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Sep 17, 2025

Featured People Block

Use Cases The Featured People block provides an effective way to spotlight individuals. The block allows creators to display a person’s headshot, name and title, along with a link to an external resource. While it’s often used to highlight a single person, the block also supports the display of multiple profiles so creators can showcase…

Sep 17, 2025

Post Summary Block

Use Cases The Post Summary block gives readers a summary of a post’s contents. This makes the post easier to skim and understand at a glance. By offering context beyond the headline, it provides clarity which can spark greater interest from readers. This in turn can help improve reader retention. Features Unlike other blocks, the…

Feb 20, 2024

Starter Content

Certain templates come with a suggested layout of blocks that can be easily populated and edited for your specific needs. Available on certain templates, the starter content system includes a suggested selection of blocks for a particular template type. This can be especially useful as a starting point for creating a new page.  Blocks added…

Feb 20, 2024

Localist Calendar Widgets

Keeping one’s audience up-to-date about campus events on the web can be a challenge. And building web content that displays this information in a clear and concise manner can be a big time sink. The Localist Calendar Widget builder aims to address both of these issues. Posting relevant campus event information in a thoughtful manner…

Jan 30, 2024

Patterns

With patterns, you can save sets of blocks to use later on any page or post on your site. This can mitigate the repetition of adding the same groups of blocks to new pages. Creating a Pattern In most cases patterns consist of a group of blocks, but patterns can also be a single block.…

Mar 22, 2021

Gravity Forms

Introduction This page provides a quick introduction to Gravity Forms, a powerful tool for creating professional looking forms embedded directly into a WordPress page or post. The easy to use form building platform helps to save time while also allowing users to preview their forms before taking them live on their site. Through its configuration…

Mar 18, 2021

Alt Text

Introduction: What is Alt Text? Alternative text (alt text) provides a written description of content for visually impaired users who may use a screen reader. Adding alt text for images is a foundational principle of web accessibility. It can be challenging to implement alt text correctly and in a way that most benefits end users.…

Sep 2, 2020

Sandwich Narrative Block

Use a Sandwich Narrative block as a supplement that expands upon a specific point within a larger story. While the main Page or Post content sets the stage and gives full details on a particular topic, the Sandwich Narrative block allows users to present a secondary, shorter yet relevant story embedded directly within the original…

May 27, 2020

Block Quote Block

The Block Quote block is designed for presenting longer excerpts from external sources, such as a research article, annual report or strategic plan. A good rule of thumb is to use a block quote if a quoted excerpt is going to be more than three lines of a paragraph when displayed on a desktop. In…

May 26, 2020

Aside Widget Block

A part of the immersive template, the Aside Widget block is a sleek alternative to standard Fact and Pull Quote blocks. Instead of traditional center alignment, the Aside Widget affords site managers the option to left- or right-align chunks of important content to give the page a feature feel without distracting from the main body…

May 19, 2020

Image Format, File Name and Size

Formats An image’s format refers to its filetype. Common filetypes are .jpeg/.jpg, .png and .gif. In most cases, .jpeg/.jpg should be used. It is the most widely used image format and is far less likely to present any issues. The filetype, size and resolution all contribute to an image’s overall quality. WordPress offers a helpful…