{"id":855,"date":"2026-05-12T21:05:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/style-guide\/?p=855"},"modified":"2026-10-29T08:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T08:36:23","slug":"classic-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/2026\/05\/12\/classic-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Block"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting Started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Classic block provides a traditional editing experience similar to the older WordPress editor. It allows you to add and format text, images, and basic media using a familiar toolbar with standard formatting options.<\/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\/classic-block\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-style-is-not-full-width\" style=\"min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-mtsublue-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<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We strongly discourage using this block, as the same functionality is available through a wide range of modern blocks.<\/strong> <strong>It is included in this WordPress instance solely to support legacy content and ensure backward compatibility.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Classic block provides a traditional editing experience similar to the older WordPress editor. It allows you to add and format text, images, and basic media using a familiar toolbar with standard formatting options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[32,29,8],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blocks","tag-classic","tag-text-block","tag-wordpress-blocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855","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=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2151,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions\/2151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}