Slidey Panel

Description

Slidey Panel adds an off-canvas panel that slides in from the side of your site and opens from a block button placed in your content, templates or template parts.

The block uses a normal published page for panel content. Create a page with the blocks you want to show, then add the “Slidey Panel” block wherever visitors should be able to open it.

Add Slidey Panel to a block theme’s Header template to provide a compact menu button, then build its navigation with WordPress blocks in the panel page.

Key features

  • Slidey Panel block for posts, pages, templates and template parts.
  • Uses normal WordPress pages for panel content.
  • Default page selector in the block editor.
  • Button text and hamburger icon controls.
  • Block styling support for color, typography, spacing, dimensions and borders.
  • Responsive sliding panel with cover overlay and close button.

How to use the Slidey Panel block

  1. Create and publish a page containing the blocks you want to show in the sliding panel.
  2. Add the “Slidey Panel” block to a post, page, template or template part.
  3. Set the button text and choose whether to show a hamburger icon.
  4. Choose the default panel page from the block settings.

The block uses one default panel page.

Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

  • Slidey Panel Shows a button that opens a sliding panel.

Installation

  1. Install “Slidey Panel” automatically from the WordPress plugin directory, or upload the plugin ZIP file.
  2. Activate the plugin from the “Plugins” screen in WordPress.
  3. Create a published page for your panel content and place the “Slidey Panel” block where you want the button.

FAQ

Where is the panel content managed?

Slidey Panel uses normal WordPress pages. Create or edit the page that should appear in the sliding panel.

Can different buttons open different pages?

No, the block uses one default page. Allowing different buttons to open different page’s content will be a future feature.

Can the panel appear from the left?

No, the panel currently appears from the right only. Choosing to appear from the left will be a future feature.

Reviews

June 25, 2026 1 reply
Well it quite simply works out of the box, is very simple to use, and goes like the clappers once published. I will be recommending this for all of my clients and probably tell a few friends about it too!Would be great to see some other features like multiple panels along the line.
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Contributors & Developers

“Slidey Panel” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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Changelog

1.0

  • First version of the plugin