Formatting Extender
Formatting Extender brings your site’s CSS classes into the WordPress Block Editor. Apply a class to a few words or a whole block, reuse classes suggested by your theme, and add inline badges or highlights without switching to the code editor. What you can do Style selected text or a block: choose t
Formatting Extender brings your site’s CSS classes into the WordPress Block Editor. Apply a class to a few words or a whole block, reuse classes suggested by your theme, and add inline badges or highlights without switching to the code editor.
What you can do
- Style selected text or a block: choose the scope, inspect existing classes, edit them, or clear them. Repeated class names are removed automatically.
- Find your theme’s classes: developers can supply categorized suggestions through the formatting_extender_css_classes filter. Use the arrow keys to browse suggestions and Enter to choose one.
- Add inline badges: give short labels such as New, Updated, or Important their own background without creating another block.
- Highlight useful details: emphasize a phrase while keeping it in the surrounding paragraph, heading, list item, or button text.
- Choose colors: use your theme’s palette or custom text and background colors. Badge presets include Neutral, Info, Success, and Warning, with a preview, contrast feedback, and a reset control.
- Keep existing formatting: custom class edits preserve links, bold text, and other formats. Existing badge, highlight, and custom-class content needs no migration.
There is no settings page, account requirement, or separate dashboard. The editing JavaScript loads only in the Block Editor. A small shared stylesheet displays the built-in badge and highlight styles on the frontend and inside the editor canvas.
Formatting Extender assigns class names; your theme or another plugin supplies their CSS. Built-in badges and highlights work immediately. Developers can adjust their defaults through documented CSS variables.
Development happens in the open on GitHub , where bug reports and pull requests are welcome.
Links
- Formatting Extender Home – features, screenshots, and usage examples.
- Changelog – release notes and downloadable packages.
- Feature Requests and Bug Reports – report a problem or suggest an improvement.
