Groundworx

Groundworx Navigation is a powerful responsive navigation block for WordPress block themes. Build professional navigation menus, mobile-responsive hamburger menus, modal overlays, dropdown navigation, and sticky headers—all with native Gutenberg blocks. No coding required.
Perfect for theme.json block themes, this navigation block gives you complete control over your site’s header navigation, mobile menu behavior, and responsive breakpoints.
<h4>Why Choose Groundworx Navigation?</h4>
Replace complex navigation plugins with a native Gutenberg block solution. Whether you need a simple navigation bar, mobile hamburger menu, full-screen modal overlay, or off-canvas slide-in drawer—Groundworx Navigation handles it all.
Perfect for: 
* Block theme developers building custom navigation headers 
* Sites requiring mobile-first responsive navigation menus 
* Accessibility-focused WordPress navigation 
* Portfolio and business sites with sticky navigation headers 
* Multi-level navigation structures and deep site menus
<h4>Key Features</h4>
Native Gutenberg Navigation Block 
Build your navigation menu entirely in the WordPress Block Editor—no shortcodes, no legacy menu screens, just blocks.
Four Responsive Layout Templates 
 – Modal Navigation – Full-screen overlay menu for mobile devices 
 – Modal Dropdown – Dropdown header navigation on desktop, modal on mobile 
 – Slide-In Navigation – Off-canvas drawer navigation from right edge 
 – Classic Navigation – Traditional navigation bar with hamburger menu collapse
Multiple Menu Display Styles 
Accordion menus · Accordion Alt · List navigation · Vertical menus · Horizontal navigation bars — mix and match with any layout template.
Smart Responsive Behavior 
Set responsive breakpoints (<code>tablet</code>, <code>laptop</code>, <code>desktop</code>, <code>large-desktop</code>) and watch your navigation automatically collapse to a hamburger menu or modal overlay at your chosen screen size.
Flexible Position Controls 
Relative, Sticky Header, Fixed Navigation, or Scroll-Up Reveal—create sticky navigation headers without writing custom CSS.
Accessibility-First Navigation 
Built-in focus traps, ESC key close, arrow-key navigation, and proper ARIA attributes make your menu accessible by default.
Branding Integration 
Add Site Logo, Site Title, or Site Tagline blocks anywhere in your navigation header for seamless branding.
Lightweight & Fast 
No jQuery bloat. Powered by WordPress’s native Interactivity API with vanilla JavaScript—no external libraries needed for responsive navigation.
Submenu Controls 
* Control nesting depth (1-5 levels) for complex navigation structures 
* Indent or flatten submenu display 
* Hover or click to open dropdown submenus 
* Icon controls for submenu indicators
<h4>Navigation Templates In Detail</h4>
Modal Navigation 
Perfect for mobile-first sites. Creates a full-screen overlay navigation menu that slides in from the top or side. Ideal for clean, distraction-free mobile navigation.
Modal Dropdown Navigation 
Best of both worlds: traditional dropdown navigation on desktop, modal overlay on mobile devices. Great for sites with many navigation items.
Slide-In Navigation 
Off-canvas navigation drawer that slides in from the right edge. Popular for modern web apps and mobile-optimized sites.
Classic Navigation 
Traditional horizontal navigation bar that collapses to a hamburger menu icon on smaller screens. The most familiar navigation pattern for users.
<h4>Block Theme Ready</h4>
Groundworx Navigation is built specifically for theme.json block themes. Works perfectly with: 
* Twenty Twenty-Four 
* Twenty Twenty-Five 
* Blockbase 
* Frost 
* Any FSE (Full Site Editing) block theme
Note: Requires a theme.json-ready block theme. Not compatible with classic PHP themes.

Groundworx Navigation – Responsive Menu & Mobile Navigation Block

Responsive navigation menu block for WordPress block themes. Build mobile menus, hamburger navigation, modal overlays, dropdown menus & sticky hea …

Sébastien SERRE

Hugo

Emmanuel Hesry

This plugin, usable only with a block theme like Twenty Twenty-Two, adds the legacy widgets block in the Site Editor (FSE).
With the legacy widgets block, you can use the legacy widgets as Navigation Menu for example.
This is why this plugin reintroduces the WordPress legacy Menus screen to be able to manage menus you want to use with the Navigation Menu widget.
This also allows to use external plugins legacy widgets which might not have already been converted to blocks.

Site Editor Classic Features


After fiddling around a bit I got working.



You have to use the legacy widgets -> navigation menu


Still works in 2024

Make legacy widgets and menus usable in Site Editor (FSE).

Groundworx Navigation – Responsive Menu & Mobile Navigation Block vs Site Editor Classic Features