, so accidental deletions are easy to recover. It stays quiet when you simply press Ctrl/Cmd+Z.
0.5.0
- New: a one-click Clear Formatting button in the text toolbar to strip inline formatting from a selection.
- New: a live word and character count for the selected block in the Writing Tools panel.
0.4.0
- New: a one-time tip teaches arrow-key navigation between blocks (dismissable).
- Calmer block inserter — rounded, responsive hover on blocks.
- Header utility icons recede until hovered, keeping focus on your content.
- Improved focus visibility for the plugin’s own controls, including high-contrast mode.
0.3.0
- List View: clearer hover feedback and more comfortable row spacing for easier scanning.
0.2.0
- Added a persistent „Add block“ button at the end of the content, so adding a block no longer depends on discovering the hover-only inserter.
- The editor canvas now follows the chosen accent colour.
0.1.0
- Initial release.