Block Manager

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