Stepped Content – guide readers through content one step at a time
Turn overwhelming walls of text into engaging, guided steps your readers actually finish.
Stepped Content | Pricing | Support | Demo
Why Stepped Content?
Long pages lose readers. Stepped Content is a powerful Gutenberg plugin that transforms long content into engaging, guided steps. Instead of overwhelming visitors with large blocks of text, you break information into simple, digestible sections – boosting readability and user engagement.
Whether you're creating tutorials, onboarding flows, guides, lessons, courses, or feature walkthroughs, Stepped Content gives you clean navigation, customizable layouts, and flexible design controls – all from the block editor, no coding required.
Free Features
- Reading Time Indicator: Show the remaining duration needed to finish reading the content.
- Custom Step Height: Set a custom height for the step content.
- Navbar Customization: Customize the navbar with a custom title and colors.
- Sidebar Colors: Apply different colors to the sidebar menu.
- Per-Step Styling: Change the text color and background for each step.
- Step Titles: Show or hide the step title, or set a custom title instead of the default.
- Button Colors: Set custom colors for the Back, Next, and Done buttons.
Pro Version – Unlock Premium Power
Stepped Content Pro adds layout enhancements and deeper content control for advanced users.
Pro features include:
- Navigation Bar Toggle: Show or hide the top navigation bar.
- Sidebar Themes: Change the sidebar theme for better appearance.
- Custom Back Button: Use an icon, the previous step title, or custom text.
- Custom Next Button: Use an icon, the next step title, or custom text.
- Custom Done Button: Set custom text for the Done button.
- Done Button Target: Choose whether the Done button link opens in a new or current tab.
How to Use – Quick Start
- Install and activate the Stepped Content plugin.
- In the Gutenberg editor, add the Stepped Content block from the "Widgets" block category.
- Add your steps and adjust settings from the right-side settings sidebar.
- Publish and enjoy!
Use Cases
- Tutorials & How-Tos: Walk readers through processes one step at a time.
- Onboarding Flows: Guide new users or customers through setup.
- Documentation: Organize product docs into clear, navigable sections.
- Lessons & Courses: Deliver learning material in digestible steps.
- Feature Walkthroughs: Present product features as a guided tour.
User Feedback
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect for my site
❛❛I needed some specialized version of the stepped content plugin and contacted support. Within a week they added the features I needed to their premium version, which was more than I expected. It works perfectly.❜❜
–cs
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Third-Party Libraries
This plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript/PHP libraries.
Freemius Lite SDK
- Source: https://bplugins.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/freemius-lite-sdk
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
- Purpose: Provides an opt-in consent form for usage tracking and analytics to help improve the plugin. No data is sent before explicit user consent.
- External Services: Communicates with
api.bplugins.com(activation events) andwp.freemius.com(opt-in processing) only after user opt-in. See bPlugins Privacy Policy and Freemius Privacy Policy.
Freemius SDK
- Source: https://freemius.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/Freemius/wordpress-sdk
- License: GPLv3 – https://github.com/Freemius/wordpress-sdk/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
- Purpose: Provides opt-in usage tracking and analytics to help improve the plugin.
bpl-tools
- Source / GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
- Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls.
- External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made