Title: wp-block class Last modified: August 26, 2018 --- # wp-block class * [Thomas Villain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anybodesign/) * (@anybodesign) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-block-class/) * Hello, * I noticed that almost every block has a “wp-block-” class. This is very handy for styling blocks. But unfortunatly, this class is not present for all blocks. For example, no wp-block class for paragraphs, lists, short codes and titles… I would be great to have this class for all the blocks, so css code would be easier to maintain. Thanks. Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Moderator [Marius L. J.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clorith/) * (@clorith) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-block-class/#post-10625479) * Hi, * I’m not entirely sure what we’ll end up with here, as paragraphs and lists aren’t technically “blocks” in the same way as others are, they have proper semantic HTML tags of their own. But there is a ticket for it at [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/5292](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/5292) which you can follow along and see where we end up in that discussion. * Thread Starter [Thomas Villain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anybodesign/) * (@anybodesign) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-block-class/#post-10625492) * Hi, I agree that `

` seems weird, but as the entire Gutenberg UI is based on adding blocks, it would seem more logical to me to extend the class to all the blocks. Thanks for the link I will check it out 🙂 * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-block-class/#post-10626301) * Realistically, you could target those blocks with something as simple as `.entry- content p` so I’m not sure they need a specialized class for them. But maybe I’m wrong. Why do you need to target those specifically instead of just, say, all P blocks in the post content? * Thread Starter [Thomas Villain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anybodesign/) * (@anybodesign) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-block-class/#post-10626350) * Hi, I know I can, I even did a `.entry-content > *` but it’s better to target a specific class in CSS, and sometimes to avoid the cascade, or even worse, the* selector… In a builder, the basic rule is to add the same class to every block… In Gutenberg I don’t understand why some blocks have a class and some others don’t… It’s not logical. It could be useful to style P blocks in a different way than P in a footer widget for example. Anyway, just for centering blocks and letting fullwidth objects occupy the entire width, every block should have a class. Using `.entry-content > *` is not the right way to write CSS code. - This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [Thomas Villain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anybodesign/). * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-block-class/#post-10626571) * You don’t need to use * if you want to target P blocks, and `.entry-content p` will only target the P blocks inside the post (inside .entry-content), not those in the footer. * There’s nothing wrong with additional classes, but adding classes that are more or less completely described by existing structures doesn’t make much sense to me. * Thread Starter [Thomas Villain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anybodesign/) * (@anybodesign) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-block-class/#post-10626613) * Sorry but my point was not to target only P tags but all Gutenberg blocks. Paragraphs, lists, shortcode, titles… they do not have the `wp-block-` class. Even if it does not make sense to add a class to a paragraph, I think in this builder/blocks context it would be useful and logical to add a class to every block. - This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [Thomas Villain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anybodesign/). - This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [Thomas Villain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anybodesign/). * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-block-class/#post-10626912) * I do understand, but at the same time, Gutenberg is basically just an HTML editor. It’s making HTML. So, I don’t see the need for Gut produced P blocks to be any different than P blocks made by any other editor. Am I missing a trick? Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘wp-block class’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/gutenberg/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1776042) * [Gutenberg](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/reviews/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * Last activity: [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-block-class/#post-10626912) * Status: not resolved