Bento Box

Description

Bento Box is a customizable WordPress block plugin that lets users create Bento layouts or simple grids inside Gutenberg.

Key Features:
Random Layout Generation: Automatically generates a unique Bento pattern.
Hover Focus Effect: Highlights the hovered card while blurring others.
Customizable Backgrounds & Hover Effects: Change background colors, images, and effects.

Blocks

This plugin provides 2 blocks.

  • Bento Box A customizable grid block lets users create Bento Layout in block editor.
  • Bento Card

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/bento-box directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

Reviews

February 28, 2025 1 reply
Having the plugin create random layouts is amazingly fun. I have to say that I only tested it for 5 minutes or so, I did not test it for responsive views, and other detailed stuff to find bugs and weaknesses. If I find any, I will report back… Job well done, thanks. Update: It is responsive as well !!! 2nd Update: Ok, I found I thing I can complain about. In the Bento Cards we are very limited to add blocks into it. We are allowed blocks like image blocks, headings, paragraphs, and maybe one or more others. We should be allowed to insert any registered block that the site has. We are not allowed to even insert a Button block which is very frustrating. Yes, I can hyperlink the text, but using buttons, it will look and feel more professional – just my opinion…
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Contributors & Developers

“Bento Box” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.0.1

  • Minor bug fixes.

1.0.0

  • Release