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Use Cases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Featured Content block is a useful tool for pointing users towards important, and sometimes timely, pages and stories across a site. In addition to being an effective way to break up long bodies of text, the Featured Content block can be a useful way for content creators to leverage interesting pages and stories, keeping users on their site longer, and hopefully creating repeat visitors. See an example of a Featured Content block below:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Gutenberg, adding a Featured Content block to a page is as easy as clicking the “Add a block” button and choosing “Featured Content” from the block list. Alternatively, the block can be found by using the “Search for a block” function. For more info on blocks and adding them to a WordPress site, see our documentation on blocks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once added, the Featured Content block allows for a custom heading above the various content cards. Within each specific content card, site maintainers can either search for a relevant post within their current site using the URL input area to auto-fill some of the fields, or they may also provide a unique link, image, headline, teaser text, and call to action within each field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiple rows of content cards may be added within the same Featured Content block. Once the current row of cards is full, the button to add a new card will move to the next row where the new set of cards will begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Content cards within the same Featured Content block may be shifted or reorganized using the block moving mechanisms on found on each individual card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additional customization is available through the block settings found on the right-hand side menu. Creators can opt for a two column layout and also choose to hide the featured images and call to actions within each content card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Need help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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