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Modal Guten Block

This plugin provides a Gutenberg Modal / Popup Block.

By merbmerb·Block·Free
4.9(24 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 years ago
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As of April 2026, Modal Guten Block is a WordPress block plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 24 reviews. It has been downloaded 39K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 10% this week. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….

4.9/524 reviews
3.0K+active installs
39K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019

Overview

This project provides a modal / popup block for the WordPress Gutenberg editor.

  • Multiple methods for triggering modal including button, text link, image link, external class, and page load.
  • User definable modal content using Gutenberg blocks, for example, image, paragraph etc.
  • Support for multiple modal window sizes.
  • Modal window transitions for fade, left, right, up down.
  • Manual trigger modal initialization by calling bodModal.initModal()
  • Custom events for before open, after open, before close, after close so custom code can be used.
  • Lots of customizable options including Trigger Button Label, Button Color, Trigger Text, Trigger Text Size, Trigger Image, Trigger Class, Modal Delay, Trigger Element Alignment, Overlay Background Color, Title Text Size, Title Font Color, Title Background…
Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.924 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Bump to WP 6.8 for Wordfence
by kelter·6 months ago

I like this plugin. I’ve had zero problems. It does it’s job and so far has just stayed out of the way. Thank you.

I wish Wordfence wasn’t so harsh to plugins like this… I got this alert:

Medium Severity Problems:
* The Plugin “Modal Guten Block” appears to be abandoned (updated October 3, 2023, tested to WP 6.3.7).

Maybe this could have a version bump just so it’s “compatible” with WP 6.7 or 6.8? Then Wordfence would yell less often.

“Simple” and efficient plugin
by kldro·1 year ago

Thank you for this “simple” and efficient plugin. It does exactly what it promises without adding tons of unnecessary features.

Great Work, solid Standalone Popup Plugin
by SPiNNdevs·1 year ago

Hello, thanks for the work. It’s not easy, to find good standalone Plugins these days. Two Things we would love to see are:

  • Better design in the Backend editor, like providing a wrapper for all elements which are responsible for one Popup Block. Adding padding to the title input. Consider a custom background, because titles are not readable, when the Popup Block is based on a group with a dark background.
  • Changing the preview background color, to the one, selected in the options.
  • And using native Gutenberg wordpress/elements for options/inputs would really smoothen the experience of an editor and would make this plugin feel much more native
Thanks a lot
by chrioll·2 years ago

Simple to use and works perfect for me 😉

Love that this is a separate plugin and not part of a collection of blocks
by Johan van der Wijk·2 years ago

It does what it is supposed to do, easily configurable and I love that this is a separate plugin and not part of a collection of blocks. It keeps WordPress nice and lean.

It would be perfect if the color picker would use the regular Gutenberg color palette chooser 🙂

Download Trends

Today: 20Yesterday: 37This week: 131Period total: 4K

Compatibility

WordPress5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8
PHP5.6+ required

Version Adoption

v2.1
94.3%
Other
5.7%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.1

  • Transition effects (fade, left, right, up, down) and ‘Custom Events’ for before modal open, after open, before close, after close
  • Manual trigger modal initialization by calling bodModal.initModal()
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

merbmerbmerbmerb
Plugin Info
Version
2.1
Last Updated
Oct 3, 2023
WP Requires
5.0+
Tested Up To
6.3.8
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
3.0K+
Downloads
39K+
Added
Sep 2, 2019
Business
Free

Tags

blockmodalpopupwindowgutenberg

Developer

M
merbmerb
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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