Gutenberg v10.8.0.20210601 delivers 178 blocks, including variations and experimental blocks.
Printing since 1440. This is the development plugin for the new block editor in WordPress core.
Core blocks
- Archives – core/archives
Display a monthly archive of your posts. - Audio – core/audio
Embed a simple audio player. - 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 – 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
Add a block that displays content in multiple columns, then add whatever content blocks you’d like. - 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, Instagram 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 organize 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. - Legacy Widget – core/legacy-widget
Display a legacy widget. - List – core/list
Create a bulleted or numbered list. - Login/out – core/loginout
Show login & logout links. - Media & 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. - Page Break – core/nextpage
Separate your content into a multi-page experience. - Page List – core/page-list
Display a list of all pages. - Paragraph – core/paragraph
Start with the building block of all narrative. - Post Author – core/post-author
Add the author of this post. - Post Comment – core/post-comment
Post comment. - Post Comment Author – core/post-comment-author
Post comment author. - Post Comment Content – core/post-comment-content
Post comment content - Post Comment Date – core/post-comment-date
Post comment date. - 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 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. - Pullquote – core/pullquote
Give special visual emphasis to a quote from your text. - Query – core/query
Displays a list of posts as a result of a query. - Query Loop – core/query-loop
Query loop. - Query Pagination – core/query-pagination
Displays a paginated navigation to next/previous set of posts, when applicable. - Query Pagination Next – core/query-pagination-next
Displays the next posts page link. - Query Pagination Numbers – core/query-pagination-numbers
Displays a list of page numbers for pagination - Query Pagination Previous – core/query-pagination-previous
Displays the previous posts page link. - 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 - 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
Useful for displaying a graphic mark, design, or symbol to represent the site. Once a site logo is set, it can be reused in different places and templates. It should not be confused with the site icon, which is the small image used in the dashboard, browser tabs, public search results, etc, to help recognize a site. - Site Tagline – core/site-tagline
Describe in a few words what the website 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 and allows editing the name of the site. The site title usually appears in the browser title bar, in search results, and more. Also available in Settings > General. - Social Icon – core/social-link
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Social Icons – core/social-links
Display icons linking to your social media profiles or websites. - Spacer – core/spacer
Add white space between blocks and customize its height. - Table – core/table
Insert a table — perfect for sharing charts and data. - 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. - 100 – one-column-full
One column - 25 / 50 / 25 – three-columns-wider-center
Three columns; wide center column - 30 / 70 – two-columns-one-third-two-thirds
Two columns; one-third, two-thirds split - 33 / 33 / 33 – three-columns-equal
Three columns; equal split - 50 / 50 – two-columns-equal
Two columns; equal split - 500px – fivehundredpx
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - 70 / 30 – two-columns-two-thirds-one-third
Two columns; two-thirds, one-third split - Amazon – amazon
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Amazon Kindle – amazon-kindle
Embed Amazon Kindle content. - Animoto – animoto
Embed an Animoto video. - Archive Title – archive-title
Display the archive title based on the queried object. - Bandcamp – bandcamp
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Behance – behance
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Category Link – category
A link to a category. - Cloudup – cloudup
Embed Cloudup content. - CodePen – codepen
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - CollegeHumor – collegehumor
Embed CollegeHumor content. - Crowdsignal – crowdsignal
Embed Crowdsignal (formerly Polldaddy) content. - Custom Link – link
A link to a custom URL. - Dailymotion – dailymotion
Embed a Dailymotion video. - DeviantArt – deviantart
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Dribbble – dribbble
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Dropbox – dropbox
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Etsy – etsy
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Facebook – facebook
Embed a Facebook post. - Facebook – facebook
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Flickr – flickr
Embed Flickr content. - Flickr – flickr
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Footer – footer
The Footer template defines a page area that typically contains site credits, social links, or any other combination of blocks. - Foursquare – foursquare
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - GitHub – github
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Goodreads – goodreads
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Google – google
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Header – header
The Header template defines a page area that typically contains a title, logo, and main navigation. - Horizontal – buttons-horizontal
Buttons shown in a row. - Image, Date, & Title – image-date-title
Displays a list of posts as a result of a query. - Imgur – imgur
Embed Imgur content. - Instagram – instagram
Embed an Instagram post. - Instagram – instagram
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Issuu – issuu
Embed Issuu content. - Kickstarter – kickstarter
Embed Kickstarter content. - Last.fm – lastfm
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Link – chain
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - LinkedIn – linkedin
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Mail – mail
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Mastodon – mastodon
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Medium – medium
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Meetup – meetup
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Meetup.com – meetup-com
Embed Meetup.com content. - Mixcloud – mixcloud
Embed Mixcloud content. - Navigation (horizontal) – horizontal
Links shown in a row. - Navigation (vertical) – vertical
Links shown in a column. - Next post – post-next
Displays the post link that follows the current post. - Page Link – page
A link to a page. - Patreon – patreon
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Pinterest – pinterest
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Pocket – pocket
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Post Categories – category
Display a post’s categories. - Post Link – post
A link to a post. - Post Tags – post_tag
Display a post’s tags. - Posts List – posts-list
Display a list of your most recent posts, excluding sticky posts. - Previous post – post-previous
Displays the post link that precedes the current post. - Reddit – reddit
Embed a Reddit thread. - Reddit – reddit
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - ReverbNation – reverbnation
Embed ReverbNation content. - RSS Feed – feed
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Screencast – screencast
Embed Screencast content. - Scribd – scribd
Embed Scribd content. - Search – default
Help visitors find your content. - Skype – skype
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Slideshare – slideshare
Embed Slideshare content. - SmugMug – smugmug
Embed SmugMug content. - Snapchat – snapchat
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - SoundCloud – soundcloud
Embed SoundCloud content. - SoundCloud – soundcloud
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Speaker Deck – speaker-deck
Embed Speaker Deck content. - Spotify – spotify
Embed Spotify content. - Spotify – spotify
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Tag Link – tag
A link to a tag. - TED – ted
Embed a TED video. - Telegram – telegram
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - TikTok – tiktok
Embed a TikTok video. - TikTok – tiktok
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Title & Date – title-date
Displays a list of posts as a result of a query. - Title & Excerpt – title-excerpt
Displays a list of posts as a result of a query. - Title, Date, & Excerpt – title-date-excerpt
Displays a list of posts as a result of a query. - Tumblr – tumblr
Embed a Tumblr post. - Tumblr – tumblr
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Twitch – twitch
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Twitter – twitter
Embed a tweet. - Twitter – twitter
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - Vertical – buttons-vertical
Buttons shown in a column. - VideoPress – videopress
Embed a VideoPress video. - Vimeo – vimeo
Embed a Vimeo video. - Vimeo – vimeo
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - VK – vk
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - WordPress – wordpress
Embed a WordPress post. - WordPress – wordpress
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - WordPress.tv – wordpress-tv
Embed a WordPress.tv video. - Yelp – yelp
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website. - YouTube – youtube
Embed a YouTube video. - YouTube – youtube
Display an icon linking to a social media profile or website.
Variations
The blocks which were previously prefixed with core-embed are now variations of Embed – core/embed. The social link blocks are now variations of Social Icon – core/social-link.
Other blocks with variations are:
- Columns – core/columns
- Navigation – core/navigation
- Navigation Link – core/navigation-link
- Query – core/query
- Search – core/search
Full Site Editing (FSE )
The blocks for Full Site Editing ( available from version 9.2 onwards ) are only available when using an FSE theme. Most of these blocks are intended to be used in the Site Editor (beta) admin page and in the custom post types Templates ( wp_template ) and Template Parts ( wp_template_part ). Some of the blocks can also be used in standard post content.
Block change summary
core-embed blocks were changed to variations.| Version | Core | Core embed | Added | Deleted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5.0-8.7.1 | 94 | 34 | Core total now includes the variations for Columns, Social links and Navigation ( experimental ). | Hulu – core-embed/hulu |
| 8.2.0 – 8.5.0 | 94 | 35 | Widget Area – core/widget-area | |
| 7.5.0 – 8.1.0 | 46 | 35 | The 38/39 other social link blocks. | |
| 7.3.0 – 7.4.0 | 84 | 35 | Cannot find block(s):core-embed/tiktok | |
| 7.2.0 | 84 | 34 | ||
| 7.1.0 | 83 | 34 | ||
| 7.0.0 | 83 | 34 | ||
| 6.5.0 – 6.9.0 | 83 | 34 | and 38 other social link blocks. | |
| 5.9.0 | 42 | 34 | ||
| WordPress 5.0 | 36 | 35 |
- WordPress version 5.5.1 is not compatible with Gutenberg v8.1.0 or earlier.
- Gutenberg 7.2.0 adds the Buttons block. It’s not possible to transform a Button block to a Buttons block, or vice-versa.
- In Gutenberg 7.1.0 the Legacy Widget (Experimental) – core/legacy-widget is still experimental.
- Gutenberg 7.0.0 adds 2 core blocks: Navigation – core/navigation, Navigation Link – core/navigation-link
- These replace the experimental blocks Menu Item – core/navigation-menu-item, Navigation – core/navigation-menu, which have been deleted rather than deprecated.
- Gutenberg 6.5.0 through 6.9.0 added 39 social link blocks.
- Gutenberg 5.9.0 provided 42 blocks with a prefix of
core, and 34 blocks with a prefix ofcore-embed. - Two
core-embedblocks were Deleted not Deprecated; they were simply removed. - In WordPress 5.0 there were 36
coreblocks and 35core-embedblocks.
Deprecated blocks
For some reason, Gutenberg still registers a number of Deprecated blocks.
I’ve raised a Feature Request to have them removed. wordpress/gutenberg#19267. Subheading has been removed but not Text columns.
| Plugin name and description | Plugin links | Version, total downloads, last update, tested |
|---|---|---|
| Gutenberg The Gutenberg plugin provides editing, customization, and site building features to WordPress. This beta plugin allows you to test bleeding-edge featu … | gutenberg home | 10.8.0 23,051,360 June 9, 2021 5.7.2 |
References
- Summary of WordPress core blocks
- For the Cumulative change log for Gutenberg see https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/gutenberg/trunk/changelog.txt