Block editor does not show “blog-posts” option.

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  • Euler

    (@eulerarthur)

    Hi there,

    Please check the Tor’s answer here: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/error-block-editor/, I think it is related.

    There are some Gutenberg blocks that are specific to WordPress.com (I know that there is one ‘AI text’, which is not available in the block editor of self-hosted WP sites).

    So most probably you’re using some of them, and that’s why the editor breaks – I guess.

    If you create a new page, are you still unable to use the block editor there?

    A thread similar to this was posted, but with no satisfactory answer.

    There’s a simple reason why the answers in those 3 cases, two of which have been marked by the people who asked the questions as RESOLVED, don’t seem satisfactory to you: they have nothing to do with your case.

    So those threads are not “similar” to yours in any way. In fact, the three threads do not even deal with the same thing — they relate to three totally different issues, three different causes, and three different solutions.

    Now to your issue:

    Your site doesn’t include support for the “a8c/blog-posts” block. You can leave this block intact or remove it entirely.

    This is pretty straightforward: this a8c/blog-post is the name of a custom block provided by WordPress.COM for websites on their platform. As you moved away from WordPress.COM, this block is no longer available to you.

    All you need to do is replace this “a8c/blog-post” with a new one available to www.ads-software.com users that serves the same or similar purpose.

    — There’s a “LATEST POSTS” block that does just what it says: it displays your latest blog posts.

    — There is a more powerful “QUERY LOOP” block that can also be used to display posts, but offer more customizability (eg display posts from specific post type, category, tag, taxonomy, author, etc).

    And, no, you don’t need to install any plugin to use these blocks.

    I hope that clears things up for you.

    But feel free to post back if something is still not clear to you.

    Good luck!

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    In addition to what George said, to clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and www.ads-software.com are two different entities: https://www.ads-software.com/support/article/wordpress-vs-wordpress-com/

    WordPress.com has complete documentation and support contacts at https://support.wordpress.com/

    Also, did you follow these instruction moving from .COM to .ORG:
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-to-a-self-hosted-wordpress-site/
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

    Thread Starter maryhelenmaccarthy

    (@maryhelenmaccarthy)

    Oh!! Thanks for responding so quickly!! Regarding the previous threads that I shared with you, I must say that you are right @gappiah. The reason why I still find them similar is due to the fact that my first suspicion was that a plugin was interfering with the proper functioning of the Block Editor. Regarding what you say @t-p, about the migration process, in deed I have!! And about what you mentioned @eulerarthur, the problem has remaind when creating new pages. If you give me a few minutes, I’ll go check the “LATEST POSTS”, and the “QUERY LOOP” block and let you know the results.

    Thread Starter maryhelenmaccarthy

    (@maryhelenmaccarthy)

    I have found them!! So I guess there isn’t a block that shows all posts. Is that right?

    Thread Starter maryhelenmaccarthy

    (@maryhelenmaccarthy)

    Oh!! I found a post-list block. I guess it will be the closest thing to the blog-post block that wordpress.com has. Is that correct?

    I have to say, I find the Query Loop to be more useful for what I want to do. The difficulty that I find in any of the options is not being able to select the posts of only a certain category, and not being able to adjust the images so that in a grid they are all seen with the same dimensions.

    Update: I managed to fix the image size issue. I’m still stragling with selecting posts by categories, and I also can’t get rid of a little dot that appears to the left of each post. Leaving that aside, thank you all for taking the time to help me. I really appreciate it!!

    I find the Query Loop to be more useful for what I want to do… I’m still stragling with selecting posts by categories,

    Further down the page in the Query Loop block’s settings (right column), you should see “FILTERS”. Click the plus (+) sign on the right and then check “TAXONOMIES”.

    This will enable the options to filter by CATEGORY, TAG, and any other custom taxonomies your theme or a plugin may have defined for your site. Note that you’ll need to type in the category name. You can also include multiple categories.

    I’ll also recommend you check out the official documentation for the Query Loop block below.

    Good luck!

    Query Loop Block

    Thread Starter maryhelenmaccarthy

    (@maryhelenmaccarthy)

    Oh!! Thank you!! That was really helpful!!

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