Block Content Explorer Adds Admin View for Drupal Inline Blocks

Site builders using Layout Builder have a new Drupal contrib option for finding inline blocks that do not appear in Drupal’s standard block administration listing. The Block Content Explorer project page says the module provides a central administration interface for reusable and inline block content in Drupal 11. The project is intended for sites that need clearer visibility into blocks created inside layouts.

A Medium post by Shivam Sen explains the issue through a Drupal 11 editing workflow. According to the post, Drupal 11 restricts standard block edit and delete routes with the requirement _block_content_reusable, which limits those routes to reusable blocks. The post also says Drupal’s standard block content listing filters for reusable = TRUE, leaving inline blocks outside the normal administration view.

Block Content Explorer adds an administration interface at admin/content/block-explorer and adds a tab on the content administration page. The interface lists reusable and inline block_content entities in one view. The release notes say the view includes columns for ID, block type, published status, reusable status, parent entity, and last changed date.

The Drupal.org project page lists features including central block listings, orphaned inline block detection, reusable block usage tracking, enhanced access control, and a Views-powered interface with filtering, sorting, and search. The release page also describes visual reusable and inline status badges, an orphan statistics banner, a custom access-control override for core block content routes, and a pre-built View. The current development release, 1.0.x-dev, was last updated on 1 June 2026 at 09:06 UTC.

The module requires Drupal 11 and the core block_content, layout_builder, and views modules. The project page lists OpenSense Labs as a supporting organisation. Drupal.org also states that the project is not covered by Drupal’s security advisory policy.