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Persistent block editor settings

Description

Tired of losing your block editor settings when you change devices, or your local browsing data is cleared? Then this is the plugin for you!

The block editor stores all settings in what is known as “localStorage”, this means your preferences do not carry over between your phone, tablet, or computer.
This also means that if you regularly clear out old cookies and browser data, your preferences may be lost (some browsers even do this automatically at set intervals, Safari, for example, is known to do this).

The plugin simply requires you to activate it, and it will remember your editor settings without any other interactions.
In addition, it also makes it possible to change your editor preferences via your user profile if you prefer this approach.

Previously, the plugin was known as Blockeditor Fullscreen Mode Control, and only handled the fullscreen mode, but over
time there has presented itself a need to maintain persistent editor settings across sessions and devices for other elements as well.

FAQ

Does this work on multisite/network sites?

Yes, you can network activate the plugin to have the functionality be instantly available to all users of your network.

I want to contribute to this plugin

Contributions are more than welcome, just head on over to the GitHub repository at https://github.com/Clorith/blockeditor-fullscreen-mode-control, where you can submit Pull Requests or open issues.

Reviews

November 4, 2020 1 reply
I definately need this for all of my sites. Even, if I still have that annoying Welcome-to-Blockeditor-Popup every time. Basically this plugin is needed by everone, that cares about their data in a decent manner. Saving Block-Editor-settings in a Browser-Cookie just doesn’t work for people, that delete their session-data after each session or just use a different browser. Now I only have to close the pop-up and not go through even more clicking. I consider this plugins-functionality a basic feature which should be integrated to core as it mitigates a really horrible UX with Gutenberg. Thanks a lot!
June 15, 2020
We run 180+ client sites, and don’t want to have to manually turn off fullscreen mode every single time. This plugin is very helpful to us!
April 30, 2020
Using WordPress for its CMS abilities (for dozens of customers), I never needed or wanted to use the editor in fullscreen mode. So thanks for this plugin – I’d rather be able to opt-out than having this (in my case) very obstructive “feature” forced upon me.
April 1, 2020
Thank you for this plugin. I was going to submit my own version, but you killed the game by providing user profiles settings ?? Thanks, Jb
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Contributors & Developers

“Persistent block editor settings” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

v1.3.0 – 2021-10-03

  • Extended the settings panel with all applicable block editor settings.
  • Added support for the following user settings:
    • Block breadcrumbs
    • Most used blocks
    • Caret positioning
  • Clarified how the plugin works, and how to use it, in the readme.
  • Updated the plugin name spelling, and plugin description to be consistent with WordPress.

v1.2.0 – 2020-11-28

  • Add support for other stateful settings (welcome message, focus mode, fixed toolbar and more)

v1.0.1

  • Clarified some strings
  • Use WordPress event listeners to save fullscreen choice

v1.0.0

  • Initial release