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"Coming Soon" Block Listing Scheduled Posts

Registers a "Coming Soon" block, rendered on the server without a build step, that lists the titles and dates of your next scheduled posts to build anticipation for upcoming content.

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Code

add_action( 'init', function () {
    wp_register_script( 'wpide-block-coming-soon', false, array( 'wp-blocks', 'wp-element', 'wp-block-editor', 'wp-components', 'wp-server-side-render' ), '1.0', true );
    wp_add_inline_script( 'wpide-block-coming-soon', <<<'JS'
( function ( wp ) {
    var el = wp.element.createElement;
    wp.blocks.registerBlockType( 'wpide/coming-soon', {
        apiVersion: 3,
        title: 'Coming Soon',
        icon: 'clock',
        category: 'widgets',
        attributes: { count: { type: 'number', default: 5 }, showDate: { type: 'boolean', default: true } },
        edit: function ( props ) {
            return el( 'div', wp.blockEditor.useBlockProps(),
                el( wp.blockEditor.InspectorControls, null,
                    el( wp.components.PanelBody, { title: 'Settings' },
                        el( wp.components.RangeControl, { label: 'Number of posts', min: 1, max: 20, value: props.attributes.count, onChange: function ( v ) { props.setAttributes( { count: v } ); } } ),
                        el( wp.components.ToggleControl, { label: 'Show date', checked: props.attributes.showDate, onChange: function ( v ) { props.setAttributes( { showDate: v } ); } } )
                    )
                ),
                el( wp.serverSideRender, { block: 'wpide/coming-soon', attributes: props.attributes } )
            );
        },
        save: function () { return null; }
    } );
} )( window.wp );
JS
    );

    register_block_type( 'wpide/coming-soon', array(
        'api_version'           => 3,
        'title'                 => 'Coming Soon',
        'category'              => 'widgets',
        'editor_script_handles' => array( 'wpide-block-coming-soon' ),
        'attributes'            => array(
            'count'    => array( 'type' => 'number', 'default' => 5 ),
            'showDate' => array( 'type' => 'boolean', 'default' => true ),
        ),
        'render_callback'       => function ( $attributes ) {
            $posts = get_posts( array(
                'post_status'    => 'future',
                'posts_per_page' => max( 1, min( 20, (int) $attributes['count'] ) ),
                'orderby'        => 'date',
                'order'          => 'ASC',
                'no_found_rows'  => true,
            ) );

            if ( ! $posts ) {
                return '';
            }

            $items = '';
            foreach ( $posts as $post ) {
                $items .= sprintf(
                    '<li><span class="wpide-coming-soon-title">%s</span>%s</li>',
                    esc_html( get_the_title( $post ) ),
                    ! empty( $attributes['showDate'] ) ? ' <time datetime="' . esc_attr( get_post_time( 'c', true, $post ) ) . '">' . esc_html( get_the_date( '', $post ) ) . '</time>' : ''
                );
            }

            return '<ul ' . get_block_wrapper_attributes( array( 'class' => 'wpide-coming-soon' ) ) . '>' . $items . '</ul>';
        },
    ) );
} );

Notes

Only titles and dates are shown, never content; choose how many posts to list in the block settings.

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