WP Block Framework

With WordPress Block Framework, you can create WordPress blocks only using PHP and without having to write a line of Javascript. Helpful for creating simple blocks and converting shortcodes to blocks. Think of it as pluggable version of ACF.

This repo is actually a working plugin which demonstrates how to implement block framework in your plugins. See block-framework-example.php for details.

How to use

Step 1A - Installation (with composer)

composer require pramodjodhani/wp-block-framework

Step 1B - Installation (manually)

Copy this whole repository to your theme or plugin. Then include the block-framework/class-block-framework.php file.

include "./wp-block-framework/block-framework/class-block-framework.php";

Step 2

Call WP_Block_Framework::register_block_type() just how you would call the WordPress function register_block_type.

WP_Block_Framework::register_block_type(
	'wpbf-example/team-member',
	array(
		'title'    => 'Team member',
		'icon'     => 'groups',
		'category' => 'widgets',
		'keywords' => array( __( 'team' ), __( 'member' ), __( 'crew' ) ),
	)
);

You only need to include wpbf parameter and template and fields argument inside it.

WP_Block_Framework::register_block_type(
	'wpbf-example/team-member',
	array(
		'title'    => 'Team member',
		'icon'     => 'groups',
		'category' => 'widgets',
		'keywords' => array( __( 'team' ), __( 'member' ), __( 'crew' ) ),
		'wpbf'     => array(
			'template' => dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/templates/team-member.php',
			'fields'   => array(
				array(
					'id'          => 'name',
					'type'        => 'text',
					'title'       => 'Name',
					'desc'        => 'Team Member name',
					'placeholder' => 'Name',
				),
				array(
					'id'          => 'position',
					'type'        => 'textarea',
					'title'       => 'Bio',
					'desc'        => 'Position in the company',
					'placeholder' => 'Ex. Head of marketing..',
				),
				array(
					'id'    => 'image',
					'type'  => 'image',
					'title' => 'Image',
					'desc'  => 'A nice Headshot.',
				),
			),
		),
	),
);

Step 3 Create the template

WPBF will load the template we mentioned in step 2 (/templates/team-member.php). Create this file within your theme/plugin.

The data is provided to the template in the form of the $attributes variable. $attribute is an array of associative values, and the field id can be used to retrieve the field values ex: $attributes['name'].

<div class="team-member-wrap">
	<div class="team-member">
		<div class="team-member__photo">
			<?php if ( isset( $attributes['image'][0] ) ) { ?>
			<img src="<?php echo $attributes['image'][0]['sizes']['medium']['url']; ?>" alt="Team member photo">
			<?php } ?>
		</div>
		<div class="team-member__details">
			<h2><?php echo $attributes['name']; ?></h2>
			<small><?php echo $attributes['position']; ?></small>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>

That's it 🕺

Here's the block in working:

Supported Field Types

• textarea
• text
• Password
• date
• select
• toggle
• radio
• checkboxes
• file
• image
• color
• group (repeater field 🔁 )

Upcoming Features

• Support for block.json
• Conditional fields
• Improve UX