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Paragraph Block

The most basic block within the theme, the paragraph block forms the spine of your web pages.

There isn’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.

Basic formatting options are available. Those options include:

  • Bolding
  • Italicizing
  • Hyperlinking
  • Adding superscripts and subscripts

The text can also be left, center, and right aligned; however, the default of left alignment should almost always be used.

Functionality Found Elsewhere

Several types of formatting that would normally fit within a paragraph are actually separate blocks within Gutenberg. Those additional blocks include:

There are also additional block types that can supplement content within paragraphs. Those include:

Additional Functionality

The Paragraph block also supports immediate YouTube video embeds by simply pasting in the URL of a YouTube video.

Need help?

Have questions? Feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns at go.ncsu.edu/ucomm-dev-request.