The WordPress Blocks reference
A catalogue of blocks for the WordPress block editor and the plugins that deliver them. Use it to find the blocks you need for your website.
Now includes Full Site Editing themes.
Built and maintained by Herb Miller @herb_miller.
Gutenberg / WordPress core blocks
Out of the box WordPress provides a load of blocks and block variations. New blocks destined for WordPress core are developed in Gutenberg. Here’s the latest list.
- Archives – core/archives
Display a monthly archive of your posts. - Audio – core/audio
Embed a simple audio player. - Avatar – core/avatar
Add a user’s avatar. - Button – core/button
Prompt visitors to take action with a button-style link. - Buttons – core/buttons
Prompt visitors to take action with a group of button-style links. - Calendar – core/calendar
A calendar of your site’s posts. - Categories – core/categories
Display a list of all categories. - Classic Block – core/freeform
Use the classic WordPress editor. - Code – core/code
Display code snippets that respect your spacing and tabs. - Column – core/column
A single column within a columns block. - Columns – core/columns
Display content in multiple columns, with blocks added to each column. - Comment Author Avatar – core/comment-author-avatar ( Not insertable )
Add the avatar of this comment’s author. - Comment Author Name – core/comment-author-name
Add the author name of this comment. - Comment Content – core/comment-content
Displays the contents of a comment. - Comment Date – core/comment-date
Add the date of this comment. - Comment Edit Link – core/comment-edit-link
Displays a link to edit the comment in the WordPress Dashboard. This link is only visible to users with the edit comment capability. - Comment Reply Link – core/comment-reply-link
Displays a link to reply to a comment. - Comment Template – core/comment-template
Contains the block elements used to render a comment, like the title, date, author, avatar and more. - Comments Pagination – core/comments-pagination
Displays a paginated navigation to next/previous set of comments, when applicable. - Comments Query Loop – core/comments-query-loop
An advanced block that allows displaying post comments based on different query parameters and visual configurations. - Cover – core/cover
Add an image or video with a text overlay – great for headers. - Custom HTML – core/html
Add custom HTML code and preview it as you edit. - Custom Link – core/navigation-link
Add a page, link, or another item to your navigation. - Embed – core/embed
Add a block that displays content pulled from other sites, like Twitter or YouTube. - File – core/file
Add a link to a downloadable file. - Gallery – core/gallery
Display multiple images in a rich gallery. - Group – core/group
Combine blocks into a group. - Heading – core/heading
Introduce new sections and organise content to help visitors (and search engines) understand the structure of your content. - Home Link – core/home-link
Create a link that always points to the homepage of the site. Usually not necessary if there is already a site title link present in the header. - Image – core/image
Insert an image to make a visual statement. - Latest Comments – core/latest-comments
Display a list of your most recent comments. - Latest Posts – core/latest-posts
Display a list of your most recent posts. - List – core/list
Create a bulleted or numbered list. - List item – core/list-item
Create a list item. - Log in/out – core/loginout
Show login and logout links. - Media and Text – core/media-text
Set media and words side by side for a richer layout. - More – core/more
Content before this block will be shown in the excerpt on your archives page. - Navigation – core/navigation
A collection of blocks that allow visitors to get around your site. - Navigation Area – core/navigation-area ( Not insertable )
Define a navigation area for your theme. The navigation block associated with this area will be automatically displayed. - Next page – core/query-pagination-next
Displays the next posts page link. - Next page – core/comments-pagination-next
Displays the next comments page link. - No results – core/query-no-results
Contains the block elements used to render content when no query results are found. - Page Break – core/nextpage
Separate your content into a multi-page experience. - Page List – core/page-list
Display a list of all pages. - Page numbers – core/query-pagination-numbers
Displays a list of page numbers for pagination - Page numbers – core/comments-pagination-numbers
Displays a list of page numbers for comments pagination. - Pagination – core/query-pagination
Displays a paginated navigation to next/previous set of posts, when applicable. - Paragraph – core/paragraph
Start with the basic building block of all narrative. - Pattern – core/pattern ( Not insertable )
Show a block pattern. - Post Author – core/post-author
Display post author details such as name, avatar, and bio. - Post Author Biography – core/post-author-biography
The author biography. - Post Author Name – core/post-author-name
The author name. - Post Comment (deprecated) – core/post-comment ( Not insertable )
This block is deprecated. Please use the Comments Query Loop block instead. - Post Comments – core/post-comments
Display a post’s comments. - Post Comments Count – core/post-comments-count
Display a post’s comments count. - Post Comments Form – core/post-comments-form
Display a post’s comments form. - Post Comments Link – core/post-comments-link
Displays the link to the current post comments. - Post Content – core/post-content
Displays the contents of a post or page. - Post Date – core/post-date
Add the date of this post. - Post Excerpt – core/post-excerpt
Display a post’s excerpt. - Post Featured Image – core/post-featured-image
Display a post’s featured image. - Post navigation link – core/post-navigation-link
Displays the next or previous post link that is adjacent to the current post. - Post Template – core/post-template
Contains the block elements used to render a post, like the title, date, featured image, content, or excerpt, and more. - Post Terms – core/post-terms
Post terms. - Post Title – core/post-title
Displays the title of a post, page, or any other content type. - Preformatted – core/preformatted
Add text that respects your spacing and tabs, and also allows styling. - Previous page – core/query-pagination-previous
Displays the previous posts page link. - Previous page – core/comments-pagination-previous
Displays the previous comments page link. - Pullquote – core/pullquote
Give special visual emphasis to a quote from your text. - Query Loop – core/query
An advanced block that allows displaying post types based on different query parameters and visual configurations. - Query Title – core/query-title
Display the query title. - Quote – core/quote
Give quoted text visual emphasis. “In quoting others, we cite ourselves” – Julio Cortázar - Read More – core/read-more
Displays the link of a post, page, or any other content-type. - Reusable block – core/block ( Not insertable )
Create and save content to reuse across your site. Update the block, and the changes apply everywhere it’s used. - RSS – core/rss
Display entries from any RSS or Atom feed. - Search – core/search
Help visitors find your content. - Separator – core/separator
Create a break between ideas or sections with a horizontal separator. - Shortcode – core/shortcode
Insert additional custom elements with a WordPress shortcode. - Site Logo – core/site-logo
Display a graphic to represent this site. Update the block, and the changes apply everywhere it’s used. This is different to the site icon, which is the smaller image visible in your dashboard, browser tabs, etc, used to help others recognise this site. - Site Tagline – core/site-tagline
Describe in a few words what the site is about. The tagline can be used in search results or when sharing on social networks even if it’s not displayed in the theme design. - Site Title – core/site-title
Displays the name of this site. Update the block, and the changes apply everywhere it’s used. This will also appear in the browser title bar and in search results. - Social Icon – core/social-link
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icons – core/social-links
Display icons linking to your social media profiles or sites. - Spacer – core/spacer
Add white space between blocks and customise its height. - Submenu – core/navigation-submenu
Add a submenu to your navigation. - Table – core/table
Create structured content in rows and columns to display information. - Tag Cloud – core/tag-cloud
A cloud of your most used tags. - Template Part – core/template-part
Edit the different global regions of your site, like the header, footer, sidebar, or create your own. - Term Description – core/term-description
Display the description of categories, tags, and custom taxonomies when viewing an archive. - Text Columns (deprecated) – core/text-columns ( Not insertable )
This block is deprecated. Please use the Columns block instead. - Unsupported – core/missing ( Not insertable )
Your site doesn’t include support for this block. - Verse – core/verse
Insert poetry. Use special spacing formats. Or quote song lyrics. - Video – core/video
Embed a video from your media library or upload a new one.
Variations
- Columns : 100 – core/columns one-column-full
One column - Columns : 50/50 – core/columns two-columns-equal
Two columns; equal split - Columns : 30/70 – core/columns two-columns-one-third-two-thirds
Two columns; one-third, two-thirds split - Columns : 70/30 – core/columns two-columns-two-thirds-one-third
Two columns; two-thirds, one-third split - Columns : 33/33/33 – core/columns three-columns-equal
Three columns; equal split - Columns : 25/50/25 – core/columns three-columns-wider-center
Three columns; wide centre column - Custom Link : Post Link – core/navigation-link post
A link to a post. - Custom Link : Page Link – core/navigation-link page
A link to a page. - Custom Link : Category Link – core/navigation-link category
A link to a category. - Custom Link : Tag Link – core/navigation-link tag
A link to a tag. - Custom Link : Block Link – core/navigation-link block
Link to Block - Custom Link : Theme Link – core/navigation-link oik-themes
Link to Theme - Custom Link : Plugin Link – core/navigation-link oik-plugins
Link to Plugin - Embed : Twitter – core/embed twitter
Embed a tweet. - Embed : YouTube – core/embed youtube
Embed a YouTube video. - Embed : Facebook – core/embed facebook
Embed a Facebook post. - Embed : Instagram – core/embed instagram
Embed an Instagram post. - Embed : WordPress – core/embed wordpress
Embed a WordPress post. - Embed : SoundCloud – core/embed soundcloud
Embed SoundCloud content. - Embed : Spotify – core/embed spotify
Embed Spotify content. - Embed : Flickr – core/embed flickr
Embed Flickr content. - Embed : Vimeo – core/embed vimeo
Embed a Vimeo video. - Embed : Animoto – core/embed animoto
Embed an Animoto video. - Embed : Cloudup – core/embed cloudup
Embed Cloudup content. - Embed : CollegeHumor – core/embed collegehumor
Embed CollegeHumor content. - Embed : Crowdsignal – core/embed crowdsignal
Embed Crowdsignal (formerly Polldaddy) content. - Embed : Dailymotion – core/embed dailymotion
Embed a Dailymotion video. - Embed : Imgur – core/embed imgur
Embed Imgur content. - Embed : Issuu – core/embed issuu
Embed Issuu content. - Embed : Kickstarter – core/embed kickstarter
Embed Kickstarter content. - Embed : Mixcloud – core/embed mixcloud
Embed Mixcloud content. - Embed : Reddit – core/embed reddit
Embed a Reddit thread. - Embed : ReverbNation – core/embed reverbnation
Embed ReverbNation content. - Embed : Screencast – core/embed screencast
Embed Screencast content. - Embed : Scribd – core/embed scribd
Embed Scribd content. - Embed : Slideshare – core/embed slideshare
Embed Slideshare content. - Embed : SmugMug – core/embed smugmug
Embed SmugMug content. - Embed : Speaker Deck – core/embed speaker-deck
Embed Speaker Deck content. - Embed : TikTok – core/embed tiktok
Embed a TikTok video. - Embed : TED – core/embed ted
Embed a TED video. - Embed : Tumblr – core/embed tumblr
Embed a Tumblr post. - Embed : VideoPress – core/embed videopress
Embed a VideoPress video. - Embed : WordPress.tv – core/embed wordpress-tv
Embed a WordPress.tv video. - Embed : Amazon Kindle – core/embed amazon-kindle
Embed Amazon Kindle content. - Embed : Pinterest – core/embed pinterest
Embed Pinterest pins, boards, and profiles. - Embed : Wolfram – core/embed wolfram-cloud
Embed Wolfram notebook content. - Group : Group – core/group group
Blocks shown in a column. - Group : Row – core/group group-row
Blocks shown in a row. - Post navigation link : Next post – core/post-navigation-link post-next
Displays the post link that follows the current post. - Post navigation link : Previous post – core/post-navigation-link post-previous
Displays the post link that precedes the current post. - Post Terms : Post Categories – core/post-terms category
Display a post’s categories. - Post Terms : Post Tags – core/post-terms post_tag
Display a post’s tags. - Query Loop : Posts List – core/query posts-list
Display a list of your most recent posts, excluding sticky posts. - Query Loop : Title and Date – core/query title-date
An advanced block that allows displaying post types based on different query parameters and visual configurations. - Query Loop : Title and Excerpt – core/query title-excerpt
An advanced block that allows displaying post types based on different query parameters and visual configurations. - Query Loop : Title, Date, and Excerpt – core/query title-date-excerpt
An advanced block that allows displaying post types based on different query parameters and visual configurations. - Query Loop : Image, Date, and Title – core/query image-date-title
An advanced block that allows displaying post types based on different query parameters and visual configurations. - Query Title : Archive Title – core/query-title archive-title
Display the archive title based on the queried object. - Search : Search – core/search default
Help visitors find your content. - Social Icon : WordPress – core/social-link wordpress
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : 500px – core/social-link fivehundredpx
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Amazon – core/social-link amazon
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Bandcamp – core/social-link bandcamp
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Behance – core/social-link behance
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Link – core/social-link chain
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : CodePen – core/social-link codepen
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : DeviantArt – core/social-link deviantart
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Dribbble – core/social-link dribbble
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Dropbox – core/social-link dropbox
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Etsy – core/social-link etsy
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Facebook – core/social-link facebook
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : RSS Feed – core/social-link feed
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Flickr – core/social-link flickr
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Foursquare – core/social-link foursquare
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Goodreads – core/social-link goodreads
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Google – core/social-link google
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : GitHub – core/social-link github
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Instagram – core/social-link instagram
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Last.fm – core/social-link lastfm
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : LinkedIn – core/social-link linkedin
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Mail – core/social-link mail
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Mastodon – core/social-link mastodon
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Meetup – core/social-link meetup
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Medium – core/social-link medium
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Patreon – core/social-link patreon
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Pinterest – core/social-link pinterest
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Pocket – core/social-link pocket
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Reddit – core/social-link reddit
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Skype – core/social-link skype
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Snapchat – core/social-link snapchat
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : SoundCloud – core/social-link soundcloud
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Spotify – core/social-link spotify
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Telegram – core/social-link telegram
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : TikTok – core/social-link tiktok
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Tumblr – core/social-link tumblr
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Twitch – core/social-link twitch
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Twitter – core/social-link twitter
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Vimeo – core/social-link vimeo
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : VK – core/social-link vk
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : Yelp – core/social-link yelp
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Social Icon : YouTube – core/social-link youtube
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or site. - Template Part : Header – core/template-part header
The Header template defines a page area that typically contains a title, logo, and main navigation. - Template Part : Footer – core/template-part footer
The Footer template defines a page area that typically contains site credits, social links, or any other combination of blocks.
Plugins
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Jetpack
Jetpack v10.8 delivers 33 blocks available in a development environment. When connected to wordpress.com you will find several more. A few of these are catalogued here.
Yoast SEO
Improve your WordPress SEO: Write better content and have a fully optimized WordPress site using the Yoast SEO plugin.
Caxton
Caxton is a page layout plugin for Gutenberg. It makes it easy to layout your pages in any grid configuration, and then add blocks.
WooCommerce Blocks
WooCommerce Blocks plugin v7.3.0 delivers 28 blocks. The index contains the new blocks that are not yet in WooCommerce.
Ghost Kit
Ghost Kit plugin is a blocks collection and extension for Gutenberg. In addition to the blocks it provides 5 block editor plugins: Templates, Typography, CSS & JavaScript, Color Palette and Customizer.
Advanced Gutenberg
Advanced Gutenberg v2.12.0 delivers 28 blocks. The catalogue contains each block, but some block’s descriptions are incomplete.
Advanced Gutenberg Blocks
Advanced Gutenberg Blocks v1.9.8 delivers 16 blocks. Two of which are dependent upon WooCommerce.
Premium Blocks for Gutenberg
Premium Blocks for Gutenberg v1.9.6 delivers 14 blocks. The blocks have been catalogued.
Gutenberg Blocks Design Library
The Gutenberg Blocks Design Library plugin doesn’t deliver blocks. It provides a plugin ( accessed from the editor sidebar ) that enables you to import 50 free designs.
Blocks
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Blocks elsewhere
- Core blocks – 125 blocks in WordPress core.
- Yoast SEO blocks – 3 blocks in WordPress SEO
- Jetpack blocks – 20 blocks in Jetpack
- WooCommerce blocks – 29 blocks in WooCommerce
