Long-form content is king for SEO, but forcing your readers to endlessly scroll through a massive article is a guaranteed way to lose them. The Brutal Table of Contents (ToC) block instantly solves this by automatically generating a beautifully structured, clickable index of your headings.
Unlike older, bloated plugins that only generate the index on the live site, our block works in pure real-time. As you type and add headings inside the Gutenberg editor, the Brutal ToC instantly scans your document and updates the layout right in front of your eyes.
🔥 What makes it brutal?
- Live Editor Sync: No guessing required. Watch your Table of Contents build and update itself automatically in real-time as you write your article in Gutenberg.
- Smart Heading Control: Pinpoint exactly what gets included. Use the settings to set your Minimum and Maximum heading levels (e.g., only include H2 and H3 tags, ignoring H4s).
- Collapsible Design: Save screen real estate. Enable the collapsible toggle so users can easily hide or expand the index when they need it.
- Sticky Navigation: The ultimate UX upgrade. Turn on “Sticky” mode to make the Table of Contents gracefully float alongside your content as the user scrolls down the page, keeping navigation always one click away.
💸 FREE vs. PRO
The Free version is a great starting point for simple, short blog posts. But if you write deeply structured, professional content, the PRO version is mandatory.
- FREE Version: It automatically generates a basic Table of Contents with H2 headings only. You cannot filter other heading levels, or make it sticky.
- PRO Version (Unleash the Beast): The ultimate SEO and UX navigation tool.
- Full Heading Control: Unlock all heading levels (H1 through H6). Set your exact Min and Max levels to build complex, nested indexes.
- Sticky Floating ToC: Unlock the Sticky feature so your index follows the reader down the page, massively improving user experience and time-on-page.
- Collapsible Toggle: Allow users to neatly fold the Table of Contents away.
🛠️ Quick Help: Up and running in seconds
Generating a real-time index for your article is effortless:
- Click on the + icon in your editor and type “Brutal”, then click on Browse All. Alternatively, click the + icon on the top left corner of the editor screen, scroll down to the Brutal Blocks section (or type “brutal” in the search field), and drop the “Brutal ToC” block anywhere on your page (usually at the top).
- Start writing your article. Watch the block instantly pull in your headings in real-time.
- Free users: Your ToC is live, but it will only display your H2 tags. Change the block Title in the right sidebar.
- PRO users: Head to the right sidebar to change the block Title, and set your exact Min and Max heading levels.
- PRO users: Toggle on “Collapsible ToC” for a cleaner look, and enable “Sticky” if you want the block to float as the user scrolls. Save and publish!