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Welcome to image alignment! If you recognize this post, it is because these are blocks that have been converted from the classic Markup: Image Alignment post. The best way to demonstrate the ebb and flow of the various image positioning options is to nestle them snuggly among an ocean of words. Grab a paddle and let’s get started. Be sure to try it in RTL mode. Left should stay left and right should stay right for both reading directions.
On the topic of alignment, it should be noted that users can choose from the options of None, Left, Right, and Center. If the theme has added support for align wide, images can also be wide and full width. Be sure to test this page in RTL mode.
In addition, they also get the options of the image dimensions 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% or a set width and height.
The image above happens to be centered.
The rest of this paragraph is filler for the sake of seeing the text wrap around the 150×150 image, which is left aligned.
As you can see the should be some space above, below, and to the right of the image. The text should not be creeping on the image. Creeping is just not right. Images need breathing room too. Let them speak like you words. Let them do their jobs without any hassle from the text. In about one more sentence here, we’ll see that the text moves from the right of the image down below the image in seamless transition. Again, letting the do it’s thang. Mission accomplished!
And now for a massively large image. It also has no alignment.
The image above, though 1200px wide, should not overflow the content area. It should remain contained with no visible disruption to the flow of content.
And now we’re going to shift things to the right align. Again, there should be plenty of room above, below, and to the left of the image. Just look at him there… Hey guy! Way to rock that right side. I don’t care what the left aligned image says, you look great. Don’t let anyone else tell you differently.
In just a bit here, you should see the text start to wrap below the right aligned image and settle in nicely. There should still be plenty of room and everything should be sitting pretty. Yeah… Just like that. It never felt so good to be right.
And just when you thought we were done, we’re going to do them all over again with captions!
The image above happens to be centered. The caption also has a link in it, just to see if it does anything funky.
Itty-bitty caption.
The rest of this paragraph is filler for the sake of seeing the text wrap around the 150×150 image, which is left aligned.
As you can see the should be some space above, below, and to the right of the image. The text should not be creeping on the image. Creeping is just not right. Images need breathing room too. Let them speak like you words. Let them do their jobs without any hassle from the text. In about one more sentence here, we’ll see that the text moves from the right of the image down below the image in seamless transition. Again, letting the do it’s thang. Mission accomplished!
And now for a massively large image. It also has no alignment.
Massive image comment for your eyeballs.
The image above, though 1200px wide, should not overflow the content area. It should remain contained with no visible disruption to the flow of content.
Feels good to be right all the time.
And now we’re going to shift things to the right align. Again, there should be plenty of room above, below, and to the left of the image. Just look at him there… Hey guy! Way to rock that right side. I don’t care what the left aligned image says, you look great. Don’t let anyone else tell you differently.
In just a bit here, you should see the text start to wrap below the right aligned image and settle in nicely. There should still be plenty of room and everything should be sitting pretty. Yeah… Just like that. It never felt so good to be right.
Imagine that we would find a use for the extra wide image! This image has the wide width alignment:
Can we go bigger? This image has the full width alignment:
And that’s a wrap, yo! You survived the tumultuous waters of alignment. Image alignment achievement unlocked! One last thing: The last item in this post’s content is a thumbnail floated right. Make sure any elements after the content are clearing properly.
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Gallery blocks have two settings: the number of columns, and whether or not images should be cropped. The default number of columns is three, and the maximum number of columns is eight.
Below is a three column gallery at full width, with cropped images.
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et adipiscing orci velit quis magna.
Sunburst over the Clinch River,
Southwest Virginia.
Orange Iris
Boardwalk at Westport, WA
Bell on wharf in San
Francisco
Coastline in Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico
(gallery caption) 3 column, full width, cropped, linked to attachment pages
Boat BW PB Barco Texture Beautiful Fishing
Some more text for taking up space.
A two column gallery, aligned to the left, linked to media file.
In the editor, the image captions can be edited directly by clicking on the text.
If the number of images cannot be divided into the number of columns you have selected, the default is to have the last image(s) automatically stretch to the width of your gallery.
A four column gallery with a wide width:
Sunrise over the coast in Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico
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A five column gallery with normal images:
This is the same gallery, but with cropped images.
Six columns: does it work at all window sizes?
Boardwalk at Westport, WA
Golden Gate Bridge
Sydney Harbor Bridge
Bell on wharf in San Francisco
Rusty rails with fishplate, Kojonup
Boats and reflections, Royal Perth Yacht Club
Antique farm machinery, Mount Barker Museum, Western Australia
Raindrop ripples on a pond
Albany wind-farm against the sunset, Western Australia
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Windmill shrouded in fog at a farm outside of Walker, Iowa
Jericoacoara Ceara Brasil
Sunrise over the coast in Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico
Seven columns: how does this look on a narrow window?
It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this.
Boat BW PB Barco Texture Beautiful Fishing
Coastline in Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico
Jericoacoara Ceara Brasil
Sunrise over the coast in Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico
Beach at Big Sur, CA
Windmill shrouded in fog at a farm outside of Walker, Iowa
Sea and rocks, Plimmerton, New Zealand
Rusty rails with fishplate, Kojonup
images linked to media file – do captions obscure links?
Eight columns:
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Boardwalk at Westport, WA
Golden Gate Bridge
Antique farm machinery, Mount Barker Museum, Western Australia
Orange Iris
Albany wind-farm against the sunset, Western Australia
This page tests how the theme displays the columns block. The first block tests a two column block with paragraphs.
This is the second column. It should align next to the first column. Reduce the browser window width to test the responsiveness.
This is the second column block. It has 3 columns.
Paragraph 2 is in the middle.
Paragraph 3 is in the last column.
The third column block has 4 columns. Make sure that all the text is visible and that it is not cut off.
Now the columns are getting narrower.
The margins between the columns should be wide enough,
so that the content of the columns does not run into or overlap each other.
Column one.
Column two.
Column three.
Column four.
Column five.
To change the number of columns, select the column block to open the settings panel. You can show up to 6 columns. If the theme has support for wide align, you can also set the alignments to wide and full width.
Below is a column block with six columns, and no alignment:
Column one.
Column two.
Column three.
Column four.
Column five.
Column six.
Next is a 3 column block, with a wide alignment:
Column one.
Column two.
Column three.
And here is a two column block with full width, and a longer text. Make sure that the text wraps correctly.
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We can also add blocks inside columns:
This is a numbered list,
inside a 3 column block
with a wide alignment.
The middle column has a paragraph with an image block below.
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-This third column has a quote
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But wait there is more! We also have a block called Media & Text, which is a two column block that helps you display media and text content next to each other, without having to first setup a column block:
Media & Text
A paragraph block sits ready to be used, below your headline.
Yes, it is a press, certainly, but a press from which shall flow in inexhaustible streams, the most abundant and most marvelous liquor that has ever flowed to relieve the thirst of men!
Johannes Gutenberg
The quote blocks themselves have no alignments but the text can be aligned, bold, italic, and linked:
The read more block should be right below this text, but only on list pages of themes that show the full content. It won’t show on the single page or on themes showing excerpts.
The formatting category includes the following blocks:
The code block starts with
<!-- wp:code -->
<?php echo 'Hello World'; ?>
The classic block can have almost anything in it.
a heading
The custom HTML block lets you put HTML that isn’t configured like blocks in it. (this div has a width of 45%)
The preformatted block.
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both (\_/) And be one traveler, long I stood (='.'=) And looked down one as far as I could (")_(") To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, |\_/| Because it was grassy and wanted wear; / @ @ \ Though as for that the passing there ( > º < ) Had worn them really about the same, `>>x<<´ / O \ And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
and here's a line of some really, really, really, really long text, just to see how it is handled and to find out how it overflows;
The pull quote can be aligned or wide or neither.
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The table block
This is the default style.
The cell next to this is empty.
Cell #5
Cell #6
This is the striped style.
This row should have a background color.
The cell next to this is empty.
This table has fixed width table cells.
Make sure that the text wraps correctly.
The Verse block
A block for haiku? Why not? Blocks for all the things!
