Blocks are the components for adding content in the new WordPress Block Editor. There are several blocks available within WordPress that you can easily add to your post or page, move within a post or page and search for.
There are different ways to configure and work with these blocks. You can also install additional third party blocks from the WordPress block directory.
Below is a list of the blocks that are currently available within WordPress. We will be adding to this list as more blocks are added with each release.
The Block Inserter categorizes the blocks into 6 different types: Text, Media, Design, Widgets, Theme and Embeds.
Text blocks
Media blocks
Design blocks
Widgets blocks
Theme blocks
- Navigation
- Site Logo
- Site Title
- Site Tagline
- Query Loop
- Avatar
- Title (Renamed from Post Title)
- Excerpt (Renamed from Post Excerpt)
- Featured Image (Renamed from Post Featured image)
- Author (Renamed from Post Author)
- Author Name (Renamed from Post Author Name)
- Comments Count
- Comments Link
- Date
- Post Date
- Modified Date (Renamed from Post Modified Date)
- Categories
- Tags (Renamed from Post Tags)
- Previous post
- Next Post
- Time to Read
- Word Count (Time to Read variation)
- Read More
- Comments
- Comments Form (Renamed from Post Comments Form)
- Login/out
- Term Count
- Term Description
- Term Name
- Terms Query
- Archive Title
- Search Results Title
- Post Types Label
- Author Biography (Renamed from Post Author Biography)
- Template Part
- Query Title
- Post Navigation Link
- Breadcrumbs (new in 7.0)
Embed Blocks
- Embed
- X (Renamed from Twitter)
- YouTube
- WordPress
- SoundCloud
- Spotify
- Flickr
- Vimeo
- Animoto
- CloudUp
- Crowdsignal
- Dailymotion
- Imgur
- Issuu
- Kickstarter
- Mixcloud
- Pocket Casts
- ReverbNation
- Screencast
- Scribd
- Slideshare
- SmugMug
- Speaker Deck
- TikTok
- TED
- Tumblr
- VideoPress
- WordPress.tv
- Amazon Kindle
- Wolfram
- Bluesky
Learn more about the Embeds in this support article: Embeds.
Other Blocks
Most Used Blocks
You will also find a Most Used blocks category which is not shown by default. This category will be visible only if you enable ‘Show most used blocks’ in your Preferences.
When enabled, the Most Used blocks category will be displayed right above the Text blocks category. It will list all the blocks that you used recently on your post or page.
The blocks that appear in the Most Used section will vary based on which blocks you used recently on your post or page.
Deprecated blocks
The following blocks have been deprecated.
| Deprecated block | Since | Replacement or change |
|---|---|---|
| Text Columns block | Before 5.0 | Replaced with the Columns block |
| Button block | 5.4 | Became a child of the Buttons block |
| 5.6 | Removed | |
| 5.6 | Removed | |
| Post Comments block | 6.0 | Replaced with Comments Query Loop block |
| Comments Query Loop block | 6.1 | Became or was merged into the Comments block |
| Post Comment | Replaced with the Comments block | |
| Comment Author Avatar block | Replaced with Avatar block | |
| Posts List | 6.7 | Removed |
Changelog
- Updated 2026-08-20 (@awetz583)
- Added Playlist and Tabs blocks; Updated screenshots for 7.1
- Moved footnote under Other
- Updated 2026-07-28 (@kjoyner)
- Organized and updated the deprecation table to improve clarity.
- Updated 2026-07-08 (@awetz583)
- Added Date block
- Updated 2026-05-20 (@awetz583)
- Updated all screenshots to WP 7.0
- Added Breadcrumbs, Icon; renamed Verse to Poetry
- Updated 2025-12-12 (@estelaris)
- Updated all screenshots to WP 6.9.
- Renamed Post Title, Post Excerpt, Post Featured Image, Post Author, Post Author Name, Post Modified Date, Post Tags, Post Author Biography by removing the word “Post” from the title.
- Added reference to Stretchy Paragraph and Stretchy Heading
- Added missing blocks (still need link to articles): Terms List, Comments Count, Comments Link, Date, Time to Read, Word Count, Term Count, Term Name, Terms Query, Post Types Label, Bluesky
- Renamed Twitter to X
- Added to the Deprecated blocks list: Posts List, Post Comment (deprecated), Facebook (deprecated), Instagram (deprecated)
- Updated 2024-05-02
- Correct “Post Modified Date” link
- Updated 2023-08-08
- Remove reference to “Reusable Blocks”.
- Add link to “Pinterest” block.
- Add Details block page
- Add Post Modified Date block page
- Updated 2023-06-27
- Updated link to the Avatar block page
- Updated 2023-06-02
- Added link to the Previous Post block page
- Updated 2023-05-19
- Added link to the Home Link block page
- Updated 2023-05-18
- Added link to the Avatar block page
- Updated 2023-05-11
- Added link to the Next Post block page
- Updated 2023-02-14
- Added link to the Submenu block page
- Updated 2022-12-14
- Added link to the Post Navigation Link block page
- Updated 2022-12-12
- Added link to the Page List block page
- Added link to the Pagination block page
- Updated 2022-12-11
- Added link to the Custom Link block page
- Fixed a formatting issue in the Comment block list
- Updated 2022-12-02
- Added link to the Posts List block page
- Updated 2022-11-28
- Added link to the Stack block page
- Updated 2022-11-25
- Added link for Pocket Casts Embed block page
- Updated 2022-11-24
- Added link for Row block page
- Updated 2022-11-23