Title: Understanding Stackable and Blocks Last modified: May 16, 2025 --- # Understanding Stackable and Blocks * [windspeed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windspeed/) * (@windspeed) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-stackable-and-blocks/) * Hello, I’ve installed Stackable to play around with as the first step in weaning myself off Elementor because it seems to give me bloated pages. * Here’s my first question. * In the old days of coding, if I wanted to add content to a new page, I’d create a ‘body’ section with div’s inside that. In other words, I’d create a ‘container’ first and then sections within the container. * Am I correct to assume that with Stackable, the ‘body’ or ‘container’ is already created by the theme (in my case OceanWP) so all I’m doing is creating Blocks inside the existing what I’ll call header and footer container? * In other words, if I want, say, 2 columns for text and images, I simply start with a ‘columns’ block, select a 2 column one and start adding more blocks for text or images inside the columns. i.e. I don’t need to create an overarching body or container first? * Thanks * p.s. the link I added above is simply to the test page I’ve created * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Funderstanding-stackable-and-blocks%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * [Charmela Malala](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charmela/) * (@charmela) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-stackable-and-blocks/#post-18483082) * Hi [@windspeed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windspeed/) , * Thanks for reaching out! Yes, you’re correct, when using Stackable with your OceanWP theme, the overall page structure, including the ``, header, footer, and main content container, is already handled for you by the theme. This means you don’t need to manually create an overarching container as you might have done in traditional HTML coding. * When you start building a page in the WordPress editor: - The theme provides the foundational layout and containers. - You can simply insert Stackable blocks (such as the Columns block) directly into the content area. - For example, to create a two-column layout for text and images, just add a Columns block, select a 2-column layout, and then add your content blocks ( like Text, Image, Button, etc.) inside each column. * Stackable takes care of the internal structure and responsive layout automatically. * Let us know if there’s anything else we can help with! Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) The topic ‘Understanding Stackable and Blocks’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/stackable-ultimate-gutenberg-blocks/assets/icon-256x256. png?rev=2749547) * [Stackable - Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stackable-ultimate-gutenberg-blocks/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stackable-ultimate-gutenberg-blocks/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stackable-ultimate-gutenberg-blocks/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stackable-ultimate-gutenberg-blocks/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stackable-ultimate-gutenberg-blocks/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stackable-ultimate-gutenberg-blocks/reviews/) * 1 reply * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Charmela Malala](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charmela/) * Last activity: [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-stackable-and-blocks/#post-18483082) * Status: not resolved