Hover Highlights – Editor highlighting
Adds highlighting on hover with a distraction-free experience for the Gutenberg/Block Editor.
5(2 reviews)
·30 active installs·Updated 12 months agoAs of April 2026, Hover Highlights is a WordPress a11y plugin with 30 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 7.3.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Top alternative: Ally – Web Accessibility & Usability.
5/52 reviews
30active installs
1.2K+total downloads
3 yearssince 2023
Overview
Hover Highlights is a simple WordPress plugin that adds a subtle highlight effect to the Gutenberg/Block Editor. When you hover over a block, it gets highlighted with a dashed outline and a box-shadow. The highlight disappears when you focus on the block to reduce distraction.
This plugin is ideal for content creators who want to visually distinguish individual blocks within the Block Editor.
The code and this readme are mostly written by ChatGPT.
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.8+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.3.0+ required |
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Changelog
1.1.0
- Fixed an issue where styles were outputted outside the intended scope, which caused the browser to enter quirks mode.
- Added support for Full Site Editing (FSE).
- Now requires WordPress 5.8 or higher, instead of 5.0.
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