Title: Create Default Post Template Using Blocks?
Last modified: April 30, 2020

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# Create Default Post Template Using Blocks?

 *  [tompkinsjournal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tompkinsjournal/)
 * (@tompkinsjournal)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-default-post-template-using-blocks/)
 * I’d like to create a custom post template that alters the layout of posts. Can
   this be accomplished through blocks, or do I need to edit the .php code?

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-default-post-template-using-blocks/#post-12761646)
 * If you use the Gutenberg plugin, and set the experimental flag, you can start
   to use the Full Site Editing stuff begin developed, which includes editing templates
   and template parts in the block editor (changing layout). But you need a theme
   that supplies the base to work with. I think there are some at GitHub that some
   folks are working on.
 * Otherwise, you can create a child theme and copy the template files from the 
   parent to rearrange things in PHP code.
 * Keep in mind that from a template perspective, the post content is one “block”
   or chunk of HTML, among others like header, footer, sidebar.

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