Add admin bar notification when gutenberg plugin is active

README.md

Installation

Drop this file in your wp-content/mu-plugin folder if you want to fire and forget or just into your wp-content/plugins folder if you want to be able to activate.

Purpose

Now that WordPress 5.0+ has the new block editor merged in, the Gutenberg plugin is for development of features that are not in WordPress core. Since I contribute to the plugin among other projects I do I find that sometimes I forget whether or not the GB plugin is active or not. So I created this handy snippet that inserts a GB is Active indicator in the WordPress admin bar menu when the plugin is active.

gutenberg-is-active.php

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: Gutenberg plugin active indicator
 * Plugin URI: https://gist.github.com/nerrad/bb66d1c3862475113cc9cebed2e73b8e
 * Author: Darren Ethier <[email protected]>
 *
 */
add_action(
    'plugins_loaded',
    function () {
        if (function_exists('gutenberg_dir_path')) {
            add_action(
                'admin_bar_menu',
                function ($admin_bar) {
                    $admin_bar->add_menu(
                        [
                            'id'    => 'is-gb-active',
                            'title' => 'GB ACTIVE!',
                            'href'  => '#',
                            'meta'  => [
                                'title' => 'GB ACTIVE!',
                                'class' => 'gb-is-active'
                            ],
                        ]
                    );
                },
                2000
            );
            add_action(
                'admin_print_styles',
                function () {
                    echo '<style type="text/css">'
                        . '#wpadminbar ul #wp-admin-bar-is-gb-active { font-weight: bolder; background-color: darkred; color: white }'
                        . '</style>';
                }
            );
        }
    }
);