Learn how to build a settings page for the new era of WordPress admin, based on React components and using the DataForm component's config-driven approach.

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DataForm is a declarative React component in WordPress's @wordpress/dataviews package that simplifies building settings pages through configuration instead of importing individual UI components. The tutorial demonstrates refactoring a plugin settings page from component-based to config-driven approach, covering field definitions (text, boolean, select), layout customization (card, panel, regular), state management integration, and form validation. The configuration-driven pattern reduces boilerplate by defining fields with id, label, type, and optional Edit properties, while form layouts control grouping and presentation through nested configuration objects.

How to use DataForm to create plugin settings pages

Installing the @wordpress/dataviews package

Connecting DataForm to the settings state