Comments

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• Attributes
• Supports
• Context
• Block Markup
• Source

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An advanced block that allows displaying post comments using different visual configurations.

• Name: core/comments
• Category: theme
• API Version: 3
• Block Type: Hybrid (static save + server enhancements)

Attributes

Defined via the attributes property in block.json.

Attribute	Type	Default	Description
tagName	string	"div"	—
legacy	boolean	false	—

Supports

Defined via the supports property in block.json.

• anchor: true
• align: "wide", "full"
• html: false
• background:
  • backgroundImage: true
  • backgroundSize: true
  • gradient: true
• color:
  • gradients: true
  • button: true
  • heading: true
  • link: true
• spacing:
  • margin: true
  • padding: true
• typography:
  • fontSize: true
  • lineHeight: true

Context

Defined via the usesContext and providesContext properties in block.json.

Uses context:

• postId
• postType

Block Markup

This is a hybrid block. It saves static markup that the server may enhance during rendering.

<!-- wp:comments {"className":"comments-post-extra"} -->
<div class="wp-block-comments comments-post-extra"><!-- wp:comments-title /-->

    <!-- wp:comment-template -->
    <!-- wp:columns -->
    <div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"40px"} -->
    <div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:40px"><!-- wp:avatar {"size":40,"style":{"border":{"radius":"20px"}}} /--></div>
    <!-- /wp:column -->

    <!-- wp:column -->
    <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:comment-author-name {"fontSize":"small"} /-->

    <!-- wp:group {"style":{"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0px","bottom":"0px"}}},"layout":{"type":"flex"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><!-- wp:comment-date {"fontSize":"small"} /-->

    <!-- wp:comment-edit-link {"fontSize":"small"} /--></div>
    <!-- /wp:group -->

    <!-- wp:comment-content /-->

    <!-- wp:comment-reply-link {"fontSize":"small"} /--></div>
    <!-- /wp:column --></div>
    <!-- /wp:columns -->
    <!-- /wp:comment-template -->

    <!-- wp:comments-pagination /-->

    <!-- wp:post-comments-form /--></div>
    <!-- /wp:comments -->

Source

• block.json (reference)
• Source directory — browse the edit and save source files, index.php, and more.