What SLB is
SLB is a WordPress plugin that builds pages out of sections. A page is a stack of rows. Each row is one section, such as a hero banner, a feature grid or a call to action.
How it works in one minute
- You open a page in the SLB editor, a full-screen screen with a settings panel on the left and a live preview on the right.
- You add sections from a library and fill in their fields (headline, image, button link, colours).
- You reorder, hide or delete sections as needed.
- You click Publish Changes and the page goes live.
Four ideas to remember
- Section. A ready-made layout block (one row of a page). Sections are rows. There are no side-by-side sections.
- Blocks. Repeatable items inside a section, such as the cards in a feature grid or the questions in an FAQ. This is how you get columns.
- Instances. Every section you place is its own copy. Two call-to-action sections on one page are independent, each with its own text.
- Global regions. Parts shared by the whole site: header, footer, announcement bar, and Theme Settings (colours and fonts).
Mobile and tablet layouts are built into the sections themselves. You do not set per-device values. Use the device buttons in the editor to check how the page looks.
What SLB stores
Your content is stored in WordPress itself, with no shortcodes in the page text. The section templates are plain files on the server that SLB never rewrites while you edit. Optionally, SLB can keep a plain-HTML copy of each published page so it still shows if SLB is ever deactivated (see Tour of the admin screens).
Requirements
| You need | For |
|---|---|
| WordPress 5.8 or newer, PHP 7.4 or newer | The plugin (tested up to WordPress 6.7) |
| An administrator account | Settings, Developer Mode, publishing a draft theme. Editing pages needs permission to edit pages. |
| WooCommerce (optional) | Only for shop sections. They stay empty without it. |
| WordPress 5.6 or newer, and HTTPS | Application Passwords for the MCP (a local http:// site can be allowed, see Connecting the MCP) |
| Node.js 18 or newer on your own computer | The MCP server |
| Claude Code (for example the VS Code extension) | Driving the MCP |
| Chrome or Edge on your computer | The site audit (slb_audit_site) |
| Tailwind CSS on the front end | Sections are styled with Tailwind. The starter theme includes it. On another theme, the theme or SLB's fallback must load it. |
Tip. SLB works on any theme. On pages that have SLB sections, it replaces the page content with the rendered sections and keeps your theme's header and footer. For a clean full-width page, choose the SLB Canvas page template (see Editing pages).