Description
Use the Wayfinder plugin to easily select nested blocks. Wayfinder also lets you know the type of block and its active class names.
Features
- View block title on hover (optional)
- View block classes on hover (optional)
- View block outline on hover (optional)
- See spacer blocks outline at all times (optional)
- “Shift + Alt + W” to toggle Wayfinder on/off
Links
Screenshots
Wayfinder in action 
Wayfinder site-wide settings 
Wayfinder single user settings
Installation
From your WordPress dashboard
- Visit Plugins > Add New
- Search for “Wayfinder”
- Activate Wayfinder from your Plugins page
- Edit any page with blocks in use to see Wayfinder in action.
FAQ
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What kind of support do you provide?
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Please feel free to DM me on twitter with any questions.
Reviews
Thank you for developing this much needed helper for those of us that struggle with the block editor UI/UX. I’m glad it’s still being developed.
Anthony Hortin
April 18, 2023
Great plugin. Thanks for creating this. This is the only plugin I’ve seen that actually makes the block editor less painful to use. No more guessing where blocks start and end, or struggling with trying to select blocks or their containers. This is how the Block Editor UI should’ve been all along. ????
Installed, works. It’s that simple. And you get an excellent overview over the blocks you use on your page. Using Gutenberg would definetly be less fun without this plugin.
Thanks for this Plugin! I miss this definitely in core. As good Gutenberg and the idea of it is, navigation beetween blocks is one of the really bad parts in Gutenberg at the moment.
layerwp
July 20, 2021
Installed and tested works like a charm. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for, I’m constantly losing track of what block is what, having a way to highlight blocks is a game changer.
Honestly this needs to be part of the core for Block Editor, if you’re into Gutenberg, and build sites with it, this is a must.
Trust me when I say, this will save you so much time!!!
The title which of course is a (sort of accurate) quote from the Godfather III movie fits perfectly in this case.
I was relying on the “EditorsKit” plugin to display the borders, then I found the “Editor Blocks Border” plugin which was better, and I thought I don’t have to worry about that issue anymore, only to find this plugin which is the best one of it’s kind so far.
It does one thing, and it does it better than anything !
Nicely done, and the most amazing thing is that the zip file is only 3.31kb – (not a typo) !!!
I’m out again…
Contributors & Developers
“Wayfinder” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Wayfinder” has been translated into 6 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “Wayfinder” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.2.0
- Added support for WordPress 6.7.
- Added short key support [Shift + Alt + W] to toggle Wayfinder on/off.
1.1.7
- Added support for WordPress 6.6.
- Fixed alerts generated by Plugin Check.
1.1.6
- Added support for WordPress 6.1.
- Fixed issue with list blocks in WP 6.1.
- Improved label design for block classes.
- Improved styling to have less impact on editor layout.
1.1.5
- Improved support for gallery-based image blocks.
1.1.4
- Improved support for dot-based separator blocks.
1.1.3
- Added support for WordPress 5.9
- Added security enhancements via sanitized inputs.
1.1.2
- CSS improvements.
1.1.1
- Fixed block spacing issue when Wayfinder elements disabled.
1.1.0
- Improved support for cover blocks (preserve overlay design on hover).
1.0.9
- Added support for third-party block plugins that had conflicting CSS.
1.0.8
- Added support for WordPress 5.8
- Fixed issue with title/classes/outlines showing on non-block editor pages.
1.0.7
- Bug fixes.
1.0.6
- Bug fixes.
1.0.5
- Added per-user controls on profile page to override site-wide Wayfinder settings.
- Fixed bug in .css file.
- Update .pot file.
1.0.4
- Fixed bug in .css file.
1.0.3
- Fixed issue with block title not showing for certain configurations/blocks.
1.0.2
- Improved display for following block types: columns, lists, paragraphs, images and social buttons.
1.0.1
- Added .pot file for translation.
1.0.0
- Initial release!