Payload Callouts Plugin

A Payload CMS plugin for creating beautiful callout blocks with GitHub and Obsidian themes.

Features

Multiple Themes: GitHub and Obsidian-style callouts
Rich Styling: Pre-designed callout types with icons
Rich Text Support: Full RichText editor support with nested content
Configurable: Collapsible callouts with customizable defaults

Supported Callout Types

GitHub Theme

• Note - General information
• Tip - Helpful suggestions
• Important - Critical information
• Warning - Cautionary content
• Caution - Danger alerts

Obsidian Theme

• Note - General notes
• Abstract/Summary/Tldr - Content summaries
• Info - Information blocks
• Todo - Task lists
• Tip/Hint - Helpful suggestions
• Important - Critical content
• Success/Check/Done - Completion status
• Question/Help/FAQ - Q&A content
• Warning/Attention/Caution - Warnings
• Failure/Missing/Fail - Error states
• Danger/Error/Bug - Critical errors
• Example - Code examples
• Quote/Cite - Quotations

Installation

npm install payload-callouts
# or
yarn add payload-callouts
# or
pnpm add payload-callouts

Setup

1. Configure the Plugin

Add the plugin to your Payload configuration:

// payload.config.ts
import { payloadCallouts } from 'payload-callouts'

export default buildConfig({
  plugins: [
    payloadCallouts({
      theme: 'github', // or 'obsidian'
      blockSlug: 'callout', // optional, default: 'callout'
      blockInterfaceName: 'CalloutBlock', // optional, default: 'CalloutBlock'
      collapsible: true, // optional, default: true
      defaultOpen: true, // optional, default: true
    }),
  ],
  // ... rest of your config
})

2. Add the Block to Your Collections

// collections/Posts.ts
import { createBlockConfig } from 'payload-callouts'

export const Posts: CollectionConfig = {
  slug: 'posts',
  fields: [
    {
      name: 'content',
      type: 'richText',
      editor: lexicalEditor({
        features: ({ rootFeatures }) => [
          ...rootFeatures,
          BlocksFeature({
            blocks: [
              createBlockConfig(), // Add callout blocks
              // ... other blocks
            ],
          }),
        ],
      }),
    },
  ],
}

3. Setup Frontend Rendering

Create a RichText component with callout converters:

// components/RichText.tsx
import { createCalloutBlockJSXConverter } from 'payload-callouts/converters'
import {
  RichText as ConvertRichText,
  type JSXConvertersFunction,
} from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/react'

const jsxConverters: JSXConvertersFunction = ({ defaultConverters }) => {
  
  const calloutBlockConverter = createCalloutBlockJSXConverter((content) => (
    {/* Passing your customized RichText / ConvertRichText component */}
    <ConvertRichText converters={jsxConverters} data={content} />
  ));

  return {
    ...existingConverters,
    blocks: {
      ...existingConverters.blocks,
      ...calloutBlockConverter.blocks,
    },
  };
}

export default function RichText(props) {
  return (
    <ConvertRichText
      className="prose dark:prose-invert max-w-none"
      converters={jsxConverters}
      {...props}
    />
  )
}

Configuration Options

interface PayloadCalloutsConfig {
  /** Enable or disable the plugin */
  disabled?: boolean
  
  /** The slug for the callout block */
  blockSlug?: string // default: 'callout'
  
  /** Interface name for TypeScript generation */
  blockInterfaceName?: string // default: 'CalloutBlock'
  
  /** Theme to use */
  theme?: 'github' | 'obsidian' // default: 'github'
  
  /** Whether callouts are collapsible by default */
  collapsible?: boolean // default: true
  
  /** Whether callouts are open by default */
  defaultOpen?: boolean // default: true
}

Styling

The plugin includes CSS modules for styling. You can customize the appearance by:

1. Using CSS Custom Properties: Override the built-in CSS variables
2. Custom CSS: Import and modify the provided styles
3. Tailwind Classes: Add additional classes to the rendered components

CSS Custom Properties

:root {
  /* add the following line if you want dark mode support */
  color-scheme: light dark; 
  --callout-border-radius: 8px;
  --callout-padding: 1rem;
  /* ... more variables */
}

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Credits

Part of the CSS styles are from rehype-callouts.