Blocks »Buttons Block
The Buttons block allows you to add buttons linking to other pages on your site or to an external page. It’s great for calling attention to the most important thing you want your visitors to do.
In order to add a Buttons block, click on the Block Inserter icon. Once you add your first button, you can type what you’d like the button to say.
Adding a Buttons block
You can also type /buttons and hit enter in a new Paragraph block to add one quickly.
For more, visit our detailed instructions on adding blocks.
Block Interface
Every block has a toolbar of block-specific controls that lets you manipulate the block.
The parent Buttons block offers the following options in its toolbar:
- Parent block selector
- Drag block handle to change the block position
- Move up and down
- Change alignment between full and wide width
- Change content justification (more on this below)
Individual Button blocks offers the following options in its toolbar:
- Parent Buttons block selector
- Drag block handle
- Move left and right
- Link
- Styles (more on this below)
- Bold, Italics, and more text formatting options
Linking a Button
To add a link to your button, click on the Link option that shows in the toolbar. You will be able to paste your link or search the existing pages and posts of your site.
By default, links will open in the same tab unless you choose the option to set the link to open in a new tab.
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Note that the link is added in the toolbar link option and not in the Block Settings. Link Rel controls the button link’s
relattribute, for addingnofollowamongst other things.
Aligning Buttons
You can display the buttons either horizontally (in a row) or vertically (stacked in a column) using the Transform to variation setting on the Buttons block:
To change a button’s alignment, first select the parent Buttons block by clicking on the Buttons symbol as shown here:
Then you can choose from the Justify options in the toolbar to align the buttons to the left, right, or center. You can also choose Space between items to automatically add equal space between multiple buttons in the block.
Block Settings Panel
Every block has additional options in the editor sidebar, as well as the options found in the block toolbar. If you do not see the sidebar click the ‘gear’ icon next to the Publish button.
Styles
In the Styles options, you can set the button to be filled with a color (Fill) or have a solid border (Outline).
Color Settings
You can choose the text and background colors for your buttons.
Select colors that will make the button stand out and make sure to find a nice contrast for readability purposes. Accessibility parameters are built into the new editor to warn you when the text may become illegible for persons with reading impairments.
Border Radius
The border radius option allows you to give your buttons a more rounded appearance. Setting this to 0 means the button has sharp edges.
Width settings
The width settings allow you to define the width of each button in percentage terms.
Advanced
The advanced tab lets you add a CSS class to your block, allowing you to write custom CSS and style the block as you see fit. Learn more.
Versatile plans and pricing
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