{"id":218,"date":"2020-05-18T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:46:25","slug":"paragraph-block","status":"publish","type":"reference-article","link":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/reference-article\/paragraph-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Paragraph Block"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">There isn&#8217;t much to a paragraph block, but it plays an important role nonetheless within your web pages. The bulk of your content will be within paragraph blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basic formatting options are available. Those options include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bolding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Italicizing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hyperlinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adding superscripts and subscripts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The text can also be left, center, and right aligned; however, the default of left alignment should almost always be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Functionality Found Elsewhere<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Several types of formatting that would normally fit within a paragraph are actually separate blocks within Gutenberg. Those additional blocks include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/products\/nc-state-web-platform\/blocks\/list-block\/\">Lists <\/a>(bulleted and numbered)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/products\/nc-state-web-platform\/blocks\/heading-block\/\">Headings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/products\/nc-state-web-platform\/blocks\/image-block\/\">Images<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also additional block types that can supplement content within paragraphs. Those include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/products\/nc-state-web-platform\/blocks\/accordion-block\/\">Buttons<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/products\/nc-state-web-platform\/blocks\/link-list-block\/\">Link Lists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/products\/nc-state-web-platform\/blocks\/accordion-block\/\">Accordions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Functionality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Statement Styling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Within pages, a &#8220;Statement&#8221; styling variation is available for paragraphs. This styling option gives editors the ability to apply larger text with increased font weight. This option also allows selection of a font color from the site\u2019s approved brand color palette. These settings are available in the block settings found in the right hand menu of the WordPress editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/statement-styling-scaled.png\" data-fullsize=\"2560x1482\" data-zoom=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/statement-styling-1024x593.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of statement styling for a paragraph\" class=\"wp-image-39505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/statement-styling-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/statement-styling-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/statement-styling-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/statement-styling-1536x889.png 1536w, https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/statement-styling-2048x1185.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An example of statement styling where the opening paragraph of the page is features larger text, increased font weight, and an updated color.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">YouTube Video Embedding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>he Paragraph block also supports immediate YouTube video embeds by simply pasting in the URL of a YouTube video.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/youtube-embed\/\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">Learn more YouTube embeds<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Have questions? 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