WordPress 5 Cookbook

Duplicating blocks

This is another useful feature in editing. Sometimes, we need to place similar blocks multiple times within the page. Such requirements include the following:

• Using a structural element such as a table of the same number of columns and rows with different data
• Using a block multiple times with the same settings
• Using an entire block multiple times with the same content and settings

We can add a block, add content to it, and configure the settings up to the stage where we want to duplicate it. Then, we can click the Duplicate option and the editor will create a clone of the block after the source block. This process is executed by getting the block code in the Code editor and duplicating the code. This will be handled ...