WP Block Forker

Select blocks in the WordPress block editor and fork them into a new post — as a copy or a move.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.5+
• PHP 8.1+
• Node 20+ (only for building from source — not required to run an already-built release zip)
• Composer (only for building a local distribution zip — see below; not required to build from source for local dev, and not required to run an already-built release zip)

Install

Download wp-block-forker.zip from the latest GitHub release and install it normally via Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin. The plugin checks GitHub Releases for updates automatically once installed (see AGENTS.md → Release process).

Building from source

npm ci
npm run build

This compiles src/ into build/, which the PHP side requires at runtime. build/ is gitignored — always run the build before activating a plugin checked out from source.

To build a distributable zip locally (what a GitHub release would produce, without tagging one):

composer install
vendor/bin/phing dist

Produces build-dist/wp-block-forker.zip. See AGENTS.md for what it excludes and how it relates to the release workflow.

Usage

Select one or more blocks → block toolbar "⋮" menu → "Fork to new post…" → set a title, pick a post type if more than one is available, choose copy or move → Fork.

See AGENTS.md for architecture, the REST API contract, and design decisions worth knowing before changing anything.