Beskrivning

The Block Manager is an intuitive tool for site admins to globally remove blocks and block patterns. It also provides functionality for updating the category of individual blocks to help organize the admin editing experience.

Funktioner

Blocks: Globally disable blocks from being displayed in the Block Inserter and Block Editor.
Patterns: Remove unwanted block patterns with the click of a button.
Block Categories: Organize the Block Inserter by updating the category of each block.
Hooks: Use hooks to remove blocks and patterns from functions.php.
Search and Filter: Quickly locate blocks and patterns with the search functionality in the sidebar.
Embed Blocks: Choose the Embed blocks you actually want to include on your site by removing the vast majority of useless options.

Hooks & Filters

Use Block Manager hooks to controls blocks via code and sync options across multiple WordPress environments.

gbm_disabled_blocks

Use the gbm_disabled_blocks hook to remove blocks via backend code.

// functions.php
add_filter( 'gbm_disabled_blocks', function() {
    return [
        'core/buttons',
        'core/columns',
        'core/freeform',
        'core/table'
    ];
});

gbm_disabled_patterns

Use the gbm_disabled_patterns hook to remove block patterns via backend code.

// functions.php
add_filter( 'gbm_disabled_patterns', function() {
   return ['gbm/core-patterns', 'core/query-standard-posts', 'core/query-medium-posts'];
});

gbm_block_categories

Use the gbm_block_categories hook to update block categories via backend code.

// functions.php
add_filter( 'gbm_block_categories', function() {
    return [
        [ 'block' => 'core/html', 'cat' => 'design' ],
        [ 'block' => 'core/cover', 'cat' => 'design' ],
        [ 'block' => 'core/details', 'cat' => 'design' ]
    ];
});

block_manager_user_role

Update the minimum user role allowed to access the Block Manager plugin.

// functions.php
add_filter(
    'block_manager_user_role',
    'edit_theme_options' // Default: activate_plugins
);

Skärmdumpar

Disable Blocks: Easily remove unwanted WordPress blocks by toggling the active state of each block.
Block Toggle: Disable all blocks in a block categories with a single click.
Block Categories: Improve the admin editing experience by updating the category of each block using the Category Switcher.
Disable Block Patterns: Remove unwanted block patterns and core patterns by toggling the active state of each pattern.
Status Reports: Total active and disabled blocks are displayed in the plugin sidebar.
Embed Blocks: Choose the Embed blocks you want to allow on your site and remove the majority of useless options.

Installation

How to install Block Manager.

Using The WordPress Dashboard

Navigate to the ’Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
Search for ’Block Manager’
Klicka ”Installera nu”
Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard

Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

Navigate to the ’Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
Navigate to the ’Upload’ area
Select block-manager.zip from your computer
Klicka ”Installera nu”
Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Använd FTP

Download block-manager.zip
Extract the block-manager directory to your computer
Upload the block-manager directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Then navigate to wp-admin -> Settings -> Block Manager to use the plugin.

Recensioner

Christian Saborio 18 april 2025 1 svar

What a wonderful plugin! It’s amazing how WP adds all kinds of crap and no way to turn it off – I don’t use patterns, don’t want my clients to use them, and this is the perfect solution to avoid these types of issues. Fantastic way to remove unwanted core blocks as well, sanity at last, THANK YOU!

magicratfish 4 februari 2024 1 svar

Great plugin, thank you. Let me tame my plug in beast and bring order to the Press. I combined it with the php filter ’block_categories_all’ to move them to my own categories as well. Together, they have made a world of difference.

lanche86 3 oktober 2023

Extremely useful plugin and one of the first I added to all of my installs. Thank you, Darren!

skylabb 19 november 2022 2 svar

I wanted to like this plug for the nice UI design. When I open the block manager screen, the two grey tabs where block listings are suppose to display are empty. It looks like some kind of glitch. Update: I added a couple more review stars for author’s response. Hopefully the issue gets fixed soon.

tomreed25 15 september 2022 1 svar

Having the ability to disable some of the more obscure, unnecessary blocks is essential and this plugin features on every site I work on. Thanks!

wp2019s 17 januari 2022 1 svar

It makes the job done! Thanks

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Ändringslogg

3.1.1 – March 15, 2025

FIX: Fixed issue with rendering block icons of various plugins. Now using default WP block editor BlockIcon rendering.
FIX: Fixed issue with blocks not showing in Block Manager when being registered using enqueue_block_assets hook.
UPDATE: Admin UI/UX updates.

3.1.0 – November 3, 2024

UPDATE: New admin UI.
UPDATE: Various changes for upcoming Block Manager Pro plugin.

3.0.0 – April 3, 2024

NEW: Added support for disabling block patterns and core block patterns.
FIX: Fixed incorrect number of filtered blocks display in Blocks sidebar.
FIX: Fixed issue with return value in admin_footer text.
UPDATE: Updated plugin installer vendor file.
UPDATE: Various code refactoring and organization.
UPDATE: Various security updates.

2.1.1 – November 1, 2023

HOTFIX: Fix for undefined React key warning when WP_DEBUG is enabled.

2.1.0 – November 1, 2023

NEW: Adding notification system for feedback after an action is performed.
UPDATE: Added display indicators for variation blocks.
FIX: Fixed potential upgrade issue with disabled blocks throwing admin error due to object vs array data.
FIX: Fixed issue with missing loading animation.
FIX: Fixed issue with block variations not counting towards block count.

2.0.0 – October 20, 2023

NEW – New admin interface and interactions for the Block and Block Categories pages.
NEW: Added block category export and hook gbm_block_categories to allow for changing block categories at the theme level.
UPDATE: Updated build scripts and dependencies to use wp-scripts.
UPDATE: Block Manager is now supported on Widget screen.
FIX: Fixed issue with some missing block definitions.
FIX: Fixed issues with block icons not rendering for some blocks.
FIX: Fixed issue with various blocks crashing the Block Manager edit screen.
FIX: Other various bug fixes and overall improvements.

1.2.5 – May 23, 2023

FIX – Fixed potential issue with JS errors on Site Editor screens.
UPDATE – WP version bump and testing.

1.2.4 – November 30, 2022

HOTFIX – Fixed issue with plugin not working on edit screens.

1.2.3 – November 19, 2022

FIX: Added fix for blank screen when users have JetPack plugin enabled.
FIX: Fixed issue with missing semi-colon in Block Manager export functionality.
FIX: Added fix for only loading the block removal script on New and Edit screens.

1.2.2 – August 17, 2021

NEW – Added new Reset option that will clear all disabled blocks.
FIX – Added fix for possible issue with icon width on blocks admin page.
UPDATE – Updated tab navigation inside the plugin to make it more clear which section was being edited.

1.2.1 – February 28, 2021

UPDATE – Added Category Switcher support for all block including core Gutenberg blocks.

1.2 – February 27, 2021

NEW – Added new Category Switcher.
- The Category Switcher provides functionality for changing the category core Gutenberg blocks.
- Changing a block category will update the location of the block in the Gutenberg Block Inserter while editing posts.
FIX – Fixed issue with missing semi-colon in export code.
UPDATE – Various admin UI/UX updates.

1.1 – January 19, 2021

NEW – Added new gbm_disabled_blocks filter to allow for disabling blocks via functions.php
NEW – Added Export option to dynamically build a pre-populated gbm_disabled_blocks filter.
NEW – Added Grid/List view toggle.

1.0.1 – January 2, 2021

NEW – Added support for Embed blocks (Twitter, Facebook, Spotify etc). These blocks were changed in WP 5.6 and the handler had to be updated to manage the active/inactive states.
FIX – Fixed REST API warning for missing permissions_callback.

1.0 – January 6, 2020

Initial release