Title: Create additional Blocks container
Last modified: July 24, 2019

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# Create additional Blocks container

 *  [IMD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imd/)
 * (@imd)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-additional-blocks-container/)
 * Prior to Gutenberg, to add an additional editable content area on a page I would
   add a wp_editor to the page and then my user could add whatever content to that
   container that they needed to. Now I’m wanting to do something similar using 
   Gutenberg. I have the main content area that the user can edit, adding blocks
   and such as needed. BUT – I want an additional container area that the user can
   add blocks to – separate from the main area. See the mockup in the link attached.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcreate-additional-blocks-container%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-additional-blocks-container/#post-11761748)
 * I’d love to be wrong here, but I don’t think that Gutenberg works that way. What
   you get to edit is the whole content area – but only the content area.
 * But… I would love to be proven wrong on that becuase it’s one of the sticking
   points of me switching to it as well.
 *  Thread Starter [IMD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imd/)
 * (@imd)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-additional-blocks-container/#post-11767752)
 * well that’s a huge let down. I’ve searched everywhere I can think of to try to
   see if this is possible, or think of a way to get around it. I suppose in theory
   I could create a custom post type called “Sidebars” where a user could create
   a new ‘page’ for each sidebar they want. Then I could add a custom meta field
   to the regular pages that would allow the user to ‘assign’ a Sidebar CPT to a
   regular page. Basically enter the page ID of the Sidebar page into the meta field,
   in the template that outputs the page get the value of the meta, get the page
   content associated with that ID (the meta value) and then spit out the_content
   for the “sidebar” page that was created. Seems like a pain, but it could work.
   
   OR – just add a wp_editor into the pages which allows the user to do exactly 
   what I want, but just using the TinyMCE editor instead of the blocks. That would
   be two different editing experiences for two different areas of the page. Not
   ideal either.

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 * Last reply from: [IMD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imd/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-additional-blocks-container/#post-11767752)
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