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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 5d

Thanks, Mark! Yup, all built from the core components.

Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 6d

Head over to olliewp.com/pro to get started with Ollie Pro today and unlock these powerful extensions. This is just the beginning. More extensions coming soon 🚀

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 6d

These extensions — combined with our recent release of the powerful Menu Designer plugin, Ollie Pro's intelligent design library, site setup wizard, and starter sites — makes the Ollie ecosystem the go-to solution for building blazing-fast, responsive websites with modern WP.

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 6d

Plus: button icons, hover colors, advanced columns with mobile ordering, keyboard shortcuts, and more.

All extensions blend seamlessly into the WordPress interface. They feel like they've always been there – not bolted on as an afterthought.

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 6d

Advanced Group Controls: Turn any Group into a clickable link. "Stack on mobile" toggle for predictable responsive behavior. Hide-on-scroll for headers. Top offset, z-index control, and more.

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Introducing Ollie Pro Extensions - Supercharge Your WordPress Block Editor

We're excited to introduce Ollie Pro Extensions – game-changing tools that enhance your existing WordPress blocks and add powerful new capabilities to transf...

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 6d

Advanced Grid Controls: Set custom responsive breakpoints at any screen size to get pixel-perfect control over your layouts across all devices – no code required.

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Introducing Ollie Pro Extensions - Supercharge Your WordPress Block Editor

We're excited to introduce Ollie Pro Extensions – game-changing tools that enhance your existing WordPress blocks and add powerful new capabilities to transf...

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 6d

Animation Designer: Bring your blocks to life with smooth, professional animations. Fade-ins, slides, zooms, scale-on-hover. Preview right in the editor. Save presets. Create beautiful cascade effects.

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Introducing Ollie Pro Extensions - Supercharge Your WordPress Block Editor

We're excited to introduce Ollie Pro Extensions – game-changing tools that enhance your existing WordPress blocks and add powerful new capabilities to transf...

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 6d

Check out the complete video walkthrough to learn about the Ollie Pro Extensions release and get a preview of all the new features. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq2...

Introducing Ollie Pro Extensions - Supercharge Your WordPress Block Editor

We're excited to introduce Ollie Pro Extensions – game-changing tools that enhance your existing WordPress blocks and add powerful new capabilities to transf...

www.youtube.com

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 6d

We just launched Ollie Pro Extensions – game-changing editor tools that supercharge your WordPress building experience.

Animations, advanced grid + column controls, keyboard shortcuts, and more. All seamlessly integrated into the native editor.

Let me show you what we built →

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 12d

Hey Mark, once a pattern is added to a page, it belongs to that page. If I release an update to that pattern, it doesn’t affect any pages the user has those patterns on.

However, if they add that pattern to the page again, they’d get the updated one.

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 14d

I’ll take a look, thanks Dave!

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 17d

And finally, as I mentioned in the initial release, there is some indication that some of these features could make it to WordPress core, so your feedback is golden.

The more we learn about how people use this, the better we can navigate how to improve core navigation.

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 17d

If you're using the free Ollie theme (and frankly, why wouldn't you be?), I've included a bunch of pre-designed menu patterns so you don't have to start from scratch.

These are all ready to be dropped in, customized, and published.

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 17d

Mobile navigation has been completely unlocked.

Instead of just plain text-based menus, you can now create rich mobile menus with your logo, CTAs, even video if you want. Your mobile menu can actually be part of your site's design now.

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 17d

The dropdown and mega menu building capabilities are pretty wild – you can add images, multiple columns, rich content, whatever blocks you want.

Plus, smart edge detection so your menus never get cut off and hover intent to avoid finicky drop downs.

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 17d

Check out the announcement video and full tutorial video below and there's more details about the plugin in the thread.

📢 Announcement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w96...
📖 Tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXW...

Transform your WordPress navigation with Menu Designer

Say goodbye to boring, basic WordPress menus and hello to beautiful, content-rich navigation! In this video, I'm showing you Menu Designer – the game-changin...

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · 17d

It's here! Menu Designer has landed at WP.org!

Menu Designer is a powerful new way to build beautiful mobile menus and dropdown menus in the @WordPress block editor — no coding required. And now it's available right in your dashboard.

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · Aug 19

Chatted with @raemoreywrites yesterday about Menu Designer, a new take on WP core contributions, and what to expect from Ollie going forward.
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Ollie’s New Menu Designer Brings Intuitive Menu Creation to the Block Editor

Built in just two weeks with the help of AI, the plugin introduces block-based mobile and dropdown menus, tackling a long-standing gap in WordPress site building.

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · Aug 14

Finally, shout out to @nickmdiego who created the initial prototype that inspired me to tackle this complex problem and build something intuitive for it. Nick is a legend.

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · Aug 14

We're also planning to submit this to the WordPress repo after gathering some feedback from early users. Would love to get this in front of more people before submitting.

There is some hope and indication that these features could make it to WordPress core, so get testing!

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · Aug 14

Oh, and it's open source! So if you don't have Ollie Pro, you can can still browse the code and install it directly from GitHub.

🔗 github.com/olliewp/men...

It works with all block themes but works best with Ollie and Ollie Pro. That's just the dang truth.

GitHub - OllieWP/menu-designer: Create beautiful, content-rich mega menus in WordPress using the power of the block editor.

Create beautiful, content-rich mega menus in WordPress using the power of the block editor. - OllieWP/menu-designer

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · Aug 14

Ready to give this thing a spin? There's a few ways to get started.

Firstly, Menu Designer is already available for Ollie Pro subscribers. You'll find a link to download the plugin in your account area.

Not an Ollie Pro member yet? Let's fix that: olliewp.com/pro

Ollie Pro: Premium WordPress Block Theme & Pattern Library

Design better, build faster, publish sooner with a growing library of expertly-crafted WordPress patterns and styles. Start creating stunning, responsive websites with Ollie and Ollie Pro today.

olliewp.com

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · Aug 14

If you're using the free Ollie theme (and frankly, why wouldn't you be?), I've included a bunch of pre-designed menu patterns so you don't have to start from scratch.

These are all ready to be dropped in, customized, and published.

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · Aug 14

Mobile navigation has been completely unlocked.

Instead of just plain text-based menus, you can now create rich mobile menus with your logo, CTAs, even video if you want. Your mobile menu can actually be part of your site's design now.

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Mike McAlister @mikemcalister.com · Aug 14

The dropdown and mega menu building capabilities are pretty wild – you can add images, multiple columns, rich content, whatever blocks you want.

Plus, smart edge detection so your menus never get cut off and hover intent to avoid finicky drop downs.

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