Available Blocks
These are the blocks available to you when you are building a page. You can also add featured images to the top of your page, backgrounds to your blocks, columns and groups and change your block’s widths.
Common
Audio
Audio file player
Cover
Text over background image
File
File download button
Footnotes
Cited references at the bottom of the page
Gallery
Display images in a grid
Heading
Text headings
Image
Display an image
List
A text list
Paragraph
Basic text box
Quote
Decorative text quote
Video
Embed a video
Layout
Columns
Columns for layout
Grid
Flexible, multi-column layout
Group
Group blocks together
Media + Text
Graphic section divider
Separator
Dividing lines
Spacer
Padding for layout
WFU Custom Blocks
Accordion
Expandable boxes storing content
Announcements
On-site announcement calendar
Buttons
Styled links
Button Cards
Large buttons with image, header, and text options.
Department Events
On-site event calendar
Download Files
Drop-down list of files
Heading + Image Hover
Dynamic rollover element displaying various images
Mobile Graphic Swap
Swaps images based on users’ device
Shortcode
Shortcode container
Slider
Automatically sliding images
Staff List
Employee information listing
University Events
Pull events from events.wfu.edu
Formatting
Classic
Legacy body text editor
Code
Display formatted code example
Details
Expandable box with hidden content
Preformatted
Text block that maintains formatting
Pullquote
Decorative text quote
Table
Information arranged into rows and columns
Verse
Text block that maintains formatting, common for poetry
Widgets
Archives
Your blog posts displayed by date
Categories
Your blog posts displayed as categories
Latest Posts
Your blog posts displayed by title, excerpt, and more
Query Loop
Your custom pages or posts displayed by title, excerpt, and more
RSS
Display blog posts from another site
Search
Site search
Social Icons
Social media links
More Resources
Wake Forest: Online Training playlist Beginner: 96-minute video total
WordPress: Introduction to Publishing with the Block Editor Beginner: 39-minute video
WordPress: Building your website’s menu Beginner: 6-minute video
WordPress: Advanced Layouts with the Block Editor Intermediate: 26-minute video
WordPress: Creating Reusable Blocks Intermediate: 30-minute video
Who’s Coming Back A shortcode to show event attendees.