Good news today for our Block Lab Pro Early Access Pass holders. You now have access to the Taxonomy field. When adding this field to your blocks you can set it to either pull a list of categories or tags. If you’re building a block that pulls in posts, e.g. a “check out these posts” […]
Continue ReadingMonth: April 2019
Backwards Compatability Break for the Image Field
Hi everyone, If you’re using the image field in Block Lab, you should be aware of a minor backwards compatibility break in the latest plugin update. The changes are related to when using the block_value() function with the image field. This function now returns an integer attachment ID. Previously it returned the attachment URL. This […]
Continue ReadingAn even better block building experience with v1.2.2
Today we release version 1.2.2 of Block Lab. This version introduces a bunch of user interface improvements that make it even easier to build blocks within the WordPress admin, particularly for those just getting started with Block Lab. There are 3 general areas of improvement: 1. Block Properties in Sidebar The block properties (slug, icon, […]
Continue ReadingIn the Lab: A Custom eBook Download Block
Welcome back to the Lab. For this tutorial we’re going to build a custom eBook download/call-to-action block. It will include a picture of our book, some text, and a button to download the book. It’s gonna look something like this: So our local setup for building the block looks like this: Theme: Atomic Blocks Child […]
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