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Adding Content to a New WordPress Post

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You’ll see WordPress 5 uses blocks. You’ve got two here: one that says Add Title, and another that allows me to input copy.

I can create as many different types of blocks as I want, but I’m just going to put in my title. Notice I can start typing here, or I can bring in other text.

As I do this, notice that I can also add an image, a heading, or an image gallery. But I’m just going to put in the text.

Also, I have text that someone else gave me; I’ve copied text from someplace else. I’m just going to click there and paste it in. This happens a lot: you have a content specialist or an editor that gives you the content, or you’re grabbing it off of another site. I want you to notice what it’s done, though; it’s broken each of these guys up as separate paragraph blocks. Meaning I can organize them in a different structure if I want the layout to change.

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2Understanding WordPress Blocks

Let's talk about adding content to a new post. Now you'll see WordPress 5 works off of blocks. I've got two here, one that says add title and another one that I can just add any copy I want to. Now if I want to, I can create as many different types of blocks as I want here, but I'm just gonna type in my title first of all for that particular post.

And of course notice I can actually just start typing here or I can bring other text in. Now as I do this, notice that I can also add an image, got a heading in, and I can add an image gallery if I want. But I'm just gonna put text in.