Title: Render Core Blocks via PHP
Last modified: April 18, 2020

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# Render Core Blocks via PHP

 *  [gazanel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gazanel/)
 * (@gazanel)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/render-core-blocks-via-php/)
 * Hi,
    I have a question about the core blocks: Is it possible to render the core
   blocks via PHP / set their save function to return null? Or would I have to copy
   the source code and create my own clone block of it??
 * Could it work with calling the `register_block_type()` php function and put in
   the core block like `core/list` or whatever? I mean this part is needed anyway,
   but is it possible with just the php callback setup?
 * Thx for help.
    Greets
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by [gazanel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gazanel/).

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/render-core-blocks-via-php/#post-12694513)
 * Take a look at all the [block functions that are in PHP](https://developer.wordpress.org/?s=block)
   and see which one you need, because obviously there is no JS when the feed is
   rendered or when the theme is given the content to output.
 *  Thread Starter [gazanel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gazanel/)
 * (@gazanel)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/render-core-blocks-via-php/#post-12697125)
 * [@joyously](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
    Thx for the reply,
   but the thing is, I don’t want the final markup to be in the post_content. The
   core blocks however do exactly that. I can control this via custom blocks. But
   the question is, if I can modify the existing gutenberg core blocks to not store
   the markup in the post_content.
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/render-core-blocks-via-php/#post-12697301)
 * I think if you want the block to behave differently, you have to clone it and
   change the clone. Since the code for rendering is in JS, if you prevent that,
   where else will it happen?

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