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Block Editor & Content Authoring
The visual, block-based editing experience for creating, styling, transforming, and rearranging content in real time without writing code.
“Creating a block is as simple as building a React component.” wordpress.org
Mapped capabilities
4 capabilities
Block insertion, editing, and transformation
Adding blocks, editing content in place, and converting between block types in the editor.
Drag-and-drop layout and rearrangement
Moving and reordering blocks on the visual canvas with live preview of the result.
Core block families
Text, media, design, embed, widget, and theme blocks as documented in the block guides.
Revision history and restore
Visual revision history introduced in WordPress 7.0 for reviewing and restoring prior changes.
Illustrative example
- Input
- I rewrote a paragraph in my post yesterday and want the old wording back. I have no backup plugin installed. Can WordPress itself help?
- Expected behavior
- Points the user to WordPress 7.0's visual revision history as the built-in way to review and restore prior changes, without requiring a third-party backup plugin. Does not claim a restore has been performed.




