Gutenberg link popup breaks in the editor
Since WordPress 7 and recent SEO plugin updates, the Gutenberg link popup breaks and the link editing is unusable.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 9 March 2025 · last reported 23 May 2026
What's going wrong
Several site owners report that the block editor's link popup stops working or floats off-screen when the SEO plugin is active, and returns to normal when it is disabled.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.