Different colored words within a Heading

Hello @lorenzobvp,
You can use the highlight function from WordPress. Just block the words then from toolbar click on arrow down, then choose highlight.

Hi @putra1arya,

Thanks for your explanation! But, unfortunately I don’t have that feature for some reason…?

FYI, I’m on the latest versions of both WordPress and Gutenverse

Hello @lorenzobvp,

The other way is using our Advanced Heading Block. Just set the “Show Subscribtion” and “Show Line” to “None”.

Hi @putra1arya,

As you can see in the screenshot, I’m using the Heading Block, not the Advanced Heading Block, the same as in your screenshot.

But I guess you’re trying to explain that I can use the Focus Text with the Advanced Heading Block to highlight text. The problem is that I can only highlight the last words and not a word in the middle of a sentence.

I just wish to add that highlight option to my toolbar, and I don’t understand why I do not have it. Anyway, I appreciate your help thus far!

Hello @lorenzobvp,
If a function from WordPress is not showing on your WordPress it might be because of a conflict with a plugin.
Try deactivating your plugin one by one to find which plugin is causing the problem.

Hi @putra1arya,

I don’t use that many Plugins on my website, so I’m not sure if any of them could cause any conflicts. If I deactivate any of them, would that cause any problems on my website?

I am using the following plugins: Gutenverse, MailPoet, Updraft, and Yoast. Do you know which one could possibly cause a conflict? None of those are editors except for Gutenverse, of course.

Hi @lorenzobvp,

Have you installed the latest version of Gutenverse?

I have tried creating a new site and installed all your plugins, and I can use the highlight feature.

Could you please check other blocks that contain text and see if any of them have the highlight feature?

If none of them have it, you might need to upgrade your WordPress version, as the highlight feature is a WordPress feature.

Hi @gowinda,

Yes, I’m on the latest version of WordPress, 6.5.4. Should I try re-installing this version? If I do, will it break my website?

Yes, I checked all the blocks I could find, and none have the highlight feature. I can’t find anything in the settings either where you could maybe toggle the feature. It’s so strange, though.

Hi,

first please check all the registered format types in your console.

to open the console in your browser, first, open the site editor. and then right-click anywhere in the browser and select inspect/inspect element. and then find console, type this :

wp.data.select( 'core/rich-text' ).getFormatTypes();

you might be unable to copy and paste it so type it manually as shown in the picture. check if the highlight is registered or not

Please try reinstalling wordpress on a testing site, not at your actual live site to prevent any errors that might occur. if you want to try it on your actual site, please try to remember to keep a backup for your site. you can try to downgrade the wordpress version and then upgrade it again.

• This reply was modified 5 months ago by gowinda.

Hi @gowinda,

No it’s not registered. How can I register it?

Hi,

sorry for the late response, I spent time trying to find out how you can register the highlight option without coding, but that is all I found so far. you can try reinstalling wordpress but MAKE SURE you have backup of your site. Or you can try to use custom HTML:

first in the editor, select the word you want to change the color, and use the strikethrough feature. see the id of your block, for example, if you use the heading block from gutenverse, in the toolbar there should be an id button. copy it and then go to Appearance>Customize>Additional CSS and the add this CSS code.

.guten-id s {
    text-decoration: none !important;
    color: red; 
}

change the guten-id with your block id, and change the color to any color you need.

Hi @gowinda,

No worries about the late response! I appreciate your help ??

I have a backup with Updraft, but still feel a little bit scared to reinstall it… Should I be safe?

Anyway, the CSS works! But it’s not what I would call an ‘easy fix.’

I found something interesting when checking two other sites where I use Gutenverse. One didn’t have the highlight feature either, while the other did. That made me wonder how that could be, and I found out that the only overlapping plugin that might have caused it was MailPoet?! This confused me even more when I deactivated the plugin, and the feature was still not there…

Hi,

about reinstalling wordpress, it should be safe if you follow all the instructions correctly but, there is always a chance of errors so please consider whether it is worth it. maybe try to reinstall wordpress in a dummy site first so you know what you are dealing with.

can you find out what the differences could be between those two sites? you might have a clue that I don’t.

Hi @gowinda,

I reinstalled the latest version of WordPress, but nothing seemed to have changed, and I still don’t have the ‘highlight’ option.

I tried deactivating every plugin, but that didn’t solve it either. There were no significant differences between the sites either. But one difference is maybe the ‘age’ of the sites. The one where the ‘highlight’ function works is pretty recent. Perhaps this is a bug that occurred in past versions of WordPress and Gutenverse.

What should I do or try next?