Heading

Introduce new sections and organize content to help visitors (and search engines) understand the structure of your content.

This block is available in the latest version of WordPress and does not require the Gutenberg plugin.

Last updated

April 20, 2024

Category: Text

For developers

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Context

Context is used to pass values from a block to a descendant block; for example, a query and post template passing the query ID to the inner blocks.

Documentation

Uses context. Optional. Type: Object.

[
  "pattern/overrides",
  "postId",
  "postType"
]

Block Attributes

Optional. Type: Object.

Attributes provide the structured data needs of a block. They can exist in different forms when they are serialized, but they are declared together under a common interface.

Documentation

{
  "textAlign": {
    "type": "string"
  },
  "content": {
    "type": "rich-text",
    "source": "rich-text",
    "selector": "h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6",
    "__experimentalRole": "content"
  },
  "level": {
    "type": "number",
    "default": 2
  },
  "placeholder": {
    "type": "string"
  }
}

Block Supports

Optional. Type: Object.

A set of options that enables or disables block controls in the editor, for example gradient colors or padding.

Documentation

{
  "align": [
    "wide",
    "full"
  ],
  "anchor": true,
  "className": true,
  "color": {
    "gradients": true,
    "link": true,
    "__experimentalDefaultControls": {
      "background": true,
      "text": true
    }
  },
  "spacing": {
    "margin": true,
    "padding": true,
    "__experimentalDefaultControls": {
      "margin": false,
      "padding": false
    }
  },
  "typography": {
    "fontSize": true,
    "lineHeight": true,
    "__experimentalFontFamily": true,
    "__experimentalFontStyle": true,
    "__experimentalFontWeight": true,
    "__experimentalLetterSpacing": true,
    "__experimentalTextTransform": true,
    "__experimentalTextDecoration": true,
    "__experimentalWritingMode": true,
    "__experimentalDefaultControls": {
      "fontSize": true
    }
  },
  "__unstablePasteTextInline": true,
  "__experimentalSlashInserter": true,
  "interactivity": {
    "clientNavigation": true
  }
}

Transforms

Optional. Type: Object.

Transforms provide rules for what a block can be transformed from and what it can be transformed to.

Documentation

Transforms from: Paragraph.

Transforms to: Paragraph.

View blocks per attribute or block support:

Block Attributes