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Glass Act – Backdrop Filters for Blocks

Blur, tint and recolor whatever sits behind a block, right next to its background color setting.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.0.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 6.6 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update29 Oct 20264d ago
Active installationsNewAdoption 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 Glass Act – Backdrop Filters for Blocks version 1.0.0 as active, updated 4d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Select a block that sits on top of something, such as a cover image, a photo or scrolling content. Pick a Backdrop filter just below its background color setting and set the amount. Whatever is behind the block gets filtered, giving frosted glass, dimmed, black-and-white or tinted looks.

The block doesn’t need a background color of its own. Leave it empty to see the filter on its own, or add a semi-transparent color to tint it.

Filters: Blur, Brightness, Contrast, Grayscale, Hue, Invert, Saturation and Sepia.

  • Works on every block with a background color setting, such as Group, Columns, Buttons, Quote and Search.
  • Previews live in the editor.
  • Adds the style when the page renders and saves nothing extra into your post content. If you deactivate the plugin, your blocks stay valid and simply lose the filter.
  • No settings page, no front-end scripts, no data stored.

Blocks that already support backdrop filters natively are left alone. Theme presets referenced as var:preset|backdrop-filter|{slug} are rendered too.

com/jobthomas/glass-act. The editor script in build/ is minified; its unminified source is in src/ in that repository, built with @wordpress/scripts ( npm install && npm run build ).

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Plugin tags

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  • backdrop filter
  • block editor
  • background
  • blur
  • glassmorphism
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.6 · PHP 7.4
Update activity29 Oct 20264d ago

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