Block based back to top. Lightweight, no dependencies, customizable and with some advanced options. Based on best block development practices.
Very customizable and lightweight back to top 🔝 solution.
Fully compatible with Full Site Editing themes and with classic themes if block editor is enabled.
This is a block, inside which you can insert any other block. This makes it utmost customizable. By default, a button block with inline image is inserted, but you can remove it and insert any other block you wish or customize default button or insert your own image. As button is a normal WordPress block, you can customize it like you would normally do, pick background color or foreground color from sidebar, choose border radius for edges, or anything else which is customizable in block editor.
TEST IN WORDPRESS PLAYGROUND
Open following link: https://playground.wordpress.net/?plugin=makeiteasy-back-to-top&login=yes
To get this working, a little effort is needed. These are the steps:
Introduced go to bottom functionality – can be turned on in block sidebar (off by default). When user scrolls down button flips down ⬇ and leads to bottom of page, when scrolled up it flips up ⬆ and leads to top of page.
Plugin provides a block called “Back to top”, which serves the commonly known purpose to take user to top of the page. By default, button appears only when user scrolls some amount down.
The best way to use plugin is using full site editing theme. There you can add it to footer (alternatively to header) and block will be displayed on each page with this footer. If you add it to page, it will be displayed for this page only.
As mentioned above, adding this block to page will show it only on this page. To show it on many/all pages, you have to add it to footer (or header). You can do so by creating block on one of the pages and copy its code (copy option from block menu). Then, add echo do_blocks($content);
line in your footer (header) php template, where you replace $content with copied block content string. Content must be between single quotes, as it is string, according to rules of PHP. Or even better, use nowdoc syntax.
Example for theme GeneratePress:
First create child theme, so your code is not overwritten by theme updates. Then in footer.php, after line 13 of original footer.php of theme insert following code:
echo do_blocks( <<<'block' <!-- wp:makeiteasy/back-to-top --> <div id="makeiteasy-back-to-top" data-smooth-scroll="false" data-enable-on-desktop="true" data-break-point-mobile-desktop="768" data-go-to-bottom="true" style="--makeiteasy-back-to-top-opacity:0.7;--makeiteasy-back-to-top-visibility-transition-duration:0.3s;--makeiteasy-back-to-top-right:30px;--makeiteasy-back-to-top-bottom:30px" class="wp-block-makeiteasy-back-to-top"><!-- wp:button {"style":{"spacing":{"padding":{"top":"12px","right":"12px","bottom":"12px","left":"12px"}},"border":{"radius":"9px"}}} --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" style="border-radius:9px;padding-top:12px;padding-right:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:12px"><img src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMjQiIGhlaWdodD0iMjQiIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgdmlld0JveD0iMCA5NiA0ODAgMjgzIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjxwYXRoIGQ9Im00MyAzNzktNDMtNDMgMjQwLTI0MCAyNDAgMjQwLTQzIDQzLTE5Ny0xOTd6IiBmaWxsPSIjZmZmIi8+PC9zdmc+Cg==" alt="Back to top arrow" width="24" height="24"></a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:makeiteasy/back-to-top --> block );
Important note:
If you install block through block editor, and after creating block, you copy block code to footer and delete original block in page, plugin will be automatically uninstalled. This is handled by WordPress.
Therefore, if you are using classic theme and you will use block code only in PHP, either install plugin in a classic way through plugins page or keep one copy of block active somewhere (e.g dummy draft page), to prevent automatic uninstall.
You can install the plugin in usual way, however, the easiest way to get it is in block editor, by entering search phrase ‘back to top’ or similar while inserting new block with ‘+’ sign in top bar.
“Usual” way:
/wp-content/plugins/makeiteasy-back-to-top
directory.You can use everything block editor provides.
Yes, but you should take care to preserve accessibility. Button is the best element, since button is accessible HTML element and it is clear that it gives some action.
Yes, but see above notes.
Block updated to v3 API
Update incorrect description how to insert block in footer in classic theme. Added example for GeneratePress theme.
Fixed block to appear on right side in editor while classic theme is active.
Fixed Go to bottom function not working in some instances.
Introduced option “Go to bottom”