Component Reference

This package includes a library of generic WordPress components to be used for creating common UI elements shared between screens and features of the WordPress dashboard.

Installation

Install the module

npm install @wordpress/components --save

This package assumes that your code will run in an ES2015+ environment. If you're using an environment that has limited or no support for such language features and APIs, you should include the polyfill shipped in @wordpress/babel-preset-default in your code.

Usage

Within Gutenberg, these components can be accessed by importing from the components root directory:

/**
 * WordPress dependencies
 */
import { Button } from '@wordpress/components';

export default function MyButton() {
    return <Button>Click Me!</Button>;
}

Many components include CSS to add style, you will need to add in order to appear correctly. Within WordPress, add the wp-components stylesheet as a dependency of your plugin's stylesheet. See wp_enqueue_style documentation for how to specify dependencies.

In non-WordPress projects, link to the build-style/style.css file directly, it is located at node_modules/@wordpress/components/build-style/style.css.

Docs & examples

You can browse the components docs and examples at https://wordpress.github.io/gutenberg/

Contributing to this package

This is an individual package that's part of the Gutenberg project. The project is organized as a monorepo. It's made up of multiple self-contained software packages, each with a specific purpose. The packages in this monorepo are published to npm and used by WordPress as well as other software projects.

To find out more about contributing to this package or Gutenberg as a whole, please read the project's main contributor guide.

This package also has its own contributing information where you can find additional details.