Design stunning WordPress timelines without writing a single line of code – showcase your stories, projects, milestones, and events in a captivating format.
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What Is Timeline Block?
Timeline Block is a WordPress timeline plugin that lets you create responsive vertical and horizontal timelines directly in the Gutenberg Block Editor.
Use it to present company history, project milestones, product roadmaps, events, personal achievements, stories, development progress, or any content that works better in chronological order.
Choose a timeline layout, add your content, customize the settings, and publish. No coding knowledge is required.
Key Features
- Two Free Themes: Customize the default theme to match your style and preferences.
- Timeline Type: Easily switch between horizontal and vertical layouts in the default theme.
- Start Index: Set the starting position (left or right) for both horizontal and vertical timelines.
- Display Item: Choose how many items to display in the horizontal timeline for a tailored view.
- Insert HTML in timeline title: Add custom HTML to enhance your timeline titles.
Pro Features
- Eight Extra Themes: Access Eight more professionally designed themes, some themes supporting both horizontal and vertical layouts.
- Classic Editor for Descriptions: Edit timeline descriptions beautifully with the integrated classic editor, providing advanced formatting options.
- Customizable Icons: Add unique icons to your timeline items and style them to create a polished, professional look.
- Enhanced Customization Options: Fine-tune every aspect of your timeline for ultimate design control.
- Animation: Add animation to your timeline items.
- Dynamic Post Timeline Block: Build automated timelines dynamically from any WordPress post type, filtered by taxonomy terms and author.
- Accordion Timeline Block: Group collapsible timeline steps with custom status markers, icon choices, and smooth interactive expand/collapse toggles.
- Company History Timeline Block: Feature a spotlit year card with a clickable year rail and optional auto-slide carousel navigation.
- Career Timeline Block: Showcase work experience, education, and career achievements with specialized timeline layouts.
- Media Story Timeline Block: Display rich media stories combining images, video highlights, and narrative timelines.
- Event Schedule Block: Present event agendas, schedules, and multi-track session timelines clearly.
- Roadmap Timeline Block: Organize product releases, project phases, and strategic milestones into clean roadmap views.
- Year Navigator Block: Navigate historical timelines effortlessly year-by-year.
- AI Content Generator: Generate timeline items, titles, and descriptions instantly using integrated AI tools.
- Load More Feature: Add a customizable Load More button with initial item counts, per-click reveal limits, and custom styling.
- Add Shortcode API: Embed timelines anywhere using a powerful shortcode system.
Why Choose Timeline Block?
Create beautiful and professional timelines without writing any code.
- Built for Gutenberg: Create timelines directly in the WordPress Block Editor.
- Vertical and Horizontal Layouts: Choose the timeline orientation that fits your content.
- Multiple Timeline Styles: Use ready-made themes and customize the design.
- Dynamic Content: Generate timelines from WordPress post types, taxonomies, and authors.
- Roadmap and Milestone Support: Present releases, phases, goals, and project progress.
- **Ready-made timeline themes ** — Use professionally designed themes to create stunning timelines quickly.
- **Easy Gutenberg integration ** — Add and customize timelines directly inside the WordPress block editor.
- **Fully customizable design ** — Adjust colors, fonts, icons, and styling options to match your website.
- **Shortcode support ** — Display your timelines anywhere on your WordPress website.
- **Responsive timeline design ** — Looks great on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
- **Lightweight & performance-friendly ** — Built for fast loading with optimized assets.
Vertical Timeline
Create vertical timelines for:
- Company history
- Career history
- Personal achievements
- Historical events
- Project milestones
- Educational content
- Product development
- Storytelling
Classic Editor for Descriptions
Format timeline descriptions using the integrated classic editor.
Accordion Timeline
Create collapsible timeline groups with:
- Expand and collapse interactions
- Custom status markers
- Icon options
- Grouped timeline steps
Company History Timeline
Create year-based company history timelines with:
- Year cards
- Clickable year navigation
- Timeline milestones
- Optional automatic navigation
Media Story Timeline
Combine media and narrative content in a chronological timeline.
Use it for visual stories, project stories, events, and other media-rich content.
Event Schedule Timeline
Organize event agendas, schedules, sessions, and program timelines.
This can be useful for:
- Conferences
- Workshops
- Events
- Programs
- Multi-session schedules
Roadmap Timeline
Create product and project roadmaps for:
- Product releases
- Development stages
- Project phases
- Feature milestones
- Future plans
Year Navigator
Navigate timeline content year by year using a dedicated year navigation interface.
AI Timeline Content Generator
Generate timeline items, titles, and descriptions using the integrated AI content generation feature.
AI functionality may require supported configuration or services depending on the plugin version and setup.
Load More
Add a Load More button to supported timelines.
Configure:
- Initial item count
- Items revealed per click
- Button styling
Common Use Cases
The plugin is useful for many types of WordPress websites:
✔ Company History: Highlight your business journey, achievements, and important milestones.
✔ Project Roadmaps: Display development stages, future plans, and product milestones.
✔ Product Launches: Showcase product releases, updates, and feature timelines.
✔ Personal Portfolios: Create career journeys, biographies, and achievement timelines.
✔ Educational Content: Present historical events, learning paths, and research timelines.
✔ Event Schedules: Organize conferences, programs, and important dates visually.
✔ Storytelling Websites: Create engaging visual stories with interactive timelines.
How to use
Feedback
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Source Code
You can find the source code, report bugs, and contribute to the development of this plugin on our GitHub repository:
Timeline Block on GitHub
External Services
This plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript/PHP libraries.
SVG Icons (Font Awesome, Lucide, etc.)
- Purpose: Provides scalable vector icons used for UI elements.
- Note: This plugin does not load the full Font Awesome or Lucide libraries. Instead, specific icons are included directly as inline SVGs in the source code to keep the plugin lightweight and performant.
Freemius Lite SDK
Timeline
- Version: 1.2.0
- Source: assets/js/timeline.min.js, assets/css/timeline.min.css
- Author: Mike Collins
- License: MIT
- Purpose: A horizontal / vertical timeline component used for rendering timelines on the frontend.
YouTube
- Source: https://www.youtube.com/
- Purpose: Used to display documentation and tutorial videos in the admin dashboard.
- Privacy: Loading or interacting with the video player connects to YouTube servers and is subject to YouTube’s privacy policy.
Third-Party Libraries
Immer
- Version: 11.1.8
- Source: https://immerjs.github.io/immer/
- GitHub: https://github.com/immerjs/immer
- License: MIT
- Purpose: Used for managing immutable state in a more convenient way.
bpl-tools
- Source / GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
- Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls.
- External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made