# Magewire PHP: Full Documentation
> Magewire is a reactive, full-stack component framework for Magento 2 that lets developers build dynamic interfaces in PHP and PHTML.
Documentation version: Magewire 3.x
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Canonical documentation: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/
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Magewire is inspired by server-driven frontend frameworks such as Laravel Livewire, but Magewire has its own Magento-specific API and behaviour. Do not assume Laravel Livewire APIs, directives, lifecycle hooks, or features exist in Magewire unless they are explicitly documented here. When this documentation and prior model knowledge conflict, prefer the Magewire documentation.
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# Magewire PHP 3
!!! danger "Security release: upgrade to Magewire 3.7.2"
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[GHSA-64j9-rg74-hqc7](https://github.com/magewirephp/magewire/security/advisories/GHSA-64j9-rg74-hqc7)
(High) affects Magewire 3.0.0 through 3.7.1. A visitor who can load a page with a Magewire component could call
public methods inherited from Magewire's base component that the component never exposed as actions.
Upgrade every environment to 3.7.2, including production, staging, development, local, demo, and test
installations. Agencies should also check client projects, lockfiles, and deployment images.
```shell
composer update magewirephp/magewire:3.7.2 --with-all-dependencies
composer show magewirephp/magewire
```
Custom components that call inherited Magewire helpers from the browser or from event listeners may need a small
change. See [Upgrade notes](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/releases/upgrade-notes.html#371-to-372).
Build interactive Magento interfaces with PHP and PHTML. A Magewire component
starts as a Magento layout block, renders a template, and responds to browser
events through a PHP class. Magewire updates the rendered HTML without a full
page reload.
You can begin with a counter, then use the same pattern for search filters,
forms, account tools, or checkout steps. Business logic stays in ordinary
Magento services, so multiple components and themes can reuse it.
Magewire 3 uses parts of [Livewire 3](https://livewire.laravel.com/docs/3.x/).
These guides show the files and APIs that work in Magento. A ported Livewire
class alone does not mean its feature is active; see
[How to use these docs](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/documentation.html) when adapting
an upstream example.
## Requirements
Before installing, check:
- PHP 8.2 or newer;
- Magento Open Source or Mage-OS with a Magento 2.4.6-compatible framework or newer;
- a theme integration for the area where your component renders.
For exact platform combinations, consult the
[core production-build matrix](https://github.com/magewirephp/magewire/blob/main/.github/workflows/production-build.yml)
for the release you install.
## Installation
Install the core module in your Magento project:
```shell
composer require magewirephp/magewire
bin/magento module:enable Magewirephp_Magewire
bin/magento setup:upgrade
```
For a Hyvä storefront, add the maintained theme integration:
```shell
composer require magewirephp/magewire-hyva-theme
bin/magento module:enable Magewirephp_MagewireHyvaTheme
bin/magento setup:upgrade
```
For Magento Admin, install
[`magewirephp/magewire-admin`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/admin/installation.html). Existing Hyvä
Checkout components built for Magewire V1 need the separate
[checkout compatibility package](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/hyva-checkout-bc.html).
For Breeze storefronts, use the
[`swissup/module-breeze-magewire` integration](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/breeze.html).
After deploying static content in production mode, clean the Magento caches:
```shell
bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
bin/magento cache:clean
```
See [Theming](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/index.html) for other theme integrations and [Admin](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/admin/index.html) for the separate admin package.
## Quickstart
This complete example adds a counter to the CMS home page. It uses an existing
`Vendor_Module` module; replace the vendor and module names with yours.
### 1. Add a component to your Magento module
This example adds a counter to the CMS home page. Start in an existing, enabled
`Vendor_Module` module. The three files are:
```text
Vendor/Module/
├── Magewire/Counter.php
└── view/frontend/
├── layout/cms_index_index.xml
└── templates/magewire/counter.phtml
```
```php title="Magewire/Counter.php"
count++;
}
}
```
The public property is browser-visible state. The public method is an action the
browser can call; validate and authorize actions that read or change business data.
### 2. Render it with PHTML
Magewire makes the component available to its template as `$magewire`:
```php title="view/frontend/templates/magewire/counter.phtml"
```
Keep one root element. Magewire uses it to attach the component snapshot and to
update the rendered HTML. Escape text and attributes using Magento's `$escaper`.
### 3. Place it with layout XML
The `cms_index_index` handle places the counter on the CMS home page:
```xml title="view/frontend/layout/cms_index_index.xml"
Vendor\Module\Magewire\Counter
```
The `magewire` argument binds the PHP class to this block. `shared="false"` gives
the block its own component instance, which also makes the pattern safe when you
place the same class more than once on a page.
### 4. Try it
```shell
bin/magento cache:clean layout block_html full_page
```
Open the home page and click **Increase**. Magewire calls `increment()` on the
server and updates the count without a full page reload. If the block does not
appear, confirm the module is enabled and that this page uses `cms_index_index`.
When the counter works, continue with [Basics](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/basics.html)
to pass initial values from layout XML and understand each request.
## A form in one glance
The same component pattern works for a form. A plain `wire:model` binding
waits for the next action; `wire:submit` calls a public PHP method with the
current values:
```php title="view/frontend/templates/magewire/contact.phtml"
```
See [`wire:model`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-model.html) and
[`wire:submit`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-submit.html) for the matching PHP
action, validation, and progress state.
## Alpine.js and themes
Magewire's browser runtime includes Alpine.js. Use the
[Hyvä theme package](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/index.html) when building for Hyvä. For
Breeze, use its [integration package](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/breeze.html). For a theme
without an integration package, create a
[compatibility module](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/compatibility-module.html) that coordinates
script loading and your theme's frontend conventions.
## Full-page cache
Cached HTML can contain an old component snapshot. Use
[lazy loading](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/lazy-loading.html) or
[`wire:init`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-init.html) when data must be fetched
after page load, and test behavior with your store's full-page cache enabled.
## Support and security
Use the [Magewire GitHub repository](https://github.com/magewirephp/magewire) for public bug reports and discussions.
!!! danger "Report vulnerabilities privately"
Do not open a public issue, discussion, or pull request for a suspected security vulnerability. Follow the repository's security policy and email `magewirephp@wpoortman.nl`.
Published fixes are listed under the repository's
[security advisories](https://github.com/magewirephp/magewire/security/advisories). Each advisory names the affected
and fixed releases; upgrade to the fixed release or later.
## Next steps
- [How to use these docs](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/documentation.html): find a guide for your task.
- [Components](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/components.html): pass layout arguments and reuse a class.
- [Compatibility module](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/compatibility-module.html): package theme integration for reuse.
- [V3 versus V1](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/v3-vs-v1.html): understand the runtime and migration differences.
- [Lazy loading](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/lazy-loading.html): defer expensive components.
- [Application container](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/application-container.html): resolve Magento services from ported or extension code.
- [Architecture](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/architecture/index.html): explore mechanisms, features, and extension points.
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# Basics
A Magewire component combines a PHP class with a `.phtml` template. Magento layout XML places the component on a page;
Magewire then keeps its public state and the rendered DOM synchronized across update requests.
Before continuing, install and enable Magewire as described on the [documentation home page](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/index.html).
## Build a counter
The following example creates a complete component, binds it to a Magento block, and calls a PHP action from the
browser.
### 1. Add a component to your Magento module
This example adds a counter to the CMS home page. Start in an existing, enabled
`Vendor_Module` module. The three files are:
```text
Vendor/Module/
├── Magewire/Counter.php
└── view/frontend/
├── layout/cms_index_index.xml
└── templates/magewire/counter.phtml
```
```php title="Magewire/Counter.php"
count++;
}
}
```
The public property is browser-visible state. The public method is an action the
browser can call; validate and authorize actions that read or change business data.
### 2. Render it with PHTML
Magewire makes the component available to its template as `$magewire`:
```php title="view/frontend/templates/magewire/counter.phtml"
```
Keep one root element. Magewire uses it to attach the component snapshot and to
update the rendered HTML. Escape text and attributes using Magento's `$escaper`.
### 3. Place it with layout XML
The `cms_index_index` handle places the counter on the CMS home page:
```xml title="view/frontend/layout/cms_index_index.xml"
Vendor\Module\Magewire\Counter
```
The `magewire` argument binds the PHP class to this block. `shared="false"` gives
the block its own component instance, which also makes the pattern safe when you
place the same class more than once on a page.
### 4. Try it
```shell
bin/magento cache:clean layout block_html full_page
```
Open the home page and click **Increase**. Magewire calls `increment()` on the
server and updates the count without a full page reload. If the block does not
appear, confirm the module is enabled and that this page uses `cms_index_index`.
## The request cycle
The counter demonstrates Magewire's normal request cycle:
1. Magento renders the layout block and component template.
2. Magewire serializes the component's public state into a signed snapshot.
3. `wire:click="increment"` sends that snapshot and the requested action to the Magewire update route.
4. Magewire reconstructs the component, calls `increment()`, and renders the template again.
5. The browser processes the response and morphs only the changed DOM.
Component snapshots are browser-visible data. Never put secrets in public properties, and always authorize sensitive
actions on the server.
## Passing initial values from layout XML
Use a `magewire:mount:` argument for a named `mount()` parameter, then assign that value to public state:
```xml
Items19
```
```php
public string $label = 'Counter';
public function mount(string $label = 'Counter', int $start = 0): void
{
$this->label = $label;
$this->count = $start;
}
```
The layout resolver converts kebab-case argument names to camelCase. For example,
`magewire:mount:page-size` is passed as `$pageSize`. Although the current resolver parses
`magewire.*` keys, Magewire 3.7 does not assign those values to public properties.
See [Components](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/components.html) for every supported binding shape and argument group. Continue with
[Properties](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/properties.html), [Actions](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/actions.html), and the
[HTML directives](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-click.html) when you are ready to add real behavior.
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# Examples
Each example starts with a task and shows the Magento files needed to
complete it. If Magewire is new to you, build the counter first; it uses
one component class, one PHTML template, and one layout file.
## Tutorials
| Build | What you will use |
|---|---|
| [A counter](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/index.html#quickstart) | Component, template, and layout binding |
| [A customer-name form](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-submit.html#save-a-customer-name) | Deferred model state, submit action, server validation, repository |
| [Two components that communicate](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/events.html) | `dispatch()` and `#[On]` |
| [A paginated list](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/pagination.html#add-pagination-to-a-component) | `WithPagination`, page controls, last-page boundary |
| [A Hyvä compatibility module](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/compatibility-module.html) | Composer packaging, layout extension, Alpine, CSP fragment |
| [A Breeze storefront integration](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/breeze.html) | Package installation, reusable component, Breeze-only morph hook |
| [An admin editor](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/admin/building-admin-components.html) | Admin layout, ACL, application service |
| [Magento flash messages](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/examples/magento-flash-messages.html) | A Magewire feature and the Hyvä browser bridge |
The examples use `Vendor_Module` as a placeholder for your enabled Magento
module. Replace it with your module name and check that the matching
storefront or admin integration is installed.
## Try a complete interaction
After adding the [counter](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/index.html#quickstart), open your CMS home
page and click **Increase**. The browser should send a Magewire update
request and change the count without navigating. A
[Playwright check](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/testing.html#test-an-application-component)
shows how to verify that behavior in a project.
When adapting another example, keep its PHP logic in a Magento service
when a controller, queue consumer, or second component needs the same rule.
Keep only theme-specific browser and styling code in a
[compatibility module](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/compatibility-module.html).
## Choose an integration package
| Area | Package |
|---|---|
| Hyvä storefront | [`magewirephp/magewire-hyva-theme`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/index.html#hyva-storefront) |
| Breeze storefront | [`swissup/module-breeze-magewire`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/breeze.html) |
| Existing Hyvä Checkout V1 components | [`magewirephp/magewire-hyva-checkout`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/hyva-checkout-bc.html) |
| Magento Admin | [`magewirephp/magewire-admin`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/admin/installation.html) |
For a theme without an integration package, start with the
[compatibility-module guide](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/compatibility-module.html).
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# Tutorial: Magento Flash Messages
This walkthrough does two things at once. It shows you how to surface **flash messages** from a
Magewire component and, because flash messages are a textbook case of a Livewire concept that
doesn't map cleanly onto Magento, it doubles as a look at **what porting a feature to Magento
actually takes**.
If you just want the API, jump to [Using it](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/examples/magento-flash-messages.html#using-it-in-a-component). If you're curious how
Magewire bridges Laravel-isms into Magento, read on from the top.
## The problem: flash messages don't port 1:1
In Laravel/Livewire, a "flash message" is a value stashed in the **session** for exactly one request
and rendered by a Blade view:
```php
// Laravel / Livewire
session()->flash('message', 'Saved!');
```
```blade
{{-- Blade --}}
@if (session('message'))
{{ session('message') }}
@endif
```
Three things in there don't exist in Magento:
| Livewire assumption | Magento reality |
|---|---|
| `session()->flash()` one-request session bag | Magento has its own `MessageManager` with **typed** messages (error / warning / notice / success). |
| Blade renders the message | There is no Blade: templates are `.phtml`, and the message area is theme-owned. |
| Plain strings | Magento UI strings are translatable `\Magento\Framework\Phrase` objects (`__()`). |
So a straight port would be wrong. Magewire instead **adapts** the concept to Magento's model with
the `SupportMagentoFlashMessages` feature.
## How Magewire bridges it
The feature gives every component a `magewireFlashMessages()` collection. A component adds messages
to it during an action; the feature then ships them to the browser as an **effect**, and the theme
renders them in Magento's message area.
The flow, end to end:
1. **Collect (PHP).** Your action calls `$this->magewireFlashMessages()->make(...)`. Each message
carries a translatable `Phrase` and one of Magento's four types.
2. **Dehydrate (PHP).** When the component dehydrates, the feature checks the collection and, if it's
non-empty, pushes a `dispatches` effect onto the snapshot: a browser event named
`magewire:flash-messages:dispatch` with the mapped `{ text, type }` payload.
3. **Render (JS + theme).** A theme template listens for that event and renders each message in the
Magento-styled message area. Hyvä's maintained compatibility package ships its listener; other themes can provide their
own listener for the same core browser event.
Notice what changed versus Laravel: there's no session bag and no Blade. The message crosses the
wire as a **dispatched event effect** (the same effect channel Magewire uses for events), and the
*theme* owns rendering, exactly as Magento expects.
## Using it in a component
```php
use Magewirephp\Magewire\Component;
class SaveProfile extends Component
{
public function save(): void
{
// … persist the profile …
$this->magewireFlashMessages()->make(__('Your profile was saved.'))->asSuccess();
}
}
```
`make()` returns a fluent `FlashMessage`, so you pick the Magento type with a builder:
```php
$this->magewireFlashMessages()->make(__('Profile saved.'))->asSuccess();
$this->magewireFlashMessages()->make(__('Could not save profile.'))->asError();
$this->magewireFlashMessages()->make(__('Some fields were ignored.'))->asWarning();
$this->magewireFlashMessages()->make(__('Heads up.'))->asNotice(); // default
```
The four builders map directly to Magento's message types:
| Builder | `FlashMessageType` |
|---|---|
| `asError()` | `error` |
| `asWarning()` | `warning` |
| `asNotice()` | `notice` (default) |
| `asSuccess()` | `success` |
### Translatable strings
Pass an `__()` phrase (or a plain string, which is wrapped in `__()` for you). Messages render
through Magento's translation layer, so they're localisable like any other Magento string:
```php
$this->magewireFlashMessages()->make(__('Saved %1 items.', $count))->asSuccess();
```
### Named messages (avoiding duplicates)
`make()` accepts a name as its third argument. Re-using a name replaces rather than appends, which is handy
when an action can run repeatedly within one request:
```php
$this->magewireFlashMessages()->make(__('Saving…'), FlashMessageType::Notice, 'save-status');
```
Remove one by name with `unset('save-status')`. `count()` and `fetch()` inspect the collection.
### Repeated messages on Hyvä Checkout
Names de-duplicate messages within one response. On the Hyvä Checkout page,
`magewirephp/magewire-hyva-checkout` 3.1.0 and later also groups repeated messages in the browser: a message
with the same text and type as the last visible one increments a count badge instead of being shown again. See
[Hyvä Checkout flash messages](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/index.html#hyva-checkout-flash-messages) for the rules and the
setting that turns it off.
## Flash messages vs notifications
Magewire has two ways to talk to the user, and they're not the same:
- **Flash messages** (this page): render in Magento's **native message area**, using Magento's four
message types. Reach for these when you want output that looks and behaves like every other Magento
notice.
- **[Notifications](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/notifications.html)**: a toast-style notifier addon
(`magewireNotifications()`), independent of Magento's message area.
## The takeaway
Porting "flash messages" to Magento wasn't a copy but a translation: session bag → dispatched
event effect, Blade → theme-owned `.phtml`, plain strings → `Phrase`, and Livewire's single message
→ Magento's four typed messages. That's the recurring shape of bringing a Livewire feature into
Magewire: **keep the developer-facing idea, re-seat the implementation on Magento's primitives.**
## Related
- [Notifications](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/notifications.html): the toast alternative.
- [Events](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/events.html): the dispatch/effect channel flash messages ride on.
- [Examples](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/examples.html): back to the examples index.
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# Why Magewire?
Suppose a Magento block needs to respond to a customer without reloading the
page. You can keep the layout, PHTML template, dependency injection, and
business services you already use. Magewire adds a PHP component for the
state and actions, then updates that block in the browser.
Use it for interactions that repeatedly need the server: product selectors,
account forms, cart tools, checkout steps, and admin editors. For static
output, an ordinary Magento block is simpler. For a disclosure or tab that
only changes browser state, Alpine is enough.
## More than a port
Magewire 3 brings selected Livewire 3 concepts into Magento. Magento still
owns its routes, layout, templates, repositories, and authorization. Magewire
adds component snapshots, actions, lifecycle hooks, and directives where they
fit those conventions.
That division makes a feature easy to find: the PHP component handles the
interaction, a Magento service handles business rules, and the layout decides
where it appears.
## Build for reuse
Pass page-specific values through layout instead of hard-coding them into a
component class:
```xml
Vendor\Module\Magewire\ProductList10
```
Another page can bind `Vendor\Module\Magewire\ProductList` with a different
category ID. A theme can change the PHTML while keeping that PHP class.
An admin action or controller can call the same underlying Magento service
without copying business rules. See [Components](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/components.html)
and [Best practices](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/best-practices.html) for those patterns.
## Extend only what you need
Most modules need components, not new Magewire framework internals. A
[compatibility module](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/compatibility-module.html) contains
theme-specific loading and browser behavior; an ordinary Magento service
contains reusable business behavior. When a feature truly needs to
participate in Magewire's lifecycle, use a
[Feature](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/architecture/features.html) or a
[Mechanism](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/architecture/mechanisms/index.html).
Start with the [quickstart](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/index.html#quickstart) and add those layers
only when the feature calls for them.
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# How to use these docs
Start with [Basics](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/basics.html) if you have not built a Magewire component yet.
The guide gives you the PHP class, PHTML template, and Magento layout XML you
need to see an update in the browser. From there, [Components](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/components.html)
shows how to reuse the same class on more than one page.
Magewire 3 shares concepts with Livewire 3, but runs in Magento. Every guide
here aims to show the Magento files and the code you can put in them. Links to
[Livewire 3](https://livewire.laravel.com/docs/3.x/) are additional detail for
features that Magewire actually registers.
## Choose a path
| You want to… | Start here |
|---|---|
| Build an interactive storefront block | [Components](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/components.html), then [Properties](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/properties.html) and [Actions](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/actions.html) |
| Build a form | [`wire:model`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-model.html) and [`wire:submit`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-submit.html) |
| Keep one class reusable across pages | [Layout arguments](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/components.html#pass-initial-values-from-layout) and [Best practices](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/best-practices.html) |
| Integrate a theme | [Theming](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/index.html) and [Compatibility module](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/compatibility-module.html) |
| Add Magewire to the backend | [Admin installation](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/admin/installation.html) and [Building admin components](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/admin/building-admin-components.html) |
| Move a V1 component to V3 | [Upgrade](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/upgrade.html) and [Backwards compatibility](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/backwards-compatibility.html) |
## Use with an AI assistant
Give your assistant [llms.txt](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/llms.txt) as a starting
point. It lists the documentation by topic and links to the published guides.
For a task spanning many guides, use
[llms-full.txt](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/llms-full.txt), which contains the
complete navigated documentation in one file. The full file may be too large
for your assistant's context window.
These resources are manually refreshed snapshots for Magewire 3.x. Check the
refresh date in each file and consult the linked guides for changes since
then. Review generated code against the relevant guide, especially where
Magewire differs from Livewire.
## What "supported" means
The Magewire source contains ported Livewire classes that are not necessarily
active. Check the Magewire component API, area-specific feature registrations,
and companion packages before copying a Livewire example. For instance,
Livewire form objects and its validation feature are not registered in the
current Magewire runtime, even though similarly named code exists in the
source tree. Use a Magento service for validation and persistence.
When a guide describes an integration, install the package named on that page.
The Hyvä theme, Hyvä Checkout compatibility, and admin area each have their
own packages. A storefront example also needs the theme integration used by
your store.
## Contribute an example
A useful documentation example includes the component class, its template,
the layout binding, and any required module or theme setup. Show escaped PHTML
output and an authorization check for public actions that change data. If a
page is unclear or wrong, [contribute a correction](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/contribute.html) with the
Magewire version and a source or test that demonstrates the behavior.
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# Upgrade
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/upgrade.html (params: reference_url)
!!! tip "Laravel Livewire Documentation Reference"
Since Magewire is heavily inspired by Laravel Livewire, many concepts are either identical or very similar. To avoid duplicating documentation, this page only covers Magewire-specific and platform-specific details. For all general concepts and in-depth explanations, you can refer to the corresponding Laravel Livewire documentation.
[:fontawesome-solid-arrow-up-right-from-square: Livewire Reference](https://livewire.laravel.com/docs/3.x/upgrading){:target="_blank" .md-button .md-button--livewire }
This page covers upgrading from Magewire V1 to V3. For upgrades between V3 releases, such as 3.6 to 3.7, see
[Upgrade notes](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/releases/upgrade-notes.html). Read this page top-to-bottom the first time, then use it as a reference. Copy the checklist at the end into a ticket or PR description when you start the work.
## TL;DR
1. Upgrade PHP, Magento, and Composer requirements.
2. Install V3: `composer require magewirephp/magewire:^3.7.2`.
3. Install or update the appropriate theme compatibility package so Alpine is loaded once.
4. Add `#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility]` to legacy components, then test each interaction. The layer covers specific
V1 behaviors, and its directive rewrites currently run only on the Hyvä Checkout page. It is not a guarantee that
unchanged component code will work.
5. Migrate one component at a time using the checklist below.
6. Drop the BC attribute per component once it is fully V3-native.
7. Remove obsolete BC attributes and any companion package installed only for legacy compatibility.
The BC layer is the key insight: V3 does not force you to migrate on day one. You can upgrade, keep shipping, and migrate at your own pace.
## Versioning
Magewire V2 never existed. Magewire V1 was built on Livewire V2, which created persistent version confusion: a "Magewire 1" that was effectively at Livewire's v2 feature line. V3 aligns Magewire's major version with Livewire's, so V2 was skipped entirely. Going forward, Magewire's major version tracks Livewire's.
See [Versioning](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/versioning.html) for the full versioning scheme, including how subpackages are tagged.
## Requirements
Before running `composer update`, bring the surrounding environment up to spec.
- **Magento or Mage-OS** on a release line supported by the selected Magewire tag. Magewire 3.7's tested floor is Magento Open Source 2.4.6-p15 or Mage-OS 1.3.1.
- **PHP** `8.2` or later.
- **Composer 2**.
- **A compatible theme integration.** Magewire bundles Alpine, while the compatibility package coordinates it with the theme's own loader.
!!! warning "Do not remove theme assets globally"
A double-Alpine page fails in confusing ways, but removing a theme's loader globally can break pages without Magewire. For Hyvä, install `magewirephp/magewire-hyva-theme` and let it select the correct loader per page.
## Install the new version
```bash
composer require magewirephp/magewire:^3.7.2
bin/magento setup:upgrade
bin/magento setup:di:compile # production mode only
bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy # production mode only
bin/magento cache:flush
```
If you use the admin integration (new in V3), also install:
```bash
composer require magewirephp/magewire-admin
bin/magento module:enable Magewirephp_MagewireAdmin
bin/magento setup:upgrade
bin/magento cache:flush
```
In developer mode, skip the `di:compile` and `static-content:deploy` steps; Magento picks up the changes on the next request.
## Enable the backwards-compatibility layer
Magewire V3 ships a BC layer for specific V1 browser behaviors while components are migrated. It does not guarantee
that an unchanged V1 component will work. Turn it on per component with the
`#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility]` attribute, then test the complete interaction:
```php
use Magewirephp\Magewire\Features\SupportMagewireBackwardsCompatibility\HandleBackwardsCompatibility;
#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility]
class LegacyCart extends \Magewirephp\Magewire\Component
{
// The documented BC transformations are enabled for this component.
}
// Explicitly opt out: required for V3-native components inside the Hyvä Checkout container:
#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility(enabled: false)]
class ModernCart extends \Magewirephp\Magewire\Component { /* … */ }
```
The attribute lives in `Magewirephp\Magewire\Features\SupportMagewireBackwardsCompatibility`, **not** under `Attributes\`. Getting the namespace right matters; a wrong `use` statement silently leaves the component on V3 defaults.
### What the BC layer does automatically
When BC is enabled for a component, Magewire's PHP side:
- Adapts the selected V1 `updating*` and `updated*` hook argument shapes covered by its registered resolvers.
- Keeps `$this->id`, `$this->getPublicProperties()`, and the V1 `emit*()` family available on the base `Component` class via the `HandlesComponentBackwardsCompatibility` trait. These are present on every component, with or without BC.
The browser-side rewrites come from a companion package. On the Hyvä Checkout page, `magewirephp/magewire-hyva-checkout`:
- Rewrites `wire:model` → `wire:model.live`, `wire:model.defer` → `wire:model`, `wire:model.lazy` → `wire:model.blur`, `wire:model.delay.Xms` → `wire:model.live.debounce.Xms` for BC-enabled components.
- Maps V1's `$wire.sync(name, value)` onto `$wire.$set(name, value)`.
- Re-triggers deprecated JS hook names (`component.initialized`, `element.updating`, `message.sent`, …) alongside their V3 replacements.
- Proxies `component.data` → `component.$wire` and `component.deferredActions` → `component.queuedUpdates`.
Outside the Hyvä Checkout page, V1 directives are not rewritten, so migrate those templates as described under
[Breaking changes](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/upgrade.html#breaking-changes). No part of the BC layer changes `$wire.entangle('…')`; see
[Entangle is deferred by default](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/upgrade.html#entangle-is-deferred-by-default).
### What the BC layer does **not** do
You still have to manually handle:
- Custom lifecycle signatures that are not covered by the registered BC argument resolvers.
- Public property type mismatches.
- Validation rule format changes.
- Behavioural changes in Magento or Hyvä that Magewire wraps.
- Any custom JS that listens directly on internal APIs that moved.
BC buys time; it does not eliminate migration work.
### The `memo.bc.enabled` flag
BC pivots on a single flag in the snapshot memo: `memo.bc.enabled`. When present and truthy, a companion package's
directive shim activates for that component. The support Feature and deprecated PHP helpers remain registered on the
base component, so the flag should be understood as a behavior switch rather than complete removal of all BC code.
Resolution priority for the flag:
1. `#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility]` attribute (either `enabled: true` or `enabled: false`): wins in all cases.
2. Opt-in before render: `store($component)->set('magewire:bc', true)` from a Component Hook, Feature, or component resolver.
3. Companion default. Since `magewirephp/magewire-hyva-checkout` 3.1.0, a newly mounted component without an attribute is enabled when it renders inside `hyva-checkout-main`; see [Theming → Hyvä Checkout BC](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/hyva-checkout-bc.html).
4. Otherwise disabled.
## Breaking changes
The sections below cover the key source-verified changes. Custom integrations may depend on additional internal behavior,
so test the complete interaction rather than treating this as an exhaustive compatibility contract.
### `wire:model` is deferred by default
| V1 | V3 | Rewritten by BC? |
|---|---|---|
| `wire:model` | `wire:model.live` | On the Hyvä Checkout page |
| `wire:model.defer` | `wire:model` | On the Hyvä Checkout page |
| `wire:model.lazy` | `wire:model.blur` | On the Hyvä Checkout page |
| `wire:model.delay.500ms` | `wire:model.live.debounce.500ms` | On the Hyvä Checkout page |
V1's default was "sync on every keystroke", V3's default is "sync on form submit / next request". If you want instant sync in a V3 component, you must opt in with `.live`. The `.defer` / `.lazy` / `.delay` modifiers no longer exist in V3.
### Entangle is deferred by default
```html
…
…
```
BC does not change `entangle`: a bare call is deferred even in a BC-enabled component. Decide per `entangle` call whether you want live or deferred, and add `.live` where the component relied on V1's live default. Each call site may want a different answer.
### Event listeners use the `#[On]` attribute
```php
use Magewirephp\Magewire\Attributes\On;
// V1
protected $listeners = ['cart-updated' => 'refresh'];
public function refresh(): void { /* … */ }
// V3
#[On('cart-updated')]
public function refresh(): void { /* … */ }
```
`$listeners` still works (the base `Component` class still reads it) but is discouraged. `#[On]` gives better IDE support and lets a single method respond to multiple events via multiple attributes.
Dispatch from PHP with `$this->dispatch('event-name', foo: 'bar')`. This replaces V1's `$this->emit('event-name', ['foo' => 'bar'])`. The BC trait keeps `emit`, `emitUp`, `emitSelf`, and `emitTo` available, but they are thin wrappers around `dispatch()` now.
### Only your own public methods are browser actions
In V3, the browser can call public methods defined on your component, but not public methods inherited from
Magewire's `Component` or `Component\Form`. A V1 template or listener that calls an inherited helper directly, such as
`wire:click="reset"`, fails with `MethodNotFoundException`. Wrap the helper in an action of your own:
```php
public function clearEmail(): void
{
$this->reset('email');
}
```
Lifecycle hooks such as `mount`, `boot`, and `placeholder` cannot be called from the browser or used as listener
targets. Magewire 3.0.0 through 3.7.1 did not enforce all of this
([GHSA-64j9-rg74-hqc7](https://github.com/magewirephp/magewire/security/advisories/GHSA-64j9-rg74-hqc7)), so require
3.7.2 or later. See [Upgrade notes](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/releases/upgrade-notes.html#371-to-372).
### Hook / event renames (JS)
| V1 name | V3 name | BC auto-handled? |
|---|---|---|
| `component.initialized` | `component.init` | Yes |
| `element.initialized` | `element.init` | Yes |
| `element.updating` | `morph.updating` | Yes |
| `element.removed` | `morph.removed` | Yes |
| `message.sent` | `commit` | Yes |
| `message.failed` | `commit` → `fail()` | Yes |
| `message.received` | `commit` → `succeed()` | Yes |
| `message.processed` | `commit` → `succeed()` → `queueMicrotask` | Yes |
The V3 `commit` hook is callback-based: the before half runs synchronously; the returned closure receives `succeed` / `fail` / `respond` continuations you can hook into. See [Component Hooks](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/architecture/component-hooks.html) for the full signature.
### Component property aliases (JS)
| V1 | V3 | BC auto-handled? |
|---|---|---|
| `component.data` | `component.$wire` | Yes |
| `component.deferredActions` | `component.queuedUpdates` | Yes |
### PHP component API
| V1 | V3 | Status |
|---|---|---|
| `$this->emit('e', [...])` | `$this->dispatch('e', ...)` | V1 call kept under the BC trait; prefer `dispatch()`. |
| `$this->emitUp('e', ...)` | `$this->dispatch('e', ...)` | V3 events bubble by default; there is no `up()` modifier. |
| `$this->emitSelf('e', ...)` | `$this->dispatch('e', ...)->self()` | V1 kept; prefer `->self()` chain. |
| `$this->emitTo('other', 'e', …)` | `$this->dispatch('e', ...)->to('other')` | V1 kept; prefer `->to()` chain. |
| `$this->dispatchBrowserEvent('e', …)` | `$this->dispatch('e', ...)` and a browser event listener | V1 helper remains deprecated on the base component. `Component::js()` is not active. |
| `$this->getPublicProperties()` | `$this->all()` | V1 kept under BC trait. |
| `public $this->id` | `$this->id()` / `$this->getId()` | The deprecated public property currently remains on every base component through the BC trait. |
### Lifecycle hooks
V3 adds more lifecycle hooks than V1 exposed. All are optional:
| Hook | When it fires |
|---|---|
| `boot()` | Every request. On updates, public properties have already been restored, but `hydrate()` has not run yet. |
| `booted()` | Every request, after the mount or hydrate hook sequence. |
| `mount(...$namedArguments)` | Initial render only; receives named values from `magewire:mount:*`. |
| `hydrate()` | Every subsequent request, after public properties are restored. |
| `hydrateXxx()` | Hydrate for a specific property. |
| `updating($prop, $value)` | Before any property update. |
| `updatingXxx($value)` | Before a specific property updates. |
| `updated($prop, $value)` | After any property update. |
| `updatedXxx($value)` | After a specific property updates. |
| `rendering($view, $data)` | Before the template renders. |
| `rendered($view, $html)` | After the template renders. |
| `dehydrate()` | Before state is serialized back to snapshot. |
| `dehydrateXxx()` | Dehydrate for a specific property. |
| `exception(\Throwable $e, callable $stopPropagation)` | On exception. |
V1's `hydrate()` / `dehydrate()` signatures survive, while V3 adds per-property variants and `booted()`.
The framework calls trait `initialize*` hooks internally, but a plain `initialize()` method on the component is not a
public lifecycle hook in Magewire 3.7.
### `updating` / `updated` argument order
Generic V3 hooks receive the full property path followed by the new value:
`updating($fullPath, $newValue)` and `updated($fullPath, $newValue)`. Property-specific hooks receive the new value
and, for nested data, an optional key. The BC plugin can transform arguments for a BC-enabled component. Check the
`UpdatingUpdatedArgumentSwapResolver` rule if a V1 hook receives unexpected values.
### There is no `render()` method on `Component`
V1 examples occasionally showed a custom `render(): string` method to pick a template per state. V3 has no such method. The block's template renders automatically; to swap templates per state, use the `rendering` hook:
```php
public function rendering(): void
{
$this->magewireBlock()->setTemplate(
$this->state === 'review'
? 'Vendor_Module::magewire/review.phtml'
: 'Vendor_Module::magewire/default.phtml'
);
}
```
### Register service collections in the active area
Magewire's Feature, Mechanism, Synthesizer, and Resolver arrays are configured at Magento's area-specific DI stage.
An item added to the same array in global `etc/di.xml` can be replaced when Magento loads the later frontend or
adminhtml array. Register collection items in the area where Magewire uses them.
Do not move every Magewire-related `` block indiscriminately. Normal global preferences, plugins, and constructor
arguments remain valid in `etc/di.xml`; move the collection additions shown below to `etc/frontend/di.xml` and/or
`etc/adminhtml/di.xml`.
Registration targets:
```xml
Vendor\Module\Magewire\Features\MyFeature5000030Vendor\Module\Magewire\Synthesizers\MoneySynth
Vendor\Module\Mechanisms\ResolveComponents\ComponentResolver\MyResolver
```
### Features are Component Hooks now
V1's "Feature" convention was informal. V3 Features extend `Magewirephp\Magewire\ComponentHook` and expose a `provide()` method that subscribes to lifecycle events:
```php
use Magewirephp\Magewire\ComponentHook;
use Magewirephp\Magewire\Component;
use function Magewirephp\Magewire\on;
class SupportMyFeature extends ComponentHook
{
public function provide(): void
{
on('render', function (Component $component) {
return function (string $html) {
// After-render transformation.
return $html;
};
});
}
}
```
If you registered a V1 "feature" as a plugin or observer, consider whether it should become a real Component Hook because the middleware semantics are usually cleaner.
### Synthesizers replace V1's hydrators
V1 had a `HydratorInterface`. V3 uses **Synthesizers**: classes that explain how to serialise and deserialise a given type across the snapshot boundary.
Magewire ships synthesizers for scalars, arrays, `\stdClass`, and backed enums. A
`\Magento\Framework\DataObject` synthesizer is registered too, but its Magewire 3.7 array-cast implementation does
not guarantee a correct round trip for normal DataObject state. Keep that state in a public array until the
implementation is corrected. For custom value objects, write a `Synth` and register it:
```php
class MoneySynth extends \Magewirephp\Magewire\Mechanisms\HandleComponents\Synthesizers\Synth
{
public static $key = 'mny';
public static function match($target): bool
{
return $target instanceof \Vendor\Module\Model\Money;
}
public function dehydrate(Money $target, $dehydrateChild): array
{
return [['amount' => $target->amount(), 'currency' => $target->currency()], []];
}
public function hydrate($value, $meta, $hydrateChild): Money
{
return new Money($value['amount'], $value['currency']);
}
}
```
Old `HydratorInterface` implementations survive under `lib/MagewireBc/Model/HydratorInterface.php` but are wrapped; convert to Synthesizers when you can.
### Alpine.js is bundled and CSP
V3 ships the CSP build of Alpine inside its JavaScript bundle. Two consequences:
- Do not start a second Alpine instance on a Magewire page. Use the maintained theme compatibility package to
coordinate loaders instead of removing a theme's Alpine script globally.
- CSP-mode Alpine does not evaluate JavaScript expressions with `eval` / `new Function`. Arrow functions, template literals, destructuring, spread, and nested assignments inside Alpine *directive expressions* (`x-on:click="…"`, `x-init="…"`, etc.) are unavailable. Move complex logic into `Alpine.data()` registrations or a utility on `window.MagewireUtilities`.
Plain `
end(); ?>
```
Strip your hand-rolled nonces when you migrate the template. See [Fragments](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/concepts/fragments.html).
### Namespace changes
| V1 | V3 |
|---|---|
| `Magewirephp\Magewire\Attributes\HandleBackwardsCompatibility` *(never existed, common mis-import)* | `Magewirephp\Magewire\Features\SupportMagewireBackwardsCompatibility\HandleBackwardsCompatibility` |
| `Livewire\Mechanisms\HandleComponents\Synthesizers\Synth` | `Magewirephp\Magewire\Mechanisms\HandleComponents\Synthesizers\Synth` |
The `On` attribute namespace did **not** change: `Magewirephp\Magewire\Attributes\On`.
## Migration workflow
The sequence below is recommended for a module with more than a handful of V1 components. Treat each numbered step as a separate PR or commit. They are cleanest in isolation.
### 1. Install V3 with BC on everything
Add `#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility]` to every V1 component in the module. Run the test suite; visit the site. The goal here is not to change behaviour; it is to find what BC already covers. On the Hyvä Checkout page it also rewrites V1 directives. On other pages, V1 `wire:model` modifiers need step 2 before they behave as in V1.
### 2. Migrate wire directives
Find every `wire:model*` in templates and rewrite against the table above. Remove `.defer`, `.lazy`, `.delay`. Add `.live` where you need instant sync, `.blur` where you need on-blur, `.live.debounce.Xms` for debounced live.
```bash
grep -rn "wire:model" app/code your-theme/
```
### 3. Migrate entangle calls
Grep for `$wire.entangle(` and decide per call site whether you want `.live` (instant sync) or deferred (the V3 default).
```bash
grep -rn "entangle(" app/code your-theme/
```
### 4. Migrate `$listeners` arrays to `#[On]`
```bash
grep -rn "protected \$listeners" app/code
```
Each entry becomes an `#[On('event-name')]` attribute on the target method.
### 5. Migrate JS hook names
If your theme or custom JS listens on `message.sent`, `element.updating`, `component.initialized`, or friends, move those listeners to the V3 names (see the rename table above). On the Hyvä Checkout page the BC layer re-triggers the old names, but removing your dependency on the old names is the cleaner end state.
### 6. Migrate PHP component calls
- `$this->emit(…)` → `$this->dispatch(…)`.
- `$this->emitUp(…)` → `$this->dispatch(…)` because V3 events bubble by default.
- `$this->emitTo('other', …)` → `$this->dispatch(…)->to('other')`.
- `$this->getPublicProperties()` → `$this->all()`.
- `$this->id` → `$this->id()` or `$this->getId()`.
### 7. Move DI registrations
Move registrations that extend the `Magewirephp\Magewire\Features` or
`Magewirephp\Magewire\Mechanisms` item collections into `etc/frontend/di.xml` and, when needed,
`etc/adminhtml/di.xml`. Normal preferences, plugins, and constructor configuration may still belong in global
`etc/di.xml`; only move configuration that is explicitly area-scoped.
### 8. Drop the BC attribute per component
As each component becomes fully V3-native, switch its attribute to
`#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility(enabled: false)]` to disable the browser transformations. When every component in
the module is V3-native, remove the attribute entirely. Keep the opt-out on components inside `hyva-checkout-main`
while `magewirephp/magewire-hyva-checkout` is installed, because its container default applies again without it.
### 9. Remove obsolete BC integration
When every component on the site is migrated, remove the BC attributes. Do not edit Feature registration inside vendor
packages. If a companion package was installed solely to support legacy components and is no longer required, remove
that package through Composer and verify the merged layout before deployment.
## Hyvä Checkout
Hyvä Checkout V1 is wired for Livewire V2 semantics. Install `magewirephp/magewire-hyva-checkout`. Since package
3.1.0, which requires Magewire 3.7, newly mounted components without an attribute receive BC when they render inside
`hyva-checkout-main`. Add `#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility(enabled: false)]` to V3-native checkout components, add
`#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility]` to legacy components rendered outside that container, and verify the checkout end
to end.
See [Theming → Hyvä Checkout BC](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/hyva-checkout-bc.html) for the full detail.
## Admin (new in V3)
Magewire V1 was storefront-only. V3 supports admin components through the companion package `magewirephp/magewire-admin`. If the site has admin Magewire use cases such as reactive grids, inline editors, or wizards, install it alongside core. See [Admin → Installation](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/admin/installation.html) and [Admin → How it works](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/admin/how-it-works.html).
Admin components use the exact same layout-XML / PHTML / `$wire` conventions as storefront. The argument name in layout XML stays `magewire` (same as storefront). The `LayoutAdminResolver` picks up admin-area blocks automatically; you never reference `layout_admin` in your own XML.
## Common upgrade gotchas
The following issues have appeared during real upgrades. Check this list before opening an issue.
- **"`wire:click` stopped working after upgrade"**: you probably still have a second Alpine loaded. Check the theme bundle and any layout XML that adds Alpine's script.
- **"Half my snapshots fail checksum validation"**: the Magento crypt key changed between the snapshot being issued and the request arriving. Flush FPC; force one page reload.
- **"CSP violations on every inline script"**: wrap inline scripts in a Script fragment. See the [CSP fragments](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/upgrade.html#csp-fragments-replace-hand-rolled-nonces) section.
- **"A V1 component I added `#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility]` to still behaves V3"**: the attribute import is most likely wrong. The correct namespace is `Magewirephp\Magewire\Features\SupportMagewireBackwardsCompatibility\HandleBackwardsCompatibility`.
- **"`$this->emit` is used by migrated code"**: the current base component still carries the deprecated helper, but
new code should use `$this->dispatch()` so it does not depend on a compatibility trait that may be removed later.
- **"My observer listening on `message.sent` stopped firing"**: the JS-side hook is now `commit`. For server-side observer events see the table in [Features](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/architecture/features.html#faq).
- **"My Feature's `provide()` is never called"**: confirm it is an item on `Magewirephp\Magewire\Features` in the
active area's `etc/frontend/di.xml` or `etc/adminhtml/di.xml`. A global array addition can be replaced by the later
area-specific DI configuration.
- **"An `entangle` value no longer reaches the server immediately"**: a bare `$wire.entangle('…')` is deferred in V3, and BC does not change it. Add `.live` where each change must be sent immediately.
- **"A migrated checkout component behaves like V1 again"**: since `magewirephp/magewire-hyva-checkout` 3.1.0, components inside `hyva-checkout-main` without an attribute receive BC. Add `#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility(enabled: false)]`.
- **"`$wire.sync()` fails with a public method `sync` not found error"**: V1's `$wire.sync()` is mapped onto `$wire.$set()` only on the Hyvä Checkout page with `magewirephp/magewire-hyva-checkout` 3.1.0 or later. Use `$wire.$set(name, value)`.
## Verifying the upgrade
After migrating, confirm the end state:
1. **No V1 directive lingers.**
```bash
grep -rEn "wire:model(\.defer|\.lazy|\.delay)" app/code your-theme/
```
2. **No V1 hook name lingers.** Search JS for `message.sent`, `component.initialized`, `element.updating`, `element.removed`.
3. **No V1 PHP helper lingers.** Search for `->emit(`, `->emitUp(`, `->emitSelf(`, `->emitTo(`, `->dispatchBrowserEvent(`, `->getPublicProperties(`, `$this->id` accesses.
4. **No area-scoped service collection is registered globally.**
```bash
grep -lrn "Magewirephp\\\\Magewire" app/code/**/etc/di.xml
```
Inspect each match. Move only Features, Mechanisms, Hooks, Synthesizers, and Resolvers that extend area-scoped
collections. Keep valid global preferences, plugins, and constructor configuration where they belong.
5. **No component still carries `#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility]`** after migration. A repo-wide grep proves the migration is complete.
6. **Site health.** Click through the top ten most-trafficked Magewire components, watching the browser devtools Network tab for 4xx/5xx on `/magewire/update` and the console for CSP violations or Alpine warnings.
## Rolling back
If the upgrade surfaces a showstopper bug, you can roll back to V1 by restoring the previous `composer.lock`, running `composer install`, and flushing caches. Any V3-specific code (the `#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility]` attribute, `->dispatch()->to()` chains, `#[On]` attributes) will need to be reverted first; V1 will not understand them. Keep the migration PR small enough that the revert is reasonable.
## Migration checklist
Copy this into a PR description.
- [ ] PHP is on 8.2+ and the Magento or Mage-OS release is supported by the selected Magewire tag.
- [ ] Composer updated to `magewirephp/magewire:^3.7.2`.
- [ ] `magewirephp/magewire-admin` installed if the site uses Magewire in admin.
- [ ] The theme compatibility package ensures only one Alpine runtime starts on pages with and without Magewire components.
- [ ] Every existing component carries `#[HandleBackwardsCompatibility]` (imported from `Magewirephp\Magewire\Features\SupportMagewireBackwardsCompatibility\`).
- [ ] `wire:model.defer` → `wire:model`.
- [ ] `wire:model.lazy` → `wire:model.blur`.
- [ ] Bare `wire:model` → `wire:model.live` where instant sync is required.
- [ ] `wire:model.delay.Xms` → `wire:model.live.debounce.Xms`.
- [ ] Every `$wire.entangle('…')` audited: `.live` added where needed.
- [ ] Every `protected $listeners = […]` replaced with `#[On('event-name')]` attributes.
- [ ] Every `$this->emit*()` migrated to `$this->dispatch()` (with `->self()` or `->to()` where appropriate; events bubble without `->up()`).
- [ ] Every `$this->getPublicProperties()` migrated to `$this->all()`.
- [ ] Every `$this->id` access migrated to `$this->id()` / `$this->getId()`.
- [ ] Every deprecated JS hook name (`message.sent`, `component.initialized`, `element.updating`, `element.removed`) migrated to the V3 name.
- [ ] Every `component.data` / `component.deferredActions` JS access migrated to `component.$wire` / `component.queuedUpdates`.
- [ ] Every area-scoped Feature / Mechanism / Hook / Synthesizer / Resolver collection registration moved from global `etc/di.xml` to `etc/frontend/di.xml` (and `etc/adminhtml/di.xml` as needed).
- [ ] Inline `
end(); ?>
```
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SOURCE DOCUMENT: docs/pages/features/lazy-loading.md
SECTION: Features
CANONICAL URL: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/lazy-loading.html
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# Lazy Loading
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/lazy-loading.html (params: since_version)
!!! info "Magewire specific (since: 3.4.0)"
Lazy components postpone mounting and rendering until the browser needs them. This is useful for expensive components below the fold or components that do not need to delay the initial page response.
## Enable lazy loading
Use the `Lazy` attribute when a component should always load lazily:
```php
Vendor\Module\Magewire\Recommendationson-load
```
Accepted values are:
- `on-intersect` or `true`: load when the placeholder enters the viewport.
- `on-load`: load after the page initializes.
- `false`: disable lazy loading for this block, including when the class has `#[Lazy]`.
The layout value takes precedence over the component attribute.
## Placeholder
During the initial page render, Magewire skips the component's `mount()` method and normal template render. The component may provide a placeholder instead:
```php
public function placeholder(array $params = []): string
{
return '
Loading…
';
}
```
The returned value can be one-root HTML or a Magento template identifier:
```php
public function placeholder(array $params = []): string
{
return 'Vendor_Module::magewire/placeholder.phtml';
}
```
Without a custom placeholder, Magewire renders ``. Keep a stable single root element so the loaded component can replace it cleanly.
## Isolation and bundling
Lazy components are isolated into separate requests by default. Disable isolation when several lazy components should join the same request:
```php
#[Lazy(isolate: false)]
class Recommendations extends Component
{
}
```
Component parameters are resolved again from Magento layout data when the lazy request runs; they are not trusted from browser-provided placeholder state.
Since 3.7.2, Magewire accepts the load request only for a component that is still a lazy placeholder. The
`placeholder()` method is reserved for this feature, so do not use it as a browser action.
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SOURCE DOCUMENT: docs/pages/features/layout-overrides.md
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CANONICAL URL: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/layout-overrides.html
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# Layout Overrides
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/layout-overrides.html (params: since_version)
!!! info "Magewire specific (since: 3.7.0)"
A component class can be placed in several layout blocks. Three block arguments adjust one placement without
subclassing the component or changing its `$listeners` and `$loader` properties:
| Argument | Adjusts |
|---|---|
| `magewire:listeners` | Which events the component listens to, and which method handles each one. |
| `magewire:loader` | The [loader messages](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/javascript/features/magewire-loaders.html) shown during requests. |
| `magewire:modifiers` | Anything else, through PHP objects that run while the component is built. |
```xml title="view/frontend/layout/checkout_cart_index.xml"
refreshrefreshTotalsUpdating totals ... Totals updatedVendor\Module\Magewire\Modifier\StoreScope
```
Magento merges array arguments across layout files by item name, so a later layout file can change or remove an
item that an earlier one added.
## Listeners
Each item in `magewire:listeners` is keyed by an event name:
| Item value | Effect |
|---|---|
| `xsi:type="string"` with a method name | Adds the listener, or replaces the handler of an existing one. |
| `xsi:type="null"` or `xsi:type="boolean">false` | Removes the listener. |
The listener map is built in this order, where a later source wins for the same event name:
1. the component's `$listeners` property;
2. `#[On]` attributes;
3. `magewire:listeners`, merged across layout files;
4. [modifiers](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/layout-overrides.html#modifiers) that change the `listeners` argument.
A removed listener is left out of the event names the browser subscribes to on the first render. If a dispatch for
that name still reaches the server, the request fails with `EventHandlerDoesNotExist`
(`Handler for event … does not exist`). Before 3.7.0, the exception class itself was missing, so dispatching an event
without a handler failed with a class-not-found error instead.
Event names can contain `{property}` placeholders, such as `cart-updated:{storeId}`. They are resolved against the
component's state for listeners you add and for listeners you remove.
!!! note "Shorthand listeners can be removed, not reassigned"
A class listener declared without a key, such as `protected $listeners = ['refresh'];`, can be removed from layout.
Giving it another handler from layout has no effect, because the shorthand entry is matched first. Declare the
listener with an explicit event name in the class if placements need different handlers.
Magewire does not check handler methods when the block is built. When the event arrives:
- a public method defined on the component runs;
- a method the component does not declare is skipped, and the component re-renders;
- since 3.7.2, a method inherited from `Component` or `Component\Form`, such as `reset`, or a lifecycle hook, such as
`mount`, fails with `MethodNotFoundException`. See [Events](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/events.html#listener-targets).
## Loader messages
`magewire:loader` is merged over the class `$loader` map for this block only:
| Item value | Effect |
|---|---|
| `xsi:type="string"` | Sets or replaces the messages for that key. The string is translated with `__()`. |
| `xsi:type="null"` | Removes the key, so a broader key such as `*` can match instead. |
| `xsi:type="boolean">false` | Keeps the key with a `false` value. The action matches it and shows no notification, and broader keys are not used. |
`` turns off loader messages for the whole block. Use a keyed map
otherwise; a single string for the whole argument is accepted by the server but not displayed by the current
browser code.
The component's own `getLoader()` keeps returning the class value. See
[Magewire Loaders](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/javascript/features/magewire-loaders.html) for keys and message syntax.
## Modifiers
A modifier is a PHP class that implements
`Magewirephp\Magewire\Mechanisms\ResolveComponents\ComponentModifiers\ModifierInterface`:
```php title="Magewire/Modifier/StoreScope.php"
component() instanceof CartSummary) {
return;
}
$storeCode = $this->storeManager->getStore()->getCode();
$arguments = $context->arguments();
$listeners = $arguments->get('listeners', []);
$listeners['cart-updated:' . $storeCode] = 'refresh';
$loader = $arguments->get('loader', []);
$loader['refresh'] = [__('Refreshing cart')];
$arguments->merge(['listeners' => $listeners, 'loader' => $loader]);
}
}
```
`ComponentModifierContext` gives access to the component through `component()` and to the block's
`MagewireArguments` through `arguments()`.
- **Timing.** Modifiers run while the component is built, on the first render and on every update request. They run
after the block's arguments are collected and before the component receives its ID, name, and template, and before
`mount()` or hydration. Public properties therefore still hold their class defaults, also during updates.
- **Order.** Modifiers run in the order of the array, as merged by Magento. There is no sort order.
- **Changing arguments.** Use `merge()` on the arguments. `set()` does not overwrite an existing key, and `put()`
does not add a missing one.
- **Validation.** The argument must be an array, and every item must implement `ModifierInterface`; otherwise an
`InvalidArgumentException` is thrown. An item therefore cannot be switched off with `xsi:type="null"` in a later
layout file.
- **Instances.** Declare items with `shared="false"` when a modifier keeps state.
The interface extends Magento's `ArgumentInterface`, so layout XML can pass modifiers as `xsi:type="object"`
arguments.
## How the arguments reach the component
The layout resolver collects every block data key of the form `magewire:`, with exactly one colon, as a
top-level argument in camel case: `magewire:listeners` becomes `listeners`. The built-in resolvers inherit this
behavior. A [custom resolver](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/architecture/mechanisms/resolvers.html) supports these arguments only when
its `arguments()` object collects them from the block.
The build steps are:
1. the resolver collects the block's arguments;
2. the component receives its block, resolver, and layout lifecycle;
3. modifiers run;
4. the resolver assembles the component (ID, name, alias, and template);
5. the `magewire:component:build` hook fires;
6. `mount()` runs on the first render, or the snapshot is hydrated on an update.
## Related
- [Events](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/events.html): listeners and dispatching.
- [Magewire Loaders](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/javascript/features/magewire-loaders.html): loader keys and messages.
- [Components](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/components.html#advanced-block-arguments): other block arguments.
- [Resolvers](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/architecture/mechanisms/resolvers.html): how components are built from layout.
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SOURCE DOCUMENT: docs/pages/features/pagination.md
SECTION: Features
CANONICAL URL: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/pagination.html
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# Pagination
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/pagination.html (params: since_version)
!!! info "Magewire specific (since: 3.6.0)"
The `WithPagination` trait tracks page numbers and provides actions such as
`nextPage()` and `previousPage()`. Your component supplies the records and the
last-page boundary.
## Add pagination to a component
This small catalog keeps its data in memory so you can try the controls
without a database query. Use `getPage()` to select the current slice:
```php
getPage() - 1) * self::PER_PAGE;
return array_slice(self::PRODUCTS, $offset, self::PER_PAGE);
}
public function getLastPage(): int
{
return (int) ceil(count(self::PRODUCTS) / self::PER_PAGE);
}
}
```
Render one root element and call the trait's actions from the template:
```php title="view/frontend/templates/magewire/product-list.phtml"
getPage() ?>
getVisibleProducts() as $product): ?>
= $escaper->escapeHtml($product) ?>
= $escaper->escapeHtml(__('Page %1 of %2', $currentPage, $magewire->getLastPage())) ?>
```
For a real catalog, inject a Magento query service and request only one page
of results with a page size and current page. Avoid loading every product and
then calling `array_slice()`. The last page should come from the same filtered
query as the visible records. The trait does not know your collection size,
so enforce the upper bound in your own action or service if callers can request
arbitrary pages.
## Available methods
| Method | Result |
|---|---|
| `getPage($pageName = 'page')` | Return the current page, defaulting to `1`. |
| `previousPage($pageName = 'page')` | Move back one page without going below `1`. |
| `nextPage($pageName = 'page')` | Move forward one page. |
| `gotoPage($page, $pageName = 'page')` | Move to a specific page. |
| `resetPage($pageName = 'page')` | Return the paginator to page `1`. |
| `setPage($page, $pageName = 'page')` | Set state and run paginator lifecycle hooks. |
Numeric values at or below zero are clamped to page `1`.
## Multiple paginators
Pass a stable name when a component owns more than one paginator:
```php
public function getCurrentReviewPage(): int
{
return (int) $this->getPage('review-page');
}
public function previousReviewPage(): void
{
$this->previousPage('review-page');
}
public function nextReviewPage(): void
{
$this->nextPage('review-page');
}
```
The default paginator remains available under `page`; the named paginator above is stored under
`review-page`. Use wrapper actions when they make template intent clearer.
## Lifecycle hooks
`setPage()` calls generic hooks for every paginator:
```php
public function updatingPaginators(int $page, string $pageName): void
{
}
public function updatedPaginators(int $page, string $pageName): void
{
}
```
It also calls hooks derived from the paginator name. The default `page` paginator uses
`updatingPage()` and `updatedPage()`; `review-page` uses `updatingReviewPage()` and
`updatedReviewPage()`:
```php
public function updatedPage(int $page): void
{
// React to the default paginator.
}
public function updatedReviewPage(int $page): void
{
// React to the named paginator.
}
```
## Current limitations
As of Magewire 3.7, pagination deliberately covers component state and navigation only:
- page numbers are not synchronized with the browser URL or query string;
- a reload starts the component at page `1` unless the component restores state itself;
- Magewire does not provide paginator templates or override Magento/Laravel paginator views;
- `WithoutUrlPagination` is present for upstream compatibility but does not change behavior because
URL pagination is not enabled;
- the component must query, slice, and render the current result set itself.
These differences mean Livewire pagination examples that depend on `$records->links()` or URL-backed
page state cannot be copied directly into Magewire.
## Related
- [Actions](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/actions.html): invoking page navigation from the template.
- [Lifecycle Hooks](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/lifecycle-hooks.html): reacting to synchronized state changes.
- [Request Bundling](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/request-bundling.html): how component updates share browser requests.
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SOURCE DOCUMENT: docs/pages/features/magewire-template-directives.md
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# Template Directives
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/magewire-template-directives.html (params: since_version)
!!! info "Magewire specific (since: 3.0.0)"
Magewire compiles component `.phtml` templates before rendering them. The compiler supports Blade-like echo syntax and a focused set of `@` directives while keeping Magento's template variables available.
Compiled views live below `var/magewire/views/{area}/`. They are regenerated when the source changes. Clear them manually after changing compiler configuration or a directive:
```shell
bin/magento magewire:compile:clear
bin/magento magewire:compile:clear --area frontend
```
The compiler has been the `Mechanisms\HandleCompiling` mechanism since Magewire 3.3; the old `Features\SupportMagewireCompiling` namespace no longer exists.
## Echo syntax
```php
{{ $escaper->escapeHtml($label) }}
{!! $trustedHtml !!}
```
`{{ … }}` escapes output. `{!! … !!}` writes raw output and must only receive trusted HTML.
## Directives
| Syntax | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `@if($condition)` / `@elseif(...)` / `@else` / `@endif` | Conditional output. |
| `@foreach($items as $item)` / `@endforeach` | Iteration. |
| `@auth` / `@endauth` | Render for an authenticated customer. |
| `@guest` / `@endguest` | Render for a guest. |
| `@translate(value: 'Hello', escape: true)` | Translate and optionally escape an expression. |
| `@child('alias')` | Render a child block. |
| `@json(value: $data, flags: 0, depth: 512)` | Encode an expression as JSON. |
| `@escapeUrl($url)` | Escape a URL through Magento's escaper. |
| `@fragment('type')` / `@endfragment` | Wrap output in a typed fragment. |
| `@script` / `@endscript` | Wrap an inline script in the CSP-aware script fragment. |
`@template`, Magewire component/slot directives, and their generated counterparts are compiler internals. Do not call them directly from application templates unless their API becomes explicitly documented.
## Expression arguments
Magewire 3.3 added the `EXPRESSION_ARGUMENTS` parser. It preserves trusted PHP template expressions verbatim and understands named or positional arguments, nested structures, and literal `true`, `false`, and `null` values.
```php
@translate(value: $customer->getFirstname() ?: __('Guest'), escape: true)
@child($showSidebar ? 'sidebar.logged-in' : 'sidebar.guest')
@escapeUrl($block->getUrl('customer/account'))
```
Directives with more than one parameter require named arguments. A single-parameter directive may use a positional argument.
!!! danger "Template source must be trusted"
Expressions become PHP in the compiled template. Never construct directive source from request data, database content, or other untrusted strings.
## Extending the compiler
Compiler extension classes now live below:
```text
Magewirephp\Magewire\Mechanisms\HandleCompiling\View
```
Important extension points include `Directive`, `DirectiveArea`, `ScopeDirective`, `Management\DirectiveManager`, and the parser types below `Directive\Parser`.
Register a directive in an existing or custom `DirectiveArea` through area-specific `di.xml`. Prefixes map to areas; for example, the `escape` area exposes `@escapeUrl`. Keep compiled output small and delegate business logic to a service or a registered compiler action.
Available parser modes are `CONDITION`, `ITERATION_CLAUSE`, `FUNCTION_ARGUMENTS`, and `EXPRESSION_ARGUMENTS`. Use `EXPRESSION_ARGUMENTS` when arguments must remain valid PHP expressions at render time; use `FUNCTION_ARGUMENTS` only for the older token-style behavior.
See [Handle Compiling](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/architecture/mechanisms/handle-compiling.html) for the mechanism lifecycle.
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CANONICAL URL: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/notifications.html
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# Notifications
Notifications send toast-style messages from a component response to the registered notifier addon.
```php
$this->magewireNotifications()
->make(__('Saved.'))
->asSuccess();
```
`make()` expects a Magento `Phrase`, so use `__()` for translatable customer-facing text.
## Builder API
| Method | Effect |
|---|---|
| `make(Phrase $message, ?string $name = null)` | Create a notification, or return the already-created builder item with the same name. |
| `asSuccess()` / `asError()` / `asWarning()` / `asNotice()` | Select a standard message type. |
| `as(NotificationType $type)` | Select a notification enum value directly. |
| `withMessage(Phrase $message)` | Change the message on the builder item. |
| `withTitle(Phrase $title)` / `withoutTitle()` | Set or remove a title. |
| `withDuration(int $milliseconds)` | Set the browser display duration. The PHP default is 3000 ms. |
```php
$this->magewireNotifications()
->make(__('Order %1 confirmed.', $orderId), 'order-confirmation')
->asSuccess()
->withTitle(__('Order confirmation'))
->withDuration(5000);
```
## Named notifications
Names de-duplicate notifications within the current builder collection. Calling `make()` again with the same name returns the existing item; it does not automatically replace its message or type. Update that item through the fluent methods:
```php
$notification = $this->magewireNotifications()
->make(__('Saving…'), 'save-progress')
->asNotice();
// Later in the same response-building flow:
$this->magewireNotifications()
->make(__('Ignored because the name already exists.'), 'save-progress')
->withMessage(__('Saved.'))
->asSuccess();
```
## JavaScript access
```javascript
document.addEventListener('magewire:init', async () => {
await window.MagewireAddons.notifier.create('Saved.', {
type: 'success',
duration: 3000,
})
}, { once: true })
```
See [Magewire Notifier](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/javascript/addons/magewire-notifier.html) for lifecycle methods and hooks, and
[Core styles](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/styles.html) to restyle the notifications.
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SOURCE DOCUMENT: docs/pages/features/loading-indicator.md
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CANONICAL URL: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/loading-indicator.html
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# Loading Indicator
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/loading-indicator.html (params: since_version)
!!! info "Magewire specific (since: 3.7.0)"
The loading indicator places a spinner over a component while one of its requests is slow. It works without any
template changes and is enabled by default after upgrading. It is separate from
[`wire:loading`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-loading.html), which you place on elements yourself, and from
[Magewire loaders](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/javascript/features/magewire-loaders.html), which show notifier messages from a `$loader`
map.
## When it appears
By default, the indicator only covers components that update because they handle a dispatched event. A request
counts when one of its calls is Magewire's internal `__dispatch` call, which is what a component's
[event listener](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/events.html) produces. The component the customer clicked or typed into is left to its own
`wire:loading` states.
Enable **Show Spinner on Interacted Components** to let every request count, including the component the customer
interacted with:
```text
Stores → Configuration → Advanced → Magewire → Features → Loading Indicator
```
| Setting | Config path | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Show Spinner on Interacted Components | `magewire/features/loading_indicator/show_interacted` | No |
The field is available per website and store view. With it enabled, polls, lazy loads, and updates started from
JavaScript count as well. The value is written into the page, so clean the `config`, `block_html`, and `full_page`
caches after changing it.
## Adaptive delay
The spinner appears only when a request is still running after a threshold. The threshold adapts to the component's
recent response times and to the connection:
| Condition | Threshold |
|---|---|
| Slow connection: `effectiveType` of `slow-2g` or `2g`, a round-trip time of 600 ms or more, or a downlink below 1 Mbps | 250 ms |
| Fewer than two recorded requests for the component | 500 ms |
| Median of the recorded requests is 600 ms or more | 250 ms |
| Median is 250 ms or less | 700 ms |
| Any other median | 500 ms |
The connection check uses the Network Information API where the browser supports it. Magewire records the duration
of every request per component name, keeps the last five, and stores them in `sessionStorage` under
`magewire:loading-indicator:timings`. When storage is not available, the samples are kept in memory for the page. A
component that is usually slow therefore shows the spinner sooner, and one that is usually fast rarely shows it.
These timings are browser-local heuristics, separate from the per-action timings used by
[Magewire loaders](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/javascript/features/magewire-loaders.html#fast-request-suppression).
## Rendering and accessibility
When the spinner is shown, Magewire appends an overlay as the last child of the component's root element:
```html
```
- The component root receives `aria-busy="true"`, and its previous value is restored afterwards.
- A root with `position: static` temporarily receives `position: relative` so the overlay can cover it.
- The overlay is transparent and uses `pointer-events: none`, so it does not block interaction.
- The overlay is re-attached after the component morphs.
- With `prefers-reduced-motion: reduce`, the spinner does not rotate.
The `aria-label` is translatable through the `Loading` phrase.
## Customize
Change the spinner color with a token, which can be set on `:root` or on a component:
```css
:root {
--magewire-loading-indicator-color: #1d4ed8;
}
```
Replace the spinner icon:
```xml
```
The overlay and spinner classes, `.magewire-loading-indicator` and `.magewire-loading-indicator-spinner`, are part of
the [core styles](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/styles.html).
## Disable the indicator
There is no configuration switch that turns the indicator off. Remove its layout blocks in a theme or module layout
file:
```xml title="view/frontend/layout/default.xml"
```
Remove all three. The UI subscribes to `window.MagewireAddons.loadingIndicator`, and the addon reads its thresholds
from `window.MagewireUtilities.loadingIndicatorTiming`. Removing the addon but keeping the UI block, or removing the
timing utility but keeping the addon, causes browser errors.
There is no per-component opt-out.
## JavaScript API
The addon is registered as `window.MagewireAddons.loadingIndicator`:
| Method | Result |
|---|---|
| `subscribe(listener)` | Call `listener(entry)` whenever an entry is shown or hidden. Returns an unsubscribe function. |
| `get(id)` | Return the entry for a component ID, or `null`. |
| `start(component, eligible = true)` | Track a request and return a `finish()` function. Only eligible requests can show the spinner, but every request is recorded. |
| `schedule(entry)` | Re-evaluate when an entry should become visible. |
| `cancel(id)` | Stop tracking a component and hide its spinner. |
An entry has the shape `{ id, component, requests, visible, timer }`. The addon hooks into Magewire's `commit` hook
itself; call `start()` only to track work that does not go through a Magewire commit.
The timing utility is registered as `window.MagewireUtilities.loadingIndicatorTiming`:
| Method | Result |
|---|---|
| `samples(name)` | Recorded durations for a component name. |
| `record(name, duration)` | Add a duration in milliseconds. |
| `threshold(name)` | The current threshold in milliseconds. |
| `shouldShow(name, elapsed)` | Whether `elapsed` has reached the threshold. |
## Related
- [`wire:loading`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-loading.html): element-level loading states.
- [Magewire loaders](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/javascript/features/magewire-loaders.html): notifier messages during requests.
- [Core styles](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/styles.html): the overlay classes and tokens.
- [Layout](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/architecture/layout.html): where the loading-indicator blocks live.
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SOURCE DOCUMENT: docs/pages/features/rate-limiting.md
SECTION: Features
CANONICAL URL: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/rate-limiting.html
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# Rate Limiting
Magewire can throttle update traffic with a cache-backed sliding window. It is **disabled by default** and configured at:
```text
Stores → Configuration → Advanced → Magewire → Features → Rate Limiting
```
Public component methods still require authorization and input validation. Rate limiting limits volume; it does not make an unsafe action secure.
## Variants
The variants are mutually exclusive:
| Variant | Enforcement | Budget |
|---|---|---|
| None | No rate limiting. This is the default. | — |
| Requests only | Runs once in the 3.5 request-filter pipeline, before component reconstruction. | Configurable maximum and decay window. |
| Components only | Runs for each reconstructed component. | Fixed at 4 attempts per 5 seconds. |
The component variant currently has no per-component attribute or configurable component-specific budget. The admin field description may suggest otherwise, but the runtime uses the fixed budget above.
## Request scope
For the request variant:
- **Shared** uses one budget for the request fingerprint. A bundled request consumes one attempt regardless of component count.
- **Isolated** maintains a budget per component identifier. Each component in a bundled request consumes its own attempt, and one exhausted component rejects the request.
`Max Attempts` and `Decay Seconds` configure the sliding window for this variant.
Rate limiting is always evaluated in production mode. In default or developer mode it is skipped unless **Enable in Developer Mode** is set to Yes.
## Temporary lockouts
Since Magewire 3.6, repeated rejections can escalate into a temporary lockout. It is disabled by default
and configured in the **Lockout** group below the normal rate-limit settings:
| Setting | Default | Meaning |
|---|---:|---|
| Enable Lockout | No | Enables warning tracking and temporary lockouts. |
| Warnings Before Lockout | 3 | Rejections required inside one active rate-limit window. |
| Lockout Seconds | 60 | How long the request origin remains blocked. |
Warnings expire with the active limiter window; old rejections do not accumulate indefinitely. The
lockout is shared across the request and component variants and is keyed by an opaque request
fingerprint. Magewire prefers the Magento session identifier and falls back to the remote address,
then includes the user agent and hashes the result before using it as a cache key.
An active lockout is rejected before component reconstruction. The response remains HTTP 429 and
adds `Retry-After` with the remaining whole seconds. The frontend stores that deadline for the
current browser session and aborts Magewire update requests until it expires, including after a
page reload.
## Rejection behavior
A rejected request receives HTTP 429. A normal rate-limit rejection does not include `Retry-After`;
an active lockout does. Magewire's request-filter bridge marks its short customer-facing message
with `X-Magewire-Message-Severity`, allowing a theme notifier, or a browser alert fallback, to present
it safely. Generic server error bodies and stack traces do not receive that marker.
The core feature does not provide a log-only mode and does not write special `MagewireRateLimit` entries. Use your infrastructure metrics, Magento logging extension, or a custom request filter when additional observability is required.
## Related
- [Request Filters](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/request-filters.html)
- [Actions](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/actions.html)
- [Security](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/security.html)
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# Redirects
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/redirects.html (params: reference_url)
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A component action can send the browser to another URL by calling `$this->redirect()`. The redirect
happens after the action finishes; it's queued as an effect on the response and performed by the JS
runtime, so it works the same whether triggered on an initial render or a `wire:click` update.
## Redirecting from an action
```php
use Magewirephp\Magewire\Component;
class SaveAddress extends Component
{
public function save(): void
{
// … persist the address …
$this->redirect('/checkout/payment');
}
}
```
Pass any URL string. To build a Magento URL, resolve it the usual way (e.g. a `UrlInterface`
dependency on your component) and hand the result to `redirect()`:
```php
$this->redirect($this->urlBuilder->getUrl('checkout/cart'));
```
## What happens under the hood
`redirect()` is provided by the `SupportRedirects` feature. It:
1. Stores the target URL on the component's data store.
2. On `dehydrate`, adds a `redirect` effect to the component's snapshot.
3. **Skips the re-render** by default: there's no point rendering a component you're navigating away
from. (Controlled by the `livewire.render_on_redirect` config; off by default.)
The browser receives the `redirect` effect and performs the navigation.
!!! note "The `$navigate` argument"
`redirect()` accepts a second `$navigate` argument that opts into SPA-style navigation. That
pathway is **not ready for use in Magewire yet**: call `redirect()` with a URL only, and let the
browser perform a normal full navigation.
## Related
- [Actions](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/actions.html): where redirects are typically triggered.
- [Lifecycle Hooks](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/lifecycle-hooks.html): `dehydrate`, where the redirect effect is added.
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# Request Bundling
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/request-bundling.html (params: reference_url)
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Magewire collects component commits created in the same short browser window and sends compatible commits in one HTTP
request. Each component keeps its own snapshot and response effects; bundling changes the transport, not component
ownership.
For example, two updates initiated in the same browser task can share one call to Magewire's update route:
```html
```
The browser runtime waits approximately five milliseconds before forming request pools. Do not write application logic
that depends on two user interactions always landing in the same bundle: browser timing, isolation, and an in-flight
request can place them in separate requests.
## Nested components
Layout nesting alone does not make component updates atomic. The browser runtime can co-locate parent and child commits
when their snapshots contain prop or binding metadata that requires coordinated updates. Independent components may
bundle as a transport optimization, but they still render and dehydrate separately.
Lazy components are isolated by default, so their first load normally receives its own request. Set the lazy-loading
attribute's `isolate` option to `false` only when that request may safely bundle with other work. See
[Lazy Loading](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/lazy-loading.html).
## Operational consequences
- One failed HTTP request can affect every commit carried by that pool.
- A bundle can be larger than a single-component update, so inspect the `components` array when profiling payloads.
- Under request rate limiting, **shared** scope consumes one attempt per bundled request, while **isolated** scope tracks
the component identifiers inside it.
- Authorization and validation still run per public action; bundling is not a transaction or a security boundary.
Use the browser network panel to see whether updates actually bundled. See [Rate Limiting](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/rate-limiting.html),
[Performance](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/performance.html), and [Request Filters](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/request-filters.html) for server-side behavior.
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# Offline States
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/offline-states.html (params: reference_url)
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Magewire listens for the browser's `online` and `offline` events. Use `wire:offline` to reveal a message or change an
element while the browser reports that network access is unavailable:
```php title="view/frontend/templates/magewire/account/form.phtml"
= $escaper->escapeHtml(__('You are offline. Changes cannot be saved yet.')) ?>
```
Magewire's base CSS hides a plain `wire:offline` element until the offline event fires. The `.class`, `.attr`, and
`.remove` modifiers can alter an existing element instead of toggling its display; see the Livewire reference for their
complete syntax.
## What offline detection means
An offline event describes the browser's network state. It does not prove that Magento, the Magewire update route, or a
specific upstream service is healthy. A captive portal, proxy failure, expired session, or HTTP error can still occur
while the browser considers itself online.
Keep server-side error handling in place and preserve the user's input after a failed request. `wire:offline` is useful
feedback, not a replacement for validation, exception handling, or retry design.
Polling pauses while the runtime is offline and resumes after an `online` event. Magewire does not queue arbitrary
component actions for replay, so do not promise that a click made offline will be submitted automatically later.
See [`wire:offline`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-offline.html), [Exception Handling](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/exception-handling.html), and
[Troubleshooting](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/troubleshooting.html).
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# wire:click
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-click.html (params: reference_url)
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Use `wire:click` to call a public component method when an element is clicked:
```php title="view/frontend/templates/magewire/counter.phtml"
```
Arguments can be passed in the expression, but they originate in browser-controlled markup. Resolve sensitive entities
again on the server and authorize the action instead of trusting an ID because it appeared in the template.
```html
```
Event modifiers such as `.prevent`, `.stop`, `.once`, and `.debounce` are handled through Alpine. Refer to the Livewire
3 page for the complete modifier syntax. Combine the action with [`wire:loading`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-loading.html) when the control
needs visible pending state.
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# wire:submit
Use `wire:submit` on a form to call a PHP action without a full page reload.
Magewire prevents the browser's normal form submission and sends the current
`wire:model` values with the action.
## Save a customer name
This example belongs on a customer account page. It loads the current name
on the first render, checks the logged-in customer on every request, and
saves through Magento's customer repository.
```php title="Magewire/AccountName.php"
customerSession->isLoggedIn()) {
throw new AuthorizationException(__('Please sign in first.'));
}
}
public function mount(): void
{
$customer = $this->customers->getById((int) $this->customerSession->getCustomerId());
$this->firstName = (string) $customer->getFirstname();
}
public function save(): void
{
$name = trim($this->firstName);
if ($name === '' || mb_strlen($name) > 50) {
$this->error = (string) __('Enter a name of 1 to 50 characters.');
return;
}
$customer = $this->customers->getById((int) $this->customerSession->getCustomerId());
$customer->setFirstname($name);
$this->customers->save($customer);
$this->firstName = $name;
$this->error = '';
$this->magewireNotifications()->make(__('Name saved.'))->asSuccess();
}
}
```
The action reloads the customer using the current session ID. It never
accepts a customer ID from the browser. For a larger workflow, move
validation and persistence into a Magento service that other entry points
can use too.
```php title="view/frontend/templates/magewire/account-name.phtml"
```
Bind the class and template using the same layout argument as any other
component:
```xml title="view/frontend/layout/customer_account_edit.xml"
Vendor\Module\Magewire\AccountName
```
The layout snippet sits inside the usual `…` file.
Magento's account edit page already has its own form, so place this block
deliberately in a suitable container or account tab for your storefront.
## While the request runs
Magewire temporarily disables form controls during submission. The
`wire:loading` elements above make the state visible and
`wire:loading.attr="disabled"` prevents repeated saves. A client-side
`required` attribute is helpful feedback, but the PHP action still validates
the value before persistence. Magewire does not register Livewire's form
object or `#[Validate]` feature in the current runtime.
See [`wire:model`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-model.html) for when input changes reach the server and
[Actions](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/essentials/actions.html) for authorization patterns.
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# wire:model
`wire:model` binds an input to a public component property. A plain binding
keeps the browser-side value until the next action or submit request:
```php title="view/frontend/templates/magewire/profile.phtml"
```
The matching component declares `public string $displayName = '';` and a
`save()` action. The action validates the submitted value before using it.
## Choose when to send a request
Use a live binding when server-rendered results should change as the user
types. For a product search, debounce the requests:
```php
```
Use `.blur` for a field that should update after the user leaves it:
```php
```
| Modifier | Request timing |
|---|---|
| none | On the next action, submit, or explicit commit. |
| `.live` | While the value changes; text inputs use a 150 ms debounce by default. |
| `.blur` | When the control loses focus. |
| `.change` | When the browser emits a change event. |
| `.lazy` | Supported as an alias for `.change`. |
For a complete form, see [`wire:submit`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-submit.html). All bound values are
browser-controlled input. Keep secrets and permission decisions out of public
properties and validate values before persistence.
!!! info "Migrating from Magewire V1"
V1's `wire:model` synchronized with the server by default. V3 defers a plain binding, and `.live` opts into
immediate synchronization. `.lazy` remains an alias for `.change`; use `.blur` when focus loss is the intended
trigger. See [Upgrade](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/getting-started/upgrade.html).
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# wire:loading
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-loading.html (params: reference_url)
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`wire:loading` toggles an element for the duration of a component commit. Magewire's base CSS hides loading elements
before the browser runtime starts, preventing an initial flash.
```php
= $escaper->escapeHtml(__('Saving…')) ?>
```
Use `wire:target` to limit the state to a specific action or property update. Without a target, the element responds to
compatible commits from its component. Delay modifiers avoid flashing an indicator for fast requests; display, class,
attribute, and removal modifiers follow the Livewire 3 behavior.
For page-level notifier messages driven by a PHP configuration map, see
[Magewire Loaders](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/advanced/javascript/features/magewire-loaders.html). Since Magewire 3.7, slow requests from
components that handle dispatched events also show a spinner over the component without any markup; see
[Loading Indicator](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/loading-indicator.html).
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# wire:cloak
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-cloak.html (params: reference_url)
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`wire:cloak` marks content that should remain hidden until Magewire initializes, then the browser runtime removes the
attribute.
```php
= $escaper->escapeHtml(__('Reactive account controls are ready.')) ?>
```
!!! warning "Add the hiding rule"
Magewire 3.7 removes the `wire:cloak` attribute when it initializes, but its [core stylesheet](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/styles.html) only defines the equivalent `x-cloak` rule. Add the following
rule to your theme until core supplies it:
```css
[wire\:cloak] {
display: none !important;
}
```
Do not cloak essential content that must remain usable when JavaScript fails. For Alpine-owned markup, use `x-cloak`
with the rule already supplied by Magewire's base styles.
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# wire:dirty
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-dirty.html (params: reference_url)
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`wire:dirty` reacts when the component's browser-side value differs from the last server-confirmed value. It is useful
for unsaved-change labels and field styling.
```php
= $escaper->escapeHtml(__('Unsaved changes')) ?>
```
When placed on an element with `wire:model`, the directive watches that property automatically. Use `wire:target` to
watch one or more named properties from another element. Magewire clears the dirty state after the server response is
merged.
Dirty state is only a UI comparison. It does not replace server-side validation, persistence checks, or protection
against concurrent changes.
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# wire:confirm
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-confirm.html (params: reference_url)
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Add `wire:confirm` to an action element when the browser should ask for confirmation before Magewire sends the call:
```php
```
The `.prompt` modifier can require an exact phrase for especially deliberate actions; its expression contains the
question and expected response separated by `|`. See the Livewire 3 reference for that syntax.
Confirmation runs entirely in the browser and can be bypassed. The component action must still authorize the current
customer or admin user, validate the target, and handle repeated calls safely.
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# wire:transition
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-transition.html (params: reference_url)
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`wire:transition` applies Alpine transitions when Magewire adds or removes an element during DOM morphing:
```php
showDetails): ?>
= $escaper->escapeHtml($magewire->details) ?>
```
It also works alongside `wire:show`, where the element stays in the DOM and its visibility changes. Transition
modifiers are Alpine modifiers; make sure the CSS classes or utility styles they rely on are present in the storefront
build.
Use transitions for presentation only. The server-rendered condition remains the source of truth for whether content
exists after a component update.
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# wire:init
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-init.html (params: reference_url)
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`wire:init` calls an action after the component has initialized in the browser:
```php
```
This creates an additional Magewire request after the initial Magento page response. Use `mount()` for state required
during the first render, and use [lazy loading](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/lazy-loading.html) when an entire expensive component should be
deferred. `wire:init` is best for optional work that should begin immediately after the page becomes interactive.
Always provide an action expression. In Magewire 3.7, a bare `wire:init` attribute is read as an empty string and does
not reliably fall back to `$refresh`.
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# wire:poll
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-poll.html (params: reference_url)
!!! tip "Laravel Livewire Documentation Reference"
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`wire:poll` refreshes a component or calls an action on an interval:
```php
= $escaper->escapeHtml($magewire->statusLabel) ?>
```
The default interval is two seconds. Use an explicit interval appropriate for Magento's application and database load.
The `.visible` modifier pauses polling while the element is outside the viewport. Background tabs are heavily
throttled unless `.keep-alive` is present, and polling pauses while the browser reports that it is offline.
Polling creates normal component requests, so caching, rate limiting, authorization, and observability still apply.
For frequently changing global data, consider whether a purpose-built push or cached endpoint is a better fit than many
simultaneous customer sessions polling Magento.
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# wire:offline
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-offline.html (params: reference_url)
!!! tip "Laravel Livewire Documentation Reference"
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`wire:offline` toggles an element when the browser emits its offline and online events:
```php
= $escaper->escapeHtml(__('You are offline.')) ?>
```
Magewire's base CSS hides a plain offline element initially. The `.class`, `.attr`, and `.remove` modifiers can update an
existing control instead. Detection reflects browser network state only; it is not a health check for Magento or the
Magewire update route.
See [Offline States](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/offline-states.html) for failure-handling and polling considerations.
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# wire:ignore
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-ignore.html (params: reference_url)
!!! tip "Laravel Livewire Documentation Reference"
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Use `wire:ignore` when a third-party script owns an element's DOM and Magewire must not morph it:
```html
```
The ignored markup no longer receives server-rendered updates. Synchronize the widget's value deliberately through a
hidden `wire:model`, `$wire.set()`, or a custom browser integration, and destroy the widget when its surrounding
component is removed.
`wire:ignore.self` ignores changes to the element's own attributes while allowing its children to morph.
`wire:ignore.children` preserves its children while allowing the root attributes to update. Use the narrowest form
that protects the third-party widget.
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# wire:replace
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-replace.html (params: reference_url)
!!! tip "Laravel Livewire Documentation Reference"
Since Magewire is heavily inspired by Laravel Livewire, many concepts are either identical or very similar. To avoid duplicating documentation, this page only covers Magewire-specific and platform-specific details. For all general concepts and in-depth explanations, you can refer to the corresponding Laravel Livewire documentation.
[:fontawesome-solid-arrow-up-right-from-square: Livewire Reference](https://livewire.laravel.com/docs/3.x/wire-replace){:target="_blank" .md-button .md-button--livewire }
`wire:replace` tells Magewire to replace an element's children instead of morphing them individually:
```php
= $block->getChildHtml('third-party-widget') ?>
```
Use it when preserving intermediate DOM nodes would leave a widget or browser-managed subtree in an invalid state.
The `.self` modifier replaces the element itself rather than only its contents.
Replacement discards browser state, focus, event listeners, and third-party instances below the replaced boundary.
Prefer normal morphing for forms and interactive controls unless complete replacement is intentional; use
[`wire:ignore`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-ignore.html) when the browser widget, rather than the server render, should retain ownership.
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# wire:show
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-show.html (params: reference_url)
!!! tip "Laravel Livewire Documentation Reference"
Since Magewire is heavily inspired by Laravel Livewire, many concepts are either identical or very similar. To avoid duplicating documentation, this page only covers Magewire-specific and platform-specific details. For all general concepts and in-depth explanations, you can refer to the corresponding Laravel Livewire documentation.
[:fontawesome-solid-arrow-up-right-from-square: Livewire Reference](https://livewire.laravel.com/docs/3.x/wire-show){:target="_blank" .md-button .md-button--livewire }
`wire:show` toggles an element's visibility from a component property without removing the element from the DOM:
```php
= $block->getChildHtml('filters') ?>
```
Magewire maps the directive to Alpine's `x-show`, so visibility changes as soon as browser-side component state
changes. Prefix the expression with `!` to invert it and combine it with `wire:transition` when the change should be
animated.
Hidden content remains in the DOM. Use a PHP conditional when the server must omit sensitive or expensive markup
entirely; CSS visibility is never an authorization boundary.
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# wire:stream
`wire:stream` marks an element as the destination for content sent while an
action is still running. This can show progress during a long request.
```php title="Magewire/ImportPreview.php"
stream('preview-status', (string) __('Reading the file…'), true);
// Call your Magento import-preview service here.
// Keep actual imports and irreversible work in a dedicated service.
$this->stream('preview-status', (string) __('Preview ready.'), true);
}
}
```
```php title="view/frontend/templates/magewire/import-preview.phtml"
```
The third `stream()` argument replaces earlier content instead of appending.
Do not assume that streamed output has reached the browser until the
transport and hosting stack have been tested.
## Magento output buffering
Magewire disables output buffering on the update controller for streaming
actions, but PHP, the web server, or a proxy may still buffer the response. If
updates appear only after the action finishes, check:
1. PHP `output_buffering` in `php.ini` or the FPM pool;
2. `ob_*` calls from observers or plugins;
3. web-server proxy buffering;
4. Varnish or CDN buffering on the update route.
Streaming changes how progress is displayed; it does not replace
authorization, validation, or a job queue for work that outlives the request.
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# wire:text
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/html-directives/wire-text.html (params: reference_url)
!!! tip "Laravel Livewire Documentation Reference"
Since Magewire is heavily inspired by Laravel Livewire, many concepts are either identical or very similar. To avoid duplicating documentation, this page only covers Magewire-specific and platform-specific details. For all general concepts and in-depth explanations, you can refer to the corresponding Laravel Livewire documentation.
[:fontawesome-solid-arrow-up-right-from-square: Livewire Reference](https://livewire.laravel.com/docs/3.x/wire-text){:target="_blank" .md-button .md-button--livewire }
`wire:text` writes a component property into an element's text content:
```html
```
Magewire maps this directive to Alpine's `x-text`. Because it writes text rather than HTML, markup in the value is not
interpreted by the browser. Prefix the expression with `!` for a boolean inverse, or use a normal escaped PHP expression
when the value only needs to change after a server render.
Use a translated, server-formatted public property for customer-facing currency, dates, and labels. Do not move Magento
formatting rules into the directive expression.
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# Fragments
!!! tip "Fragments can also be used outside Magewire components!"
A **Fragment** is an explicitly scoped slice of output: a region of a template or a string of rendered HTML that Magewire can validate, enhance, and transform before it reaches the browser. Fragments underpin Magewire's CSP support and other features that need a second pass over inline markup. The built-in developer annotation is registered specifically on Script fragments.
Think of a fragment as a typed buffer: you tell Magewire *what kind of output this is* (a ``).
- **Decorate** the root element (attributes, nonces, data-flags).
- **Register with other subsystems** (dynamic CSP collector and Magewire slots).
- **Swap rendering strategy** by environment (developer mode adds a debug attribute; production doesn't).
The template author writes normal-looking markup; the framework makes it safe, observable, and policy-compliant.
## The smallest example
```html
getData('view_model')->utils()->fragment();
?>
make()->script()->start() ?>
end() ?>
```
- `utils()->fragment()` resolves the `Fragment` utility from the Magewire ViewModel.
- `->make()` returns the `FragmentFactory`.
- `->script()` instantiates a `Script` fragment.
- `->start()` opens an output buffer; `->end()` closes it, runs validators and modifiers, and echoes the result.
On a cached page, the Csp modifier hashes the inline JS and registers the hash in the dynamic CSP collection. On an uncached request, it injects a `nonce="..."` attribute instead. The template author never has to think about any of that.
## Built-in fragment types
Available on `FragmentFactory` (and therefore on `$viewModel->utils()->fragment()->make()`):
| Method | Class | Intended use |
|---|---|---|
| `html()` | `Fragment\Html` | Generic HTML with root-element attribute decoration. |
| `script()` | `Fragment\Script` | Inline `'));
}
/**
* Returns the content between the script tags.
*/
public function getScriptCode(): string
{
// ...
}
}
```
Two things happen:
1. **Validators** detect anything that is not a well-formed `` block. Magewire logs a validation
exception and returns the raw fragment output; only an empty-fragment failure returns an empty string. Validation
therefore reports malformed markup but does not sanitize or suppress it.
2. **`getScriptCode()`** gives modifiers access to *just the inline code*: useful for hashing (CSP) or linting.
Because `Script` extends `Html`, it inherits `withAttribute` / `withAttributes`, so a modifier can drop a `nonce="..."` onto the root `
end() ?>
```
Apply `data-breeze-keep-open` only to markup whose `is-open` class is managed
outside Magewire. Prefer a Magewire property or Alpine state for interactive
state you own; a morph hook is for integrating with another script. The Script
fragment lets Magewire handle the inline script's CSP requirements. For a
distributable companion module, use the
[compatibility-module guide](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/compatibility-module.html) for Composer packaging,
registration, and module sequencing.
## Verify both page types
Open the example page and click **Increase**. The count should update without
a navigation. Inspect the rendered HTML: a Magewire component page should
have one `#magewire-script`, with `data-update-uri` and `data-csrf` on it.
Check a page without components as well; it should retain normal Breeze
behavior without an extra Magewire runtime. If the component renders but does
not update, first check that Breeze is active for that store view and that the
`breeze_default` layout handle is present. Then inspect the browser console,
network request, and [Alpine loading](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/alpine-loading.html) guidance.
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CANONICAL URL: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/compatibility-module.html
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# Build a compatibility module
A compatibility module keeps theme-specific code out of your reusable
components. Your PHP class can serve several storefronts; a small companion
module provides the layout, Alpine, CSS, or template changes needed by one
theme.
Install an existing integration first. For Hyvä, use
[`magewirephp/magewire-hyva-theme`](https://github.com/magewirephp/magewire-hyva-theme).
It already coordinates the Alpine loader and bridges Magento flash messages.
The example below adds one reusable Hyvä behavior on top of that package.
## Package the integration
Create a Composer package with this structure:
```text
vendor/module-magewire-hyva-extras/
├── composer.json
└── src/
├── registration.php
├── etc/module.xml
└── view/frontend/
├── layout/default_hyva.xml
└── templates/js/magewire-disclosure.phtml
```
The dependencies make the package installable in any project that uses
Magewire 3 and the maintained Hyvä integration:
```json title="composer.json"
{
"name": "vendor/module-magewire-hyva-extras",
"description": "Reusable Magewire UI behavior for Hyvä",
"type": "magento2-module",
"require": {
"magewirephp/magewire": "^3.7.2",
"magewirephp/magewire-hyva-theme": "^3.1"
},
"autoload": {
"files": ["src/registration.php"]
}
}
```
Register the Magento module and sequence it after the package whose layout
nodes you extend:
```php title="src/registration.php"
```
For a project-local module in `app/code`, use the same `registration.php` and
`etc/module.xml` layout. Composer metadata matters when you distribute it.
If the package restyles Magewire's own UI, require `magewirephp/magewire` `^3.7`
(and `magewirephp/magewire-hyva-theme` `^3.1.2` on Hyvä). Magewire 3.7.0 replaced
the notifier, loading icon, and exception markup with the classes documented in
[Core styles](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/styles.html).
## Register shared browser behavior
The Hyvä integration uses the `default_hyva` layout handle. Add a block to
Magewire's Alpine component container; the block inherits the Magewire view
model from the root layout block:
```xml title="src/view/frontend/layout/default_hyva.xml"
```
Wrap inline JavaScript in a Script fragment so Magewire can supply the CSP
nonce or hash. This follows the pattern used by the maintained Hyvä package:
```php title="src/view/frontend/templates/js/magewire-disclosure.phtml"
getData('view_model');
$fragment = $magewireViewModel->utils()->fragment();
?>
make()->script()->start() ?>
end() ?>
```
Any component template in the project can now use the same browser behavior:
```php title="view/frontend/templates/magewire/counter.phtml"
```
The disclosure state stays in Alpine; the count stays in the Magewire
component. That division lets several PHP components use the same browser
behavior without copying scripts into every PHTML file.
Install the package with Composer, enable `Vendor_MagewireHyvaExtras` if needed,
run `bin/magento setup:upgrade`, and rebuild the Hyvä frontend assets if the
package also contributes Tailwind sources.
## Adapt another theme
For a theme without a maintained Magewire package, start with the same Magento
module structure. Use a layout handle that your theme actually adds; the
`default_hyva` handle above belongs to Hyvä and is not a Magento convention
for every theme. A general `default.xml` applies wherever the module is enabled,
which matters in stores with more than one active theme.
The first integration decision is script ownership. Magewire bundles Alpine.
Your module must place the Magewire loader at the right layout node and
coordinate the theme's own Alpine asset so one instance starts on a page.
The [Hyvä loader layout](https://github.com/magewirephp/magewire-hyva-theme/blob/main/src/view/frontend/layout/default_hyva.xml)
and [script template](https://github.com/magewirephp/magewire-hyva-theme/blob/main/src/view/frontend/templates/script.phtml)
are concrete references. Then add only the CSS and browser bridges your theme
needs. Since Magewire 3.7, core ships complete styles for its own UI, so a new
integration can adjust the [core style tokens](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/styles.html) instead of supplying
notifier or loading-indicator CSS. Keep PHP business services in the feature
module; put theme behavior in this companion module.
## Extend and replace layout output
Add a child to an existing container when you want additional output:
```xml
```
Change an existing block's template when you need a replacement:
```xml
```
The replacement template must provide the behavior expected by that block. For
the notifier, keep the classes and attributes listed under
[Notifier markup](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/styles.html#notifier-markup) so the core styles and theme tokens
still apply. Merely placing a PHTML file at the same relative path in your
module does not replace another module's template. Prefer adding a child or a small feature
bridge when it meets the need; replacing a whole core template ties your
package to its internal markup.
If your integration registers a Magewire Feature or Mechanism, add its
collection item in `etc/frontend/di.xml`. For admin extensions use
`etc/adminhtml/di.xml`. Magento's area configuration can replace collection
arrays declared in global `etc/di.xml`.
## Check both page types
Test one page with a Magewire component and one page without one. Confirm the
component updates, Alpine initializes once, CSP permits your script, and the
theme still works when Magewire does not drive the page. Test again with
Magento full-page cache enabled. To check style overrides, open the
[UI workbench](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/styles.html#preview-with-the-ui-workbench) at
`/magewire/playwright/ui`, which renders the real notifier, loading icon, and
exception markup. See [Alpine loading](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/alpine-loading.html),
[Layout nodes](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/layout-containers.html), [Core styles](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/styles.html), and
[Tailwind](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/tailwind.html) for each integration point.
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# Layout Nodes
Magewire renders its browser resources through a named Magento layout tree. Compatibility modules extend that tree instead of copying core layout XML.
## Core reference
| Name | Kind | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| `magewire` | block | Root of Magewire's rendered resources. |
| `magewire.global` | block | Creates the addon and utility registries. |
| `magewire.alpinejs.load` | container | Theme package injection point for the selected Alpine/Magewire loader. |
| `magewire.alpinejs` | container | Alpine registrations that run before reusable components. |
| `magewire.alpinejs.components` | container | `Alpine.data()` component registrations. |
| `magewire.utilities` | block | Built-in `MagewireUtilities` registrations. Add late utilities under `magewire.utilities.after`. |
| `magewire.addons` | block | Built-in `MagewireAddons` registrations. Add late addons under `magewire.addons.after`. |
| `magewire.before` | container | Theme-facing content before Magewire internals. |
| `magewire.ui-components` | container | Rendered Alpine UI, including the notifier and loading indicator. |
| `magewire.internal` | block | Internal bridge output; do not override casually. |
| `magewire.internal.backwards-compatibility` | container | V1 browser compatibility shims. |
| `magewire.directives` | block | Custom Magewire directive registrations. |
| `magewire.features` | block | Browser bridges for PHP features, including loaders, request filters, and lazy loading. |
| `magewire.after.internal` | container | Safe injection point immediately after internals. |
| `magewire.after` | container | General late content. |
| `magewire.disabled` | container | Output used only when Magewire is disabled. |
| `magewire.legacy` | container | V1 compatibility tree; not rendered unless a theme moves it. |
`magewire.script` is not a core storefront block. The current admin companion package defines that name inside its own `magewire.head` block; do not target it from a storefront integration.
## Referencing nodes
`referenceBlock` and `referenceContainer` both modify an existing layout node; neither replaces content merely by being referenced. Use the reference type expected by the layout structure and the current first-party integration pattern. Replacement happens when you change a target's template or arguments, while declaring a child adds to its output.
First-party theme packages commonly add feature children like this:
```xml
```
For the registries, prefer their dedicated late containers so core registrations remain first:
```xml
```
## Ordering
Magento's normal `before` and `after` attributes control siblings:
```xml
```
Choose an ordering dependency that is guaranteed by a sequenced module. Avoid copying the complete Magewire layout tree into a theme because that prevents new core resources from appearing after upgrades.
All inline scripts should use a [fragment](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/concepts/fragments.html) so Magento CSP metadata can be applied.
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# Alpine Loading
Magewire's browser build includes Alpine.js. A theme integration must ensure that only one Alpine runtime starts while preserving the theme's behavior on pages where Magewire is absent.
## Hyvä
Install `magewirephp/magewire-hyva-theme` instead of manually removing Hyvä's Alpine block. The package wraps Hyvä's loader:
- pages with Magewire components use Magewire's bundled Alpine runtime;
- pages without Magewire components can fall back to Hyvä's Alpine runtime.
This conditional behavior is why a global layout removal of Hyvä's Alpine asset is incorrect.
See [Hyvä CSP Script Bootstrap](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/csp-script-bootstrap.html) for the runtime
configuration carrier, lifecycle ordering, and extension points used on
component pages.
```shell
composer require magewirephp/magewire-hyva-theme
bin/magento module:enable Magewirephp_MagewireHyvaTheme
bin/magento setup:upgrade
```
## Breeze
Install [`swissup/module-breeze-magewire`](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/breeze.html) on a Breeze storefront.
Its `breeze_default` layout loads the Magewire script and runtime host on
component pages. Do not copy Hyvä's `default_hyva` layout or add a second
Magewire script to the page. The [Breeze guide](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/breeze.html) covers installation
and the checks for pages with and without components.
## Custom themes
A custom compatibility module owns three decisions:
1. where the Magewire loader is rendered;
2. how the theme's existing Alpine asset is suppressed on Magewire pages;
3. how the theme loads Alpine when the page has no Magewire components.
Use the `magewire.alpinejs.load` layout node as the integration point. Preserve script ordering expected by the theme and test pages both with and without components.
## Initialization events
| Event | Use |
|---|---|
| `alpine:init` | Register `Alpine.data()`, stores, binds, and Alpine-dependent registries. |
| `magewire:init` | Register Magewire hooks. |
| `magewire:initialized` | Run work that requires the initialized runtime. |
```php title="view/frontend/templates/js/magewire/search-box.phtml"
getData('view_model')->utils()->fragment()->make()->script()->start() ?>
end() ?>
```
If Alpine warns that it was started more than once, inspect the final merged layout and rendered script tags before changing component code.
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# Hyvä CSP Script Bootstrap
Magewire provides Alpine.js on pages containing Magewire components. The
`magewirephp/magewire-hyva-theme` compatibility package loads that bundle without
also loading Hyvä's standalone Alpine.js bundle. Pages without Magewire
components continue to use Hyvä's Alpine runtime.
The Magewire script needs runtime request configuration, including the update
URI and the current Magento form key. Following Livewire's DOM contract, those
values must ultimately exist as `data-update-uri` and `data-csrf` attributes on
the script element.
## Why the script cannot be the Alpine component
Alpine's CSP build deliberately prohibits evaluating expressions on a `script`
element. Consequently, this markup is not CSP compatible:
```html
```
During `Alpine.start()`, the CSP evaluator encounters `x-data` on an
`HTMLScriptElement` and throws before Livewire can finish initializing. Events
such as `livewire:initialized` and the corresponding Magewire compatibility
events are then never dispatched.
CSP does not prohibit normal attributes such as `src`, `data-csrf`, or
`data-update-uri` on a script. Only the Alpine directives need another host.
## Bootstrap structure
The Hyvä compatibility package separates Alpine evaluation from asset loading:
```html
```
The hidden element is a temporary runtime configuration host. The external
script remains an inert asset loader with no Alpine directives.
Once Alpine has initialized the host, the compatibility package moves every
generated `data-*` attribute from `#magewire-runtime` to
`#magewire-script`. The resulting script follows Livewire's normal DOM contract:
```html
```
Moving every `data-*` attribute, rather than only the two core attributes,
preserves attributes supplied by extensions to `magewireRuntimeBindings`.
## Runtime provider names
New integrations should use the canonical runtime providers:
| Purpose | Canonical provider | Deprecated alias |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alpine data | `magewireRuntime` | `magewireScript` |
| Alpine bindings | `magewireRuntimeBindings` | `magewireScriptBindings` |
The deprecated providers delegate to their canonical runtime equivalents, so
existing markup continues to initialize. They should only be retained while an
integration migrates; do not use them in new templates or extensions.
## Initialization order
The transfer uses the `alpine:initialized` event intentionally:
1. Livewire begins startup and schedules its script-placement diagnostic.
2. Livewire dispatches `livewire:init`.
3. `Alpine.start()` dispatches `alpine:init`.
4. Magewire registers `magewireRuntime`, `magewireRuntimeBindings`, their
deprecated aliases, and its cookie utility.
5. Alpine initializes the hidden host and evaluates its bindings.
6. Alpine dispatches `alpine:initialized`.
7. During that synchronous event dispatch, the compatibility package moves the
generated `data-*` attributes to the Magewire script.
8. `Alpine.start()` returns and Livewire dispatches `livewire:initialized`.
9. The Magewire compatibility initialization event follows.
10. Livewire's deferred diagnostic finds the configured script in its expected
location.
There is no timer or promise between evaluating the bindings and transferring
the attributes. The transfer completes before `livewire:initialized` and before
normal Magewire requests can begin.
!!! warning "Do not send requests during `livewire:init`"
`livewire:init` fires before Alpine evaluates the runtime host, so the script
does not yet contain `data-csrf` or `data-update-uri` at that event. An
integration that needs the configured runtime must wait for
`livewire:initialized` or the corresponding Magewire initialization event.
The forwarding listener runs once. Extensions must contribute their dynamic
`data-*` bindings before Alpine finishes initializing the host; later reactive
attribute changes are not forwarded.
## Attribute ownership and extension points
Treat the three attribute categories differently:
| Attribute category | Owner | Extension point |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Asset attributes such as `src` and `data-navigate-once` | Magewire frontend-assets mechanism | `script.html_attributes` in frontend DI |
| Runtime request attributes such as `data-csrf` and `data-update-uri` | `magewireRuntimeBindings` | Magewire Alpine binding customization |
| Alpine directives such as `x-data` and `x-bind` | Runtime host | `script-alpine-js-magewire-runtime` layout block |
Static script attributes are rendered through
`FrontendAssetsViewModel::getScriptAttributes()`. Runtime attributes should be
returned as `data-*` bindings so they are evaluated on the CSP-safe host and then
forwarded to the script.
The Magento layout block `script-alpine-js-magewire-runtime` can be replaced or
moved by an integration that needs a different runtime host. Keep the stable IDs
`magewire-runtime` and `magewire-script` unless the forwarding logic is replaced
at the same time. Do not defer the runtime host past Alpine startup.
## CSRF and full-page cache safety
The CSRF value is read from the browser's current `form_key` cookie by
`magewireRuntimeBindings`. It is intentionally not embedded as a fixed
server-side value in potentially cached markup.
Moving the evaluated value to the script preserves both requirements:
- Livewire finds `data-csrf` where it expects its script configuration.
- Each browser session supplies its current form key after the page loads.
## Rules for integrations
- Do not add Alpine directives to `#magewire-script`.
- Add static script attributes through the frontend-assets configuration.
- Add dynamic request configuration as `data-*` bindings on the runtime host.
- Register runtime bindings before `alpine:initialized`.
- Do not render a second Alpine.js bundle on a page where Magewire provides it.
- Preserve the `alpine:initialized` transfer when replacing the runtime host.
If the browser reports `Evaluating expressions on a script is prohibited in the
CSP build`, inspect the rendered `#magewire-script` first. It must not contain
`x-data`, `x-bind`, or any other Alpine directive.
See [Alpine Loading](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/alpine-loading.html) for the broader theme-loader strategy.
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# Core Styles
[//]: https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/theming/styles.html (params: since_version)
!!! info "Magewire specific (since: 3.7.0)"
Magewire ships a framework-independent stylesheet for the UI it renders itself: the notifier, the
[loading indicator](https://docs.magewirephp.nl/pages/features/loading-indicator.html), the exception placeholder, and the states of directives such as `wire:loading`. It needs no Tailwind
build or theme integration. Themes adjust it through CSS custom properties (tokens) or their own rules.
## How the stylesheet loads
The base layout adds the file to the page head:
```xml title="src/view/base/layout/default.xml"
```
It is a normal Magento static asset, so it is merged, minified, and deployed like the theme's own CSS. In production
mode, run `bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy` after upgrading.
Before 3.7.0, core only shipped the directive-state rules, rendered as an inline `