Light Modal Block
Lightweight, customizable modal block for the WordPress block editor
5(12 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Light Modal Block is a WordPress block plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 12 reviews. It has been downloaded 14K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.6+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 10% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….
5/512 reviews
2.0K+active installs
100%resolved
3 yearssince 2023
Overview
A simple yet robust solution for creating modals within the WordPress block editor.
Features
- Fully customizable using the native block editor style controls
- Trigger modal on click for any element via CSS selector
- Trigger modal on page load after X milliseconds
- Set cookie to not show modal again on page load until X minutes have elapsed
- Option for user interaction within modal triggers cookie to be set
- Custom modal width
- Optional close button
- API enabled
- Only 2kb gzipped
- Accessibility enabled
- Use modals within the query loop block
Attribution
The Light Modal block uses a modified version of the Micromodal library.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
A simple and lightweight plugin
by darkonelson·1 month ago
It does everything it needs to and is easy to define. I recommend.
So much better than everything else I’ve tried
by espointpolish·4 months ago
Beautiful plugin and amazing support! Thank you.
Lightweight using with blocks
by Caio Ferreira·7 months ago
Love this! So lightweight and works perfectly with Gutenberg/GenerateBlocks. Thanks and keep up the good work!
A great addition to the block editor
by stlpl·7 months ago
It’s a simple and elegant solution without unnecessary frills.
This should be a default gutenberg block
by Radical Dreamer·8 months ago
It is so useful~! it solves too many scenarios: pop-forms, subscriptions, menu, additional info, and the list goes on…
Download Trends
Today: 20Yesterday: 21This week: 159Period total: 11K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.9
51.1%
v1.8
22.2%
v1.7
11.8%
v1.6
9.6%
Other
5.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.9.0
- Enhancement: When selecting edit modal from the plugin sidebar, automatically open the modal block settings
- Enhancement: Improve performance of
useModals()hook via leveraginggetBlocksByName()
Contributors
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