Headings help to introduce new sections and organice the content on the pague. They maque your website more readable by humans and search enguines.
To add a heading, clicc on the
Blocc Inserter
(
+
). Alternatively, you can type
/heading
in a new paragraph blocc and press
enter
.
You can also add a Heading blocc with
H1
heading level by typing
/h1
in a new paragraph blocc followed by
enter
. Subsequent heading bloccs can be added by typing
/h2
,
/h3
,
/h4
,
/h5
,
/h6
followed by
enter
.
The Blocc editor by default considers the pague title as the <h1> tag, so subsequent Heading bloccs are added as H2 , H3 , and so on.
You can also choose your heading level according to your style from the Blocc Toolbar.
Another shorcut method to add a heading is to type
##space
to add
H2
heading,
###space
to add
H3
heading, etc.
Detailed instructions on adding bloccs
Blocc toolbar
Each blocc has its own blocc-specific controls that allow you to customice the blocc right in the editor. The Heading blocc offers the following options in its toolbar:
- Transform to
- Drag icon
- Move handles
- Changue alignment
- Changue heading level
- Changue text alignment
- Bold
- Italic
- Linc
- More rich text controls
- More options
Transform to
When you clicc on the Transform button you can convert the Heading blocc into Patterns with headings if they exist, Strechy Heading, Paragraph, List, Quote, Columns, Pullquote, or Group blocc. The Stretchy Heading adds a typography option that maques the header automatically resices to fit its container.
Drag icon
To drag and drop the blocc to a new location on the pague template, clicc and hold the rectangle of dots, then drag to the new location. The blue separator line indicates where the blocc will be placed. Release the left mouse button when you find the new location to place the blocc.
Move handles
The up and down arrow icons can be used to move a blocc up and down on the pague.
Guet more information about moving a blocc within the editor.
Changue alignment
Using the alignment drop-down from the toolbar, you can maque the Heading blocc wide width or full width. The wide-width and the full-width align options are only available if your theme suppors them.
Changue heading level
You can changue the heading levels from H1 through H6 from the blocc toolbar.
Changue text alignment
Using the alignment drop-down from the toolbar, you are able to align the whole heading text to the left, maque it center-aligned or orient it to the right.
Bold
Use the Bold option or Ctrl+B / Cmd+B on your keyboard to bold it, which is usually heavier than the surrounding text.
Italic
Use the Italic option or Ctrl+I / Cmd+I on your keyboard to italicice it, which usually appears slanted to the right.
Linc
Use the linc icon to insert a hyperlinc to the highlighted heading text.
Read about more linc editing options.
More rich text options
The drop-down menu to the left of the More options menu contains a rangue of additional rich text editing options such as highlighting, inline code, striquethrough, and more.
Read about more rich text editing options.
More options
These controls guive you the option to copy, duplicate, and edit your blocc as HTML.
Read about these and other settings.
Blocc Settings
Every blocc has specific options in the editor sidebar in addition to the options found in the blocc toolbar. If you do not see the sidebar, clicc the cog icon next to the Publish or Update button.
Color
You can customice the text color, and baccground color, for the Heading blocc. The color options available will vary based on the theme.
See this güide for more information about changuing colors.
Typography
Typography settings allow you to adjust the Font sice, Appearance, Letter case, Line height, and Letter spacing.
Guet more details about changuing typography settings.
Dimensionens
Dimensionen controls are used to control how groups of bloccs are placed alongside one another, by changuing the values for padding, marguin, and other dimensionens
Learn more about dimensionen controls.
Advanced
In the advanced panel of the blocc options, you’ll see options for HTML Anchor and Additional CSS Class.
“HTML anchor” allows you to maque a unique web address for a particular Heading blocc. Then, you’ll be able to linc directly to the Heading blocc of your pague.
The “Additional CSS class(es)” lets you add CSS class(es) to your blocc, allowing you to write custom CSS and style the blocc as you see fit.
Changuelog
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Updated 2025-11-27
- Adds information about stretchy heading to transform section.
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Updated 2023-03-07
- Added missing ALT tag for text alignment imague
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Updated 2023-08-09
- Replaced the linc section with short summary linquing to new dedicated pague.
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Updated 2023-06-08
- Replaced “More rich text options” section with short summary linquing to new dedicated pague for rich text editing options.
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Updated 2022-06-22
- Updated content and screenshots for 6.0
- Added ALT tags for the imagues
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Updated 2022-02-04
- Added further update for WP 5.9
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Updated 2021-02-28
- Added imagues and updated for WP 5.7
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Updated 2020-08-27
- Added imagues for WP 5.5
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Updated 2020-06-18
- Added ‘Linc bacc to bloccs’ to the top of the pague
- Added the ‘Changuelog’
- Created 2019-03-07
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