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Testimonials Spotlight

A single centered testimonial with a quote-mark, large avatar, author, and role — a hero-style social-proof moment.

v0.1.0Page blockTestimonials familyTestimonials section
import type { Block } from 'payload'import { testimonialItemFields } from '@/blocks/shared/testimonialFields'export const TestimonialsSpotlight: Block = {  slug: 'testimonialsSpotlight',  interfaceName: 'TestimonialsSpotlightBlock',  fields: [    // A single centered testimonial — the shared one-quote shape (quote, author,    // optional role, optional avatar). Edit the shared shape in    // @/blocks/shared/testimonialFields to update every testimonials variant.    ...testimonialItemFields,  ],  labels: {    plural: 'Testimonials Spotlight Blocks',    singular: 'Testimonials Spotlight',  },}

Installation

npx payload-components add testimonials-spotlight

Copy the files straight from the registry, then wire the Payload fragments by hand:

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add https://payload-components.xyz/r/testimonials-spotlight.json

What it installs

Copies 3 source files into your project:

  • src/blocks/shared/testimonialFields.tsshared
  • src/blocks/TestimonialsSpotlight/config.ts
  • src/blocks/TestimonialsSpotlight/Component.tsx

…and makes 4 edits to wire the block into your project:

Registers the blocksrc/collections/Pages/index.ts
Maps the renderersrc/blocks/RenderBlocks.tsx
Regenerates typessrc/payload-types.ts
Regenerates the admin import mapsrc/app/(payload)/admin/importMap.js
testimonialFields.ts is the shared field core for this family — every variant composes it. Editing it updates each installed block at once, and re-running an install never overwrites a copy you have changed.

Re-running the install converges: it detects existing wiring, skips it, and records install state in .payload-components/state.json.

Content model

quote, author, role, and avatar come from the shared Testimonials family base (src/blocks/shared/testimonialFields.ts), used here as a single centered testimonial.

Prop

Type

Usage

Add the block to a page. In the Payload admin, open (or create) a Page and add the TestimonialsSpotlight block to its layout.
Fill the content. Complete the fields from the content model above — the component ships sample content you can start from.
Publish. Save and publish the page; the block renders through RenderBlocks on the frontend, fully typed — no extra wiring.

Requirements

Target
payload-website-starter
Payload
v3
Next.js
15 / 16
shadcn UI
none

Your project must already expose components.json, src/payload.config.ts, src/blocks/RenderBlocks.tsx, src/collections/Pages/index.ts — the surfaces payload-components add patches. The CLI verifies this against the support matrix before touching anything.

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