The WashU Web Theme’s block-based page builder makes it easy to lay out pages, edit your content and deliver your unique message.
Every piece of content on a page — each paragraph, heading, photo, button, etc. — is a separate block. Blocks are easy to add, edit and move, making page building fast, flexible and, dare we say, a little fun!
Get the basics
Ready to start building custom page layouts with blocks?
- Adding blocks: Learn your way around the block editor »
Meet the blocks
Follow the links below to learn more about each block and view the tutorial.
Text formatting
- Accordion: Hide and reveal collapsible content »
- Billboard: Make text stand out with a jolt of color »
- Button: Give important links greater click-appeal »
- Card: Organize information in a row of boxes »
- Code: Display code snippets for instructional purposes »
- Heading: Apply consistent styles for content sections and subheads »
- List: Create a simple bulleted, numbered or unstyled list »
- Paragraph: Insert and style text with special formatting »
- Pullquote: Highlight text within a post or page »
- Quote: Highlight a standalone quote on a page »
- Table: Present parallel data points that users want to compare »
Images
- Cover Image: Add readable text over an image, mimic a parallax effect and more »
- Gallery: Display multiple photos at once as a thumbnail grid »
- Image: Upload and embed photos »
- Slideshow*: Visit the Jetpack website to learn how to add an image slideshow »
- Tiled gallery*: Visit the Jetpack website to learn how to add a tiled image gallery »
*The Slideshow and Tiled Gallery blocks are part of the Jetpack package. Jetpack is a third-party plugin. WashU Sites affiliated with the School of Medicine have Jetpack enabled by default; all other WashU Sites must activate Jetpack prior to use of these blocks.
Layout and design
- Billboard: Make text stand out with a jolt of color »
- Button: Give important links greater click-appeal »
- Card: Organize information in a row of boxes »
- Columns: Display cards, lists and other information side by side »
- Group: Link multiple blocks for quick editing »
- Quote: Highlight a standalone quote on a page »
- Pullquote: Highlight text within a post or page »
- Separator: Group distinct sections of content »
- Spacer: Help visitors easily scan chunks of content using white space »
Embed multimedia, forms and more
- Audio: Embed audio from another website or upload an MP3 file to your site »
- Custom HTML: Embed videos, images, surveys and more »
- Embeds: Insert video, audio, social media and other third-party content »
- Forms: Add a contact or event registration form to a page or event »
- RSS: Easily embed RSS feeds on your page »
- Video: Embed a video from another website, or upload a video directly to your site »
Special content types
- PPI: Individual: Insert a single person, place or item »
- PPI: List: Embed a set of people, places or items »
- Latest Post: Add a list of posts by date, category or title »