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Plugin Description
The Search Modal Block enhances your WordPress site with a modern, popup search interface that’s both beautiful and functional. Built specifically for the block editor (Gutenberg), it provides a seamless way to add search functionality to any part of your content.
Key Features:
- Clean, minimal design that works with any theme
- Fully responsive layout
- Accessibility-ready with ARIA labels and keyboard navigation
- Customizable text elements:
- Search input placeholder
- Search button text
- Screen reader labels
- Focus-visible support for better keyboard navigation
- Seamless integration with WordPress search
Perfect For:
- Minimalist themes needing an elegant search solution
- Sites wanting to improve their search UX
- Accessibility-focused websites
- Any WordPress site using the block editor
Development
This block is built using the WordPress Create Block tool, ensuring compatibility with modern WordPress standards and practices. The source code is available in the plugin’s /src directory.
Building from Source
To build the plugin from source:
- Clone the repository
- Install dependencies with
npm install
- Run
npm run build to build the production files
- For development, use
npm run start to start the development server
The build process uses @wordpress/scripts to compile and minify the JavaScript and CSS files. The source code for the compiled files in the /build directory can be found in the /src directory.
Development Dependencies
- @wordpress/scripts: ^27.9.0
- @wordpress/eslint-plugin: ^21.4.0
- @wordpress/stylelint-config: ^21.41.0
- eslint: ^8.57.1
The complete source code is available on GitHub: https://github.com/philhoyt/search-modal-block
Credits
This plugin uses the following third-party libraries:
- MicroModal – A lightweight, configurable modal library for web applications.
Screenshots
The search modal block in the block editor with customizable settings.
The search modal displayed on the frontend after being triggered by the search icon.
