Verse – core/verse

Insert poetry. Use special spacing formats. Or quote song lyrics.

Use the Verse block to insert poetry or song lyrics.

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Example

For better or worse,
I composed a short verse.

I then hit enter,
And aligned it centre.

Notes

  • Pretty much the same as Preformatted.
  • Verse provides Text alignment buttons. Alignment applies to the whole block.
  • Transforms to Paragraph.

Update for WordPress 5.5.

The official documentation for WordPress contained the following video, which needed updating. It didn’t display on my iPad.

  • Change text alignmentUse Change text alignment to choose how to align the text.
    • Align text leftUse the Align text left drop-down from the toolbar to align text to the left.
    • Align text centerAlign content centrally.
    • Align text rightUse the Align text right drop-down from the toolbar to align text to the right.
  • BoldUse Bold to mark selected text as bold.
  • ItalicUse Italic to mark selected text as italic.
  • LinkUse Link to create a hyperlink to your highlighted text.
  • More rich text controlsFind more text controls in this dropdown.
    • Inline codeUse inline code feature to format code snippets within your text.
    • Inline imageInsert an inline image.
    • StrikethroughUse Strikethrough to strikethrough the selected text.
    • SubscriptUse Subscript to add subscript to your highlighted text.
    • SuperscriptUse Superscript to add superscript to your highlighted text.
    • Text colorUse Text color to change the color of the selected text
  • More optionsDisplay more options
    • Show More SettingsShow the block settings in the sidebar.
    • CopyCopy the block to the clipboard.
    • DuplicateUse Duplicate to create a copy of the block.
    • Insert AfterInsert a new block after the selected block(s).
    • Insert BeforeInsert a new block before the selected block(s).
    • Move To Use Move To to move a block. Up/Down or Left/Right
    • Edit as HTMLEdit the HTML of the block.
    • GroupTransform the selected block(s) into a group.
    • Add to Reusable blocksCreate a Reusable block.
    • Remove blockDelete the block.

Verse transforms to:

  • Columns
  • Group
  • Paragraph