Easy Architect

Easy Architect lets you visually build custom post types, meta fields, and dynamic templates—right in the WordPress admin, no coding needed. Its intuitive interface makes it easy to organize content, connect meta fields to any block, and design flexible templates in the block editor. Advanced Rich block collection including icons, galleries, GDPR embeds, dates, glyphs, and accordions—each with advanced controls for dynamic content. Drag-and-drop meta field ordering, visual indicators, and automatic hiding of empty fields keep your templates clean and adaptable. Whether for a movie database, portfolio, or any custom content, Easy Architect gives you powerful, code-free control over your site’s structure and display. Key Features:

• Visual creation and management of custom post types and meta fields
• Dynamic template building with the block editor—no PHP required
• Universal meta field connections: bind many blocks to meta fields, with real-time sync and visual indicators
• Enhanced Group block: hide groups if meta fields are empty for dynamic layouts
• Drag & drop meta field ordering and intuitive admin UI
• Compatibility with WordPress core blocks and block bindings
• Easy Form Block: Build contact forms instantly with full layout flexibility, conditional fields, and built-in spam protection, all within the editor.
• Easy Gallery block: responsive grid galleries from an Easy Image template with meta connection
• Easy Image block: aspect ratio, lightbox, overlay, captions, and meta connection
• Easy Glyph block: pick glyphs from any installed font (perfect for dashicons or material symbols)
• Easy Accordion block: collapsible content with adjustable animation speed and timing
• Easy YouTube Embed block: GDPR/DSGVO compliant with local thumbnail caching and start time support
• Easy iFrame Embed block: GDPR/DSGVO compliant wrapper for any external content
• Easy Icon block: morph icons with curvature, repeat, partial fill, and color controls
• Easy Date & Time block: flexible formatting, relative time, and meta field binding
• Easy Buttons container block with fixed positioning and Easy Button block featuring smart anchor link detection, smooth scroll behavior, and hover effects.
• Responsive visibility controls: show/hide any block on mobile, tablet, or desktop with intuitive toggle buttons
• Clean, minimal, and fast—feels like a native part of WordPress

1.2.4

• Quickfix: Plugin updates now properly apply database changes automatically.

1.2.3

• NEW: Auto-unpublish feature for datetime meta fields - automatically change post status to draft at a specified date and time.
• Enhanced: Datetime meta fields can now be configured to trigger automatic unpublishing via toggle in meta field settings.
• Enhanced: Scheduled unpublish events work seamlessly with cache plugins using WordPress cron system.
• Enhanced: Auto-unpublish respects site timezone settings for accurate scheduling.

1.2.2

• Enhanced: Media modal object position control now works on core/image and core/post-featured-image blocks with real-time editor updates.

1.2.1

• Enhanced: Image overlay now supports multiple blend modes (e.g., add, multiply) and opacity for more flexible styling.
• Enhanced: Block Visibility now works on server-rendered blocks like navigation and site title—responsive classes apply correctly on the frontend.

1.2.0

• NEW: Easy Form Block – build contact forms instantly with full layout flexibility, conditional fields, and built-in spam protection, all within the editor.
• NEW: Added support for the Editor's "Notes" feature for custom post types (WordPress 6.9+)

1.1.12

• Optimized: Easy Embed Blocks work in flex layouts - and support typography.

1.1.11

• NEW: Responsive visibility controls for all blocks - toggle visibility across mobile, tablet, and desktop breakpoints directly in the Advanced panel.
• Optimized: Easy Buttons fixed positioning initial opacity.

1.1.10

• NEW: Easy Buttons container block with fixed positioning and Easy Button block featuring smart anchor link detection, smooth scroll behavior, and hover effects.
• Optimized: Easy YouTube Embed and Easy iFrame Embed blocks now feature preview toggle, color customization, standardized architecture, and improved thumbnail handling.

1.1.9

• NEW: Easy YouTube Embed Block - GDPR/DSGVO compliant YouTube video embeds with local thumbnail caching.
• NEW: Easy iFrame Embed Block - GDPR/DSGVO compliant embed for any external content.

1.1.8

• Optimized: Object position control now only displays when image preview is available.
• Optimized: Improved Easy Image loading performance.
• Optimized: Streamlined Easy Date & Time user interface.
• Enhanced: Category taxonomy filters added to custom post type list tables.
• Enhanced: Custom meta fields now display as sortable columns in post type list tables.

1.1.7

• Enhanced: Easy Glyph Block won't rely on server MIME type application/wasm anymore.
• Optimized: Easy Accordion Block has now optimized default colors that work on any theme.

1.1.6

• Quickfix: Easy Glyph Block. Fallback if no theme fonts are installed. Could throw an error.

1.1.5

• NEW: Easy Glyph Block.
• NEW: Easy Accordion Block.

1.1.4

• Fixed: Easy Date Time block shows correct relative time now
• NEW: Easy Gallery Block with meta connection.
• NEW: Completely rewritten Easy Image with aspect ratio, lightbox, overlay, overlay captions, meta connection and more.
• NEW: CSS object position in media overlay global per image - overwritable on individual image

1.1.3

• Fixed: Meta field input cursor no longer jumps to end position during typing in sidebar plugin
• Enhanced: Connection toolbar button now shows red error state when meta field connections are broken

1.1.2

• Fixed: Meta fields now display in correct position order in sidebar
• Fixed: Image block properly shows connected meta field label in connection status

1.1.1

• Enhanced: Developer-friendly meta connection system - blocks can now opt into meta field connections via block.json configuration
• Improved: Cleaner, more maintainable codebase with better documentation and component organization
• Fixed: Various UI improvements and connection stability enhancements

1.1.0

• NEW: Easy Icon block with advanced curvature transformation and dynamic features and meta field integration
• NEW: Easy Date & Time block with intelligent formatting and meta field integration
• NEW: Easy Number block with calculator and meta field integration
• NEW: Easy Image block with meta field integration
• NEW: Meta field connection system for WordPress core blocks like paragraph and header
• Enhanced: Visual connection indicators, real-time sync, and improved UI

1.0.0

• Initial release