Title: Data-Driven Content? Last modified: September 30, 2023 --- # Data-Driven Content? * Resolved [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/) * (@johnywhy) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-content/) * How to create a repeating section on a page where the content is controlled by a table or text-list? For example, a page of **team-members** or **products**. * I don’t want to MANUALLY create the repeating section for each item. I want each repeat to be _automatically _generated based on the data in a table or text-list. - This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/). Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-content/#post-17090506) * There are plugins for that. [https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/team](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/team) and [https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/products](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/products) * Thread Starter [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/) * (@johnywhy) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-content/#post-17090838) * Thx, [@sterndata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/). You’re encouraging me to search plugins. That’s cool! * Altho’, your suggested search-terms (“team” and “products”) aren’t related to my question at all. * More relevant terms are “repeating block patterns”. With that, i found * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/superb-blocks/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/superb-blocks/) * It’s not apparent that would support my request. * Now i’m searching “data blocks”. * Does WP’s native block system natively support data-driven, repeating elements/ blocks? I looked at the Table block, but i didn’t see any way to connect it to a data-source. Generally, i always prefer using native features, before installing a plugin. * It would be great if there was a way to use backend data to feed any parameter of any kind of block. * Thx! - This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/). - This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/). - This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/). - This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/). * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-content/#post-17090851) * I have no idea about whether there are “data driven” blocks; you’d need to check plugins to see which might have such blocks. * Thread Starter [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/) * (@johnywhy) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-content/#post-17090858) * Perhaps someone out there knows 🙂 * Thread Starter [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/) * (@johnywhy) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-content/#post-17091795) * “Repeater Field” seems to be the common name for this. * Pods Repeater plugin might work. * [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/) * (@sc0ttkclark) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-content/#post-17092083) * I would probably suggest using relationships to display the content, or at the very least separate the content into post types or a reusable block that you maintain. Repeatable field groups can be unwieldy to template. You could also try something like TablePress or others out there to embed lists of things. * Thread Starter [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/) * (@johnywhy) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-content/#post-17092167) * Thanks, [@sc0ttkclark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/) . What do you mean by “relationships”? Do you mean, between post-types? - This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/). * [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/) * (@sc0ttkclark) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-content/#post-17092169) * If you only want to list content that relates to the current context/page, that’s what I meant. * Thread Starter [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/) * (@johnywhy) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-content/#post-17092174) * I thought you meant, between post-types. * Can you be a little more specific? * > If you only want to list content that relates to the current context/page, > that’s what I meant. > [@sc0ttkclark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/) * example of “content”? * [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/) * (@sc0ttkclark) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-content/#post-17092176) * Looks like you just want to manage a list of products or team members. Those could be a custom post type and then you can use the block editor to list them using the Query Loop block which lets you lay out the titles/content however you’d like. * I meant relationships here as in — if you needed repeatable fields, sometimes those things are related to the current page and for custom post type use-cases where you have a need for repeatable fields on those — sometimes the best data structure for that content is better suited as a relationship from one to the other. * But for your use-case, I think custom post type for team members with the Query Loop block would be best. * Thread Starter [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/) * (@johnywhy) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-content/#post-17092183) * > But for your use-case, I think custom post type for team members with the Query > Loop block would be best. > [@sc0ttkclark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/) * Query Loop block is the Answer! * thx! - This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/). 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