The Parent & Child Pages block displays a parent content title and only its direct children. It supports WordPress pages and hierarchical custom post types exposed through the REST API. This dynamic Gutenberg block creates clear local navigation without manually entering or maintaining links.

Navigation generated from the WordPress page hierarchy

In automatic mode, the block can be placed in a template assigned to child content. It retrieves the direct parent, uses its title as the heading, then lists all first-level children. In manual mode, the user selects a hierarchical post type and the parent content to use. Deeper descendants are never included, keeping navigation concise and predictable.

Fully customizable in Gutenberg

The block adds no imposed visual design when inserted. Colors, backgrounds, typography, font sizes, weights, spacing, padding, separators, radius, hover states and current-page appearance can all be configured in the editor. Native Gutenberg color, typography, spacing, border and shadow controls are also supported.

Main features

• Automatic parent-content detection.
• Manual parent-content selection.
• Support for pages and REST-enabled hierarchical custom post types.
• All direct children of the selected parent.
• No frontend output in automatic mode when the current content has no parent.
• Accessible current-page state using aria-current.
• Sorting by page order, title or date.
• Optional linked parent title.
• Dynamic preview inside Gutenberg.
• No predefined visual style.