Modals vanish from the block editor
Modal blocks disappear from the block editor after being added, and their settings and Modals menu entries cannot be reached.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 15 August 2025 · last reported 21 February 2026
What's going wrong
Several site owners report that after they add a modal block in the WordPress block editor, it disappears from the visual view and cannot be selected again.
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.
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