10 Essential Plugins For Your Gutenberg Wordpress Site

[@alrawandi8402]

Finally. Someone who has a voice that you can actually listen to. Thank you!

[@johncreates]

Hahaha - Just wait till I start throwing some Auto-Tune to my voice :) Karaoke night here we come!

[@earthgraduate726]

Very informative , thanks

[@johncreates]

Welcome!

[@claudiocsp1]

I'm absolutely loving the Stackable Blocks experience. It's a great plugin to use with Gutemberg!

[@ManfredGerads]

Incredibly useful, especially for someone like me who's considering building his first site with Gutenberg! Thank you so much!

[@KommaAchtKommaEins]

Thanks for your list. A lot of content in little time - that's the way I like it. You especially motivated me to dump Elementor and rather go with Gutenberg blocks. After all the fancier a web site is the less content it appears to have. And I have some content to show. :)

[@johncreates]

Glad you like it!

[@DJHwaYoung]

More than a year old, but still sooo useful, thank you! I just wonder, which Plugin has served with the "Header" block which you have used to deploy the funny cat-bg-image that you downloaded vai Drop-in before?

[@panoskoukou1430]

stackable gutenberg plugin.

[@DOcasio]

Great video! Exactly what I was looking for.

[@johncreates]

Perfect!

[@dontrez8412]

I haven't heard much about security plugins. Are block-built sites just that secure or do the old security plugins work just as well on block builders?

[@johncreates]

yeah, security is a big concern - which is why I mainly use this platform now: sofreedom.com/freecourse

[@natep7425]

Hello, great video. Is there any good schema marketup plugin you recomment with Gutenberg.

[@AmandaLucaseu]

Really great video and info 👍🏻

[@johncreates]

Thank you!!

[@FoodiesTerminal]

Really nice. You have explained it so well. Can you tell me if any of the plugins would impact page speed ?

[@johncreates]

Thanks Foodies Terminal! The plugins I recommend are all pretty light weight, but they might add a small amount of code to your page (since that's what they're for hehe). I'd recommend trying 1 or 2, and running some speed tests to see if you're still happy

[@monicaannebooks7741]

This was the most helpful thing I've found on Wordpress all week! Quick question. I'm trying to get my home page to show the custom excerpt (not the first paragraph) for the most recent posts. It looks like it may be using Gutenberg by default but I don't see where I can change this. Can one of this plugins or another additional Gutenberg plugin help me?

[@johncreates]

For your home page are you just using the default wordpress blog roll, or are you using a page builder to display posts? Depending on how you are displaying them, there should be options. In general when you display a post grid or list, you should be able to select between showing ALL CONTENT which will go until you put the read more tag, or an excerpt of a specific length. Hope this helps!

[@rustichomesco346]

Hey John! Thanks for explaining all of this- very helpful. I'm a bit of a beginner and I'm curious if you can recommend a free theme for that'll work with a woocommerce shop and blogging? I sell on Etsy and I'm trying to build a blog/store and I feel like I'll do really well with the new structure as it's similar to Google Sites. Thanks in advance!

[@Jonas_Fox]

Thanks for the insights. I came back to website building after a few months and the whole WordPress world has been flipped on its head. Maybe you should do a monthy plugin news at this rate lol.

[@johncreates]

Lol yeah no kidding. Exciting (and impossible) to keep up with the times! I like the monthly news idea thanks for that! And welcome back to the world of website building, we've missed you!

[@evgen55_ru]

There is Qubely?

[@himawanwibowo8074]

In 2021 is this still works ? And do you use all that plugin ? Did you make update video about it now ?

[@boicom7]

Is that a plugin that makes you quickly insert the Header at 7:26 ?

[@DRJUDE]

Great video! Thanks! I’m still trying to find a way of embedding an email collection box with my call to action. Is there a way to do that in the Gutenberg builder

[@johncreates]

I’m sure there is! What email marketing system are you using?

[@reut_golan]

This video was SO helpful. Thank you!!

[@JasonAWhaling]

Awesome! Thank you! 🙏

[@johncreates]

You're so welcome!!!

[@rickjaggers]

Great work!! Kudos & Thank you! When you curate/update the list for 2020, I recommend that you also name the developer in parenthesis after the plugin name: 1. Custom Color Palettes for Gutneberg (ThemeZee)

[@johncreates]

Good idea!!

[@TLCOnlineChannel]

Hi John, I have been looking at the videos you have placed here on KZbin a,d the course you have on your own website. But I do have a question to ask - Do you know if Gutenberg blocks are fully accessible, ie: can be used with people who use screen readers etc? Thank you for any advice. Cheers John

[@johncreates]

Wow great question that I have never researched. I do know that I can navigate the editor almost entirely with the keyboard, but there are times where you definitely want the mouse to select different options. When you say accessibility does that mean never using a mouse?

[@TLCOnlineChannel]

@@johncreates Hi John, No I think you have the wrong end of the stick, I am asking, when the page has been designed by Guttenberg and you publish the page/post is it then accessible by people using your website and reading the content via a screen reader? Doing some research on this exact subject it seems that Guttenberg is not 100% accessible yet. But government agencies around the world are starting to look for their websites to be fully accessible. Cheers John

[@okaykristaj1111]

@@TLCOnlineChannel, I just came across the following resource that may answer your question. I hope it helps. wpcampus.org/2019/05/gutenberg-audit-results/?fbclid=IwAR1wT_thrt2VRHaCPHJZ8ZJ-iR3ThJFZFAGdwlzk_Q6hSYw3I2ht9svU5ko

[@MosheShazak]

Amazing!!! Actually the best I’ve watched! Anyways does anyone know of a Disable Elementor Plugin for their widgets similar to #10 Disable Gutenberg Plugin? That would be awesome!

[@KevinFoulds]

Hi. Do you know of a way of making bocls like with brizy, and then saving them as favorites, and then being able to move them around like you can with brizy. Kevin

[@talbatz]

Awesome post! Thanks :-) question: does installing all these plugins make the entire install heavier? Slower on the front end?

[@johncreates]

It should be negligible - Gutenberg block plugins are very tiny in size when you compare it to the size of page builders. And on the front end, everything is converted to html code for being displayed by the browser, so some plugins could produce sloppier code than others, but from the testing I have done, Gutenberg was the fastest of the page builders that I tested in this experiment: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apnGiKpvjquWibc

[@TheTexasTrailhead]

This was fantastic

[@MrAAMNNITAllahabad]

I loved the way you describe the plugins. Though it would be amazing if you told more in-depth about the plugins used. Still, fabulous video content, very original.

[@johncreates]

Thank you!!!

[@GirlJustDIY]

These are cool and I look forward to checking them out. QQ If we add and use Block Plugins, what happens to our posts if we decide later to uninstall a particular block? Is the code still there or will the content in blocks from that plug-in be broken or missing?

[@EtherealEncountersUnveiled]

I love these recommendations. Can you please add links to where to download them, please?

Go to your pluginn Section in your Dashboard

[@cliffkwok]

Do u have a course

[@humpingbull]

About half of the plugins don't show up when I tried to bring them up.

[@johncreates]

Sorry man, they're in there :) Don't have the time to update each one with a link but I promise you they are still active

[@nick-rice]

"Custom Color Palettes for Gutenberg" is Palette, not Palettes, which might explain not seeing that one. But it's at version 1.0, hasn't been updated for 5 months, and is showing as not having been tested with my (current) version of Wordpress.

[@jimmears]

A couple of these addons are not up to date. The "disable Gutenberg block" hasn't been updated for 10 months.

[@johncreates]

You're right, I'll need to curate an updated list for 2020

[@stanwilliamswebdevelopment9437]

Thanks for this! I am testing Gutenberg on a site ...

[@johncreates]

Let me know how it goes!

[@humanyoda]

Installing plugins slows down sites. Sometimes, DRAMATICALLY. What will happen if you use one of the plugins you mentioned here and deactivate it after you're done constructing a page/site?

[@johncreates]

You are left with short codes where you used the plugin. This is a pretty universal statement and it's why I always recommend to be thoughtful about what you install and to make sure you don't be too redundant with your functionality

[@networkmarketingtips9269]

I'm trying to change the font to Helvetica via block editor. And can't find it for the life of me

[@johncreates]

You should be able to find those options in your theme customizer

[@flashboyonly]

This is usefull

[@johncreates]

Thanks Stan!

[@JeffreyCarandang]

I would really appreciate if you could check EditorsKit : wordpress.org/plugins/block-options/ which extends Gutenberg functionality aside from building custom blocks. With this plugin you can control visibility, have additional formats and more. Hoping you'll love it and include on the video tutorials. Thanks!

[@johncreates]

Hey Jeffrey thanks for reaching out - I checked out your plugin (awesome promo video and soundtrack!) and it looks really solid. I'll test it and try to get a video out on it soon!

[@JeffreyCarandang]

@@johncreates Thanks a lot! Really glad that you like the plugin features. Looking forward for you to try it and feel free to contact me anytime if you have any questions. Thanks again!

[@IstiakRayhan]

Hi John, You've compiled a great list. Liked it. We have also created a Gutenberg Blocks plugin for Bloggers and Marketers. You can check out the plugin here: wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-blocks/ If possible, give it a try. You will like it.

[@johncreates]

I'll definitely check it out! Thanks for the heads up! - Just checked it out and I really like the countdown element and Reviews :) Awesome job! Does it require a separate schema plugin to get the reviews to show up in search results?

[@IstiakRayhan]

John from Income Mesh No, it doesn’t require another plugin. The Review block is schema enabled.

[@johncreates]

Nicely done! Will definitely be checking that out soon!

[@IstiakRayhan]

John from Income Mesh Thanks a lot. Appreciate your support.

[@mapes12]

Really enjoying the videos. I was wondering if you had any plans to review Otter Blocks by Themeisle: wordpress.org/plugins/otter-blocks/#description

[@johncreates]

I tested it briefly and I liked what I saw, but I didn't put enough time into it to do a review - Are you the developer?

[@mapes12]

@@johncreates I'm not the developer. His contact details are at the bottom of the link. In part, I was wondering what your plans are to update the present $97 course as the Gutenberg evolution snowballs. Or is the course static at this timeline?

[@johncreates]

Hey Mark sorry for missing this reply (KZbin's comments engine is extremely hard to catch all replies). I update the course every few months with any major adjustments. Right now I am looking at Qubely as an additional recommendation. It's a newer plugin (as they all are!) but it is already very refined

[@gmog7857]

This is totally confusing