Insert “Post Date” block into the “Table” block

Hey @artgoddess as it stands – the Table block is designed to have text within it – but not have other blocks inserted.

Can you tell me a little more about the layout you’re hoping to achieve by having the post date within a Table? It’s possible there are other layout options (like Stack/Row) which may help with it.

Thank you, @jordesign, for your answer.

The code of this block is:

<!-- wp:post-date {"format":"Y"} /-->

And the output is:

<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2023-09-16T12:48:16+02:00">2023</time></div>

But when I enter manually, in code view, the gutenberg code into the table, there is no output.

I can’t even place it into a paragraph.

I need to show this data in a Custom Post Type that has a lot of information, and the table is the best way to show all the stuff. Sample:

https://quickforget.com/s/b57a4644bc9ffd4a23879c2cb3e1ebf496d49f7bd63f22fa

Is there any way to only output the time tag, and use this element everywhere we need in the post?

Thank you very much.

Hey @artgoddess – thanks so much for the screenshot and explanation of the format. I do know there are discussions within the project about being able to insert metadata like that inline within paragraphs – but it’s not something on the horizon yet.

The best way to approach a layout like that would be to skip the Table block altogether and instead insert Row blocks in this kind of format…

– Row
– Paragraph
– Paragraph
– Separator (for the border/rule)
– Row
– Paragraph
– Paragraph
etc…

You’d be able to set a width on the first paragraph of each row – to maintain the alignment and look of a table – but also have more flexibility of what elements/blocks you can use.

Thank you very much for your answer. Yes, I’ll try additional formats.

For the time being, I have created the shortcode [post-date-year]:

function get_post_date_year() {
     return get_post_time( 'Y' );
}
add_shortcode('post-date-year', 'get_post_date_year');

Maybe it helps others. Thank you again for assistance.