Awesome Random Text
Random text choices for native WordPress blocks, with all their styling intact.
by eD! Thomas · github.com/edequalsawesome/awesome-random-text
Install
No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:
wp plugin install https://github.com/edequalsawesome/awesome-random-text/archive/refs/heads/main.zipAwesome Random Text adds a Random text panel to supported core text blocks. Add one plain-text choice per line and a choice is selected whenever WordPress renders the block. The block keeps its native markup, styling, and design controls.
Supported blocks
Paragraph, Heading, Button text, List Item, Verse, and Preformatted blocks on WordPress 6.9 or newer.
List Items that contain a nested list stay unavailable because replacing their text would risk removing that nested structure.
Use
Select a supported block, open its Settings sidebar, enable Use random text, and add choices. The editor previews the first non-empty choice. The saved block content remains its fallback: disabling the feature or deactivating this plugin restores it. Paragraph-to-Heading and Heading-to-Paragraph transforms preserve active bindings. Other transforms, and disabled choice lists, are not guaranteed to preserve them.
Choices are plain text. HTML is not rendered. A cached response can reuse its already-rendered choice, and repeated choices are possible.
Development
npm install
composer install
npm run build
npm run lint:js
composer lint
npm run test:js
php -d zend.assertions=1 -d assert.exception=1 tests/php/source-test.php
npm run test:playground
npm run plugin-zipUse npm run plugin-zip to make an installable archive.
The CI run validates both supported WordPress/PHP lanes and uploads the installable ZIP as an artifact.
License
GPL-3.0-or-later. See LICENSE.txt.