As of April 2026, Block Control is a WordPress block plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.2+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….
5/53 reviews
100active installs
6.0K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
Have you ever used WordPress’ new block editor Gutenberg and wished for a way to influence, when and to whom blocks are shown? We’ve been in this situation, that’s why we came up with Block Control. This nifty little plugin allows you to control, whether a block should be displayed under certain circumstances or not. And that’s of course true for both WordPress’ default blocks and blocks added by third-party plugins.
You can hide blocks based on:
- Device types (desktop, mobile, screen reader)
- Login status
- Date (start and end date)
- User roles
- Page types
- Posts of the current post type
- Page number in numbered pages (in archives and search results)
Additionally, you can set an inline formatting to display certain text only for screen readers.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.2+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.5.1
- Fixed: A block with a start date to hide in the future and with an end date will now correctly be hidden between those two dates
Contributors
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