Description
Hinagata Speech Balloon is a WordPress plugin that adds a flexible speech balloon block to the Gutenberg editor.
It is designed to let you manage “Presets” for your balloons, so you can easily reuse the same character or style across your site.
Features
* Preset Management: create up to 20 balloon presets.
* Highly Customizable: Set avatar images, names, colors, shapes (circle/square/rounded), border styles, and more.
* Block Editor Integration: Select a preset from the block settings dropdown.
* Dynamic Template: Advanced users can edit the HTML output structure in the settings.
* Import/Export: Easy JSON export for backup or migration.
Development
This plugin uses npm and webpack to bundle JavaScript and CSS files.
The source code is located in the src directory.
To install dependencies:
npm install
To build the project:
npm run build
To start development mode (watch):
npm start
To create a release zip:
npm run plugin-zip
Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
- Speech Balloon A customizable speech balloon block.
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/hinagata-speech-balloondirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- Navigate to Appearance > Speech Balloon to register your first balloon!
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Contributors & Developers
“Hinagata Speech Balloon” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
1.2.1
- Update: Adjusted system requirements to “Requires PHP: 5.6” and “Requires at least: 5.8” to reflect actual compatibility.
- Fix: Resolved issue where supported post types were not displaying in settings due to incorrect API path.
- Fix: Unified and prefixed all internal CSS classes to
hinagata-sb-to prevent theme conflicts and rendering issues. - Fix: Corrected outdated class selectors in block metadata (
block.json).
1.2.0
- Refactor: Completely unified internal text domain and block names to
hinagata-speech-balloon. - Fix: Corrected mixed text domains in admin components to ensuring full localization support.
- Refactor: Removed backward compatibility for
template-speech-balloon.
1.1.6
- Fix: Resolved white screen issue on admin page caused by script loading path and translation timing.
- Fix: Ensured all dropdown options in settings are correctly translated.
1.1.0
- Renamed plugin to Hinagata Speech Balloon.
- Added Post Type filtering to control block availability.
- New Feature: Usage Manager – Scan, convert, or delete blocks used in posts.
- Improved UI: Replaced sliders with number inputs for border settings.
- Improved UI: Updated Color Picker to match classic WordPress style with reset functionality.
- Improved UI: Enhanced Avatar Image Selector layout and interaction.
1.0.0
- Initial release.