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Convert Blocks to JSON

Convert your WP blocks to JSON. Import & Export blocks across multiple WordPress websites. Generate JSON for your Headless CMS websites.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Current version1.3.2
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.0
Minimum stackWP 4.0 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update26 May 20265mo ago
Active installations40Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Convert Blocks to JSON version 1.3.2 as active, updated 5mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.

Overview

About this plugin

This plugin offers a powerful solution for importing and exporting WordPress blocks in JSON format, making it easy to move posts across different WP websites. It is also beneficial for WP engineers who are adopting a Headless CMS approach and would like a way to be able to fetch data from the front-end using tools like React, Vue & so on.

It’s simple, yet very powerful!

✔️ Features

Our plugin comes with everything you need for your WP blocks.

✔️ Import & Export WP blocks across multiple WordPress websites.

✔️ Convert WP blocks to JSON easily & quickly.

✔️ Useful for Headless CMS websites or front-end projects working with React, Vue & so on.

✔️ Available in mutiple langauges such as Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Russian, German, Italian, Croatian, Spanish, French, Japanese, Indonesia, Turkish, Polish, Dutch, Danish, Brazil & Portuguese languages.

✔️ Multiple custom hooks to enable you customize plugin to your heart’s delight.

✔️ Backward compatible, works with most WP versions.

✨ Getting Started

Create a new Post or open an existing Post. Locate the Convert Blocks to JSON icon at the top right corner of the Block Editor and click on it. From here you can do the following actions:

  • View JSON – Generate JSON data of the post you are working on.
  • Import JSON – Import JSON data from a JSON file to the post you are working on.
  • Export JSON – Export JSON data of the post to a JSON file.

You can get a taste of how this works, by using the demo link.

✨ Why can’t I upload JSON files?

php file like so:

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⚡ Why Convert Blocks to JSON

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This plugin is useful for users who want to be able to import and export articles or posts between different WordPress sites easily.

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This plugin is beneficial for WP engineers who are adopting a Headless CMS approach and would like a way to be able to fetch data from the front-end using tools like React, Vue & so on.

🔌🎨 Plug and Play or Customize

The Convert Blocks to JSON plugin is built to work right out of the box. Simply install, activate and start using in your Block Editor.

Want to add your personal touch? All of our documentation can be found here. You can override the plugin’s behaviour with custom logic of your own using hooks.

Contribute

If you’d like to contribute to the development of this plugin, you can find it on GitHub.

To build, clone repo and run yarn install && yarn build

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • blocks
  • convert
  • editor
  • gutenberg
  • json
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 7.0

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.0 · PHP 7.4
Update activity26 May 20265mo ago

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