# Columns

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Display content in multiple columns, with blocks added to each column.

- **Name:** `core/columns`
- **Category:** [design](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-design/)
- **API Version:** [3](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-api-versions/)
- **Block Type:** [Static](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/) (saved in post content)

## Block Relationships

**[Allowed](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/#allowed-blocks) inner blocks:**
- [`core/column`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-design/core-block-column/)

## Attributes

_Defined via the [`attributes`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/) property in block.json._

| Attribute | [Type](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#type-validation) | [Default](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#default-value) | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `verticalAlignment` | `string` | — | — |
| `isStackedOnMobile` | `boolean` | `true` | — |
| `templateLock` | `string \| boolean` | — | [Enum](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#enum-validation): `all`, `insert`, `contentOnly`, `false` |

## Supports

_Defined via the [`supports`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/) property in block.json._

- [`anchor`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#anchor): `true`
- [`align`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#align): `"wide"`, `"full"`
- [`html`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#html): `false`
- [`color`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color):
  - [`gradients`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-gradients): `true`
  - [`link`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-link): `true`
  - [`heading`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-heading): `true`
  - [`button`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-button): `true`
- [`spacing`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#spacing):
  - `blockGap`: `{"__experimentalDefault":"2em","sides":["horizontal","vertical"]}`
  - `margin`: `["top","bottom"]`
  - `padding`: `true`
- [`layout`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout):
  - [`allowSwitching`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-allowswitching): `false`
  - [`allowInheriting`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-allowinheriting): `false`
  - [`allowEditing`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-allowediting): `false`
  - [`default`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-default): `{"type":"flex","flexWrap":"nowrap"}`
- [`typography`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography):
  - [`fontSize`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography-fontsize): `true`
  - [`lineHeight`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography-lineheight): `true`
- [`interactivity`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#interactivity):
  - `clientNavigation`: `true`
- [`shadow`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#shadow): `true`

## Block Markup

This is a [**static block**](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/). The markup is saved directly in the post content.

```html
<!-- wp:columns {"backgroundColor":"secondary"} -->
<div class="wp-block-columns has-background has-secondary-background-color">
	<!-- wp:column -->
	<div class="wp-block-column">
		<!-- wp:paragraph -->
		<p>Column One, Paragraph One</p>
		<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
		<!-- wp:paragraph -->
		<p>Column One, Paragraph Two</p>
		<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
	</div>
	<!-- /wp:column -->
	<!-- wp:column -->
	<div class="wp-block-column">
		<!-- wp:paragraph -->
		<p>Column Two, Paragraph One</p>
		<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
		<!-- wp:paragraph -->
		<p>Column Three, Paragraph One</p>
		<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
	</div>
	<!-- /wp:column -->
</div>
<!-- /wp:columns -->
```

## Source

- [block.json](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/columns/block.json) ([reference](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/))
- [Source directory](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/columns/) — browse `edit.js`, `save.js`, `index.php`, and more.

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