by Senff - a11n 5 (6 reviews)

Bordered Blocks

Name: Bordered Blocks - Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor
Rating: 5.0 (6 reviews)
Author: Senff - a11n

Bordered Blocks adds subtle borders to all blocks in the WordPress Post/Page editor to give you a much better overview of the layout of your page.

Bordered Blocks ranks #12,080 among WordPress.org plugins with 200+ active installations, is #278 of 1,106 in the Editor & Writing category, a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Apr 18, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.0.2)

v1.2 Current Version v1.2

Updated 3 months ago Last Update on 18 Apr, 2026

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#278 of 1,106 in Editor & Writing Top 25% by installs

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200+

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3.5K

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Review 5 out of 5

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Keyword	Position	Change	Type	Updated
borders	6	—	Tag	1 day ago
labels	41	—	Tag	1 day ago
blocks	194	—	Tag	1 day ago

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2
Last Updated: Apr 18, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Senff - a11n

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Reviews: 6
Support Threads: 0
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress users who edit posts and pages using the block editor. It solves the problem of hard-to-see block boundaries by adding customizable borders and labels so users can quickly understand their page layout.

Adds borders to blocks
Adds labels to blocks
Customizable border color, size, type
Clean view (no borders)
Clear view (with borders)
Quick switch between views

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Bordered Blocks - Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor

By default, the WordPress editor is relatively clean and minimalistic. This is by design, but it can also be slightly confusing when you only the content itself (text & images) but not which Blocks are being used on the page, or how they're laid out. Bordered Blocks attempts to solve that by adding borders and labels to every Block in the editor, so you can get a better sense of the layout of your content. Bonus: you can fully customize the size/color/type of the borders/labels to your needs.

Although you can leave the "bordered" view on when you create/edit pages, it is not recommended, as it will indeed add a lot more information to the editor which may be distracting. It will also have some impact on the performance (although I'm working on that). The recommended use is to keep using the default editor view, and only sparingly flip the switch to show the borders and labels of the Blocks on the page.

Pretty much, yes. In the plugin's settings, you can choose to have the editor show the standard view by default, -OR- the bordered view. If you have the standard view, then flipping the switch at the top of the page will quickly show all borders/labels. If you have the bordered view, flipping the switch will quickly remove all borders/labels and go back to the standard view. Some of my blocks don't have a label, look weird, etc. Bordered Blocks currently only supports the default Blocks that come with WordPress (support for WooCommerce and Jetpack is planned). If you have additional blocks added with plugins (or custom code), and they are not coded exactly following WordPress standards, they may not look as intended with borders and/or labels. If that's the case, please reach out to the plugin developer and have them check if all their Blocks have the proper naming with "data-title" attributes. Also note that the way things look in your editor can also depend on your site's theme. If that's the case, try switching to a default theme temporarily (such as Twenty Twenty, Twenty Twenty-One or Twenty Twenty-Two). If that resolves the issue, it's likely that your theme and Bordered Blocks are not compatible with eachother, and it's best to reach out to your theme's support team. If you see that the issue still appears when your site is on a default theme, let me know at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bordered-blocks and I can look into it a bit more.

The following items are currently not supported, but are on the roadmap: Support for Jetpack Blocks Performance: have the main checkBlocks() JS function run only when a Block is being added/edited (currently it runs every second) Full multi-language support

Nerd alert! It's not overly clean, I know. However, this is really needed to ensure that the styles you choose for the borders/labels override any inline styles coming from the editor itself and/or the theme.

Bordered Blocks' community support forum at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bordered-blocks is a good place, though if you want to add all sorts of technical details, it's best to report it on the plugin's Github page at https://github.com/senff/bordered-blocks/issues . This is also where I accept code contributions. My question isn't listed here. Please go to the plugin's community support forum at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bordered-blocks and post a message. Note that support is provided on a voluntary basis and that it is always difficult to troubleshoot, as it will require access to your admin area (needless to say, NEVER include any passwords of your site on a public forum!