Introduces a simple method for defining block areas to use the block editor outside of the post content.<\/p>\n\n
This is an experimental plugin that explores basic usage of Gutenberg blocks outside of the content bubble, on a sitewide level.<\/p>\n\n
In the long term it will likely eliminate itself once WordPress core and Gutenberg will have completed the next phase of advancing to the sitewide level. The plugin exists as a baseline to have an easy way for experimenting with similar functionality already today.<\/p>\n\n
After activating the plugin, you can create and edit block areas under Appearance > Block Areas<\/em>. There should be two block areas already, Block areas are identified by their unique slug. Since In order to print a specific block area, for example in your theme, use You can also explicitly add theme support, specifying which block area slugs your theme relies on (e.g. For regular support requests, please use the wordpress.org support forums<\/a>. If you have a technical issue with the plugin where you already have more insight on how to fix it, you can also open an issue on Github instead<\/a>.<\/p><\/dd>\n If you have some ideas to improve the plugin or to solve a bug, feel free to raise an issue or submit a pull request in the Github repository for the plugin<\/a>. Please stick to the contributing guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nheader<\/code> and footer<\/code>.<\/p>\n\nheader<\/code> and footer<\/code> are expected to exist, make sure not to delete them.<\/p>\n\nblock_areas()->render( $slug )<\/code> (e.g. block_areas()->render( 'header' )<\/code>).<\/p>\n\nadd_theme_support( 'block-areas', 'header', 'footer' )<\/code>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
block-areas<\/code> folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory or download it through the WordPress backend.<\/li>\n\n