Install Block Lab

Time needed: 2 minutes.

When in the admin area of your WordPress site …

  1. Click on the Plugins item in the left-hand menu

  2. Click on the “Add New” button at the top of the screen

  3. Search for “Block Lab”

  4. Click on the “Install Now” button

  5. Click on the “Activate” button

  6. Click on the Block Lab item in the left-hand menu to begin creating custom blocks

Alternative Manual Installation of Block Lab

If you prefer, you can also install the Block Lab files manually.

  1. Clone Block Lab into a working directory with https://github.com/getblocklab/block-lab.git
  2. cd into the block-lab directory, and run npm install
  3. Next, build the scripts and styles with npm build
  4. Move the block-lab folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  5. Activate Block Lab through the Plugins menu in WordPress