Title: @wordpress/widgets
Published: May 4, 2021
Last modified: October 9, 2026

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# @wordpress/widgets

## In this article

 * [Installation](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-widgets/?output_format=md#installation)
 * [Contributing to this package](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-widgets/?output_format=md#contributing-to-this-package)

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This package contains common functionality used by the widgets block editor in the
Widgets screen and the Customizer.

>  This package is meant to be used only with WordPress core. Feel free to use it
> in your own project but please keep in mind that it might never get fully documented.

## 󠀁[Installation](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-widgets/?output_format=md#installation)󠁿

Install the module

    ```bash
    npm install @wordpress/widgets
    ```

_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`](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/HEAD/packages/babel-preset-default#polyfill)
in your code._

## 󠀁[Contributing to this package](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-widgets/?output_format=md#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](https://www.npmjs.com/)
and used by [WordPress](https://make.wordpress.org/core/) 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](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/HEAD/CONTRIBUTING.md).

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