{"id":830,"date":"2026-05-12T20:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/style-guide\/?p=830"},"modified":"2026-10-03T17:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T17:30:07","slug":"cover-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/2026\/05\/12\/cover-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Block"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting Started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cover block lets you display an image or video with text layered on top. It is often used for banners or section headers to create visual impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find demos and usage guidance for this block on the official <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/cover-block\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-mtsublue-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-mtsublue-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessibility Best Practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ensure there is enough contrast between the background and text so it is easy to read for all users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-mtsublue-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-mtsublue-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cover Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-style-is-not-full-width\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-mtsunavy-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">I can add a heading block within the cover block.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I can also add a paragraph block.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cover block lets you display an image or video with text layered on top. It is often used for banners or section headers to create visual impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[24,26,8],"class_list":["post-830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blocks","tag-cover","tag-media-block","tag-wordpress-blocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2161,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions\/2161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}