Package Reference Edit

WordPress exposes a list of JavaScript packages and tools for WordPress development.

Using the Packages via WordPress Global #Using the Packages via WordPress Global

JavaScript packages are available as a registered script in WordPress and can be accessed using the wp global variable.

If you wanted to use the PlainText component from the editor module, first you would specify wp-editor as a dependency when you enqueue your script:

wp_enqueue_script(
    'my-custom-block',
    plugins_url( $block_path, __FILE__ ),
    array( 'wp-blocks', 'wp-editor', 'wp-element', 'wp-i18n' )
);

After the dependency is declared, you can access the module in your JavaScript code using the global wp like so:

const { PlainText } = wp.editor;

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Using the Packages via npm #Using the Packages via npm

All the packages are also available on npm if you want to bundle them in your code.

Using the same PlainText example, you would install the block editor module with npm:

npm install @wordpress/block-editor --save

Once installed, you can access the component in your code using:

import { PlainText } from '@wordpress/block-editor';