Word Switcher - Extending Core Blocks with Interactivity

This is the base project used for the WordPress Developer Blog article: Word Switcher: Extending Core Blocks with Interactivity

Description

A WordPress plugin that demonstrates how to extend core blocks with interactive functionality using the Interactivity API. The plugin adds dynamic word-switching capabilities to core blocks.

Installation

1. Clone this repository into your WordPress plugins directory:

   cd wp-content/plugins
   git clone [repository-url] word-switcher-core-blocks

2. Install dependencies:

   cd word-switcher-core-blocks
   npm install

3. Build the plugin:

   npm run build

4. Activate the plugin in your WordPress admin panel

Development

To build the plugin for development:

npm run build

Learn More

Read the full tutorial at: https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2025/12/word-switcher-extending-core-blocks-with-interactivity/

License

GPL-2.0-or-later