# Post Template

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Contains the block elements used to render a post, like the title, date, featured image, content or excerpt, and more.

- **Name:** `core/post-template`
- **Category:** [theme](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-theme/)
- **API Version:** [3](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-api-versions/)
- **Block Type:** [Hybrid](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/) (static save + server enhancements)

## Block Relationships

**[Ancestor](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/#ancestor) blocks:**
- [`core/query`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-theme/core-block-query/)

## Attributes

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

_This block has no custom attributes._

## 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`
- [`reusable`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#reusable): `false`
- [`html`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#html): `false`
- [`align`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#align): `"wide"`, `"full"`
- [`layout`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout): `true`
- [`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`
- [`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`
- [`spacing`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#spacing):
  - `margin`: `true`
  - `padding`: `true`
  - `blockGap`: `{"__experimentalDefault":"1.25em"}`
- [`interactivity`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#interactivity):
  - `clientNavigation`: `true`

## Context

_Defined via the [`usesContext` and `providesContext`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-context/) properties in block.json._

**Uses context:**

- `queryId`
- `query`
- `displayLayout`
- `templateSlug`
- `previewPostType`
- `enhancedPagination`
- `postType`

## Block Markup

This is a [**hybrid block**](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/). It saves static markup that the server may enhance during rendering.

```html
<!-- wp:post-template /-->
```

## Source

- [block.json](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/post-template/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/post-template/) — browse `edit.js`, `save.js`, `index.php`, and more.

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