Title: Adding a sibling Container block
Last modified: June 24, 2026

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# Adding a sibling Container block

 *  [Skylabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skylabb/)
 * (@skylabb)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-sibling-container-block/)
 * I like the simplicity with flexibility of the Container block. I function I find
   cumbersome is that there isn’t a good way to add a sibling container block. Say
   I have a parent block to contain 5 child blocks, every time I add a block to 
   the parent block, it get nested down to a third level inside the child block,
   then I have to move it up to the sibling level, kind of stupid way to do it. 
   I’m wondering if there’s a handy way to just add child container blocks quickly
   and easily.
 * thanks

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 *  Plugin Support [ying](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yingscarlett/)
 * (@yingscarlett)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-sibling-container-block/#post-18947450)
 * Hi there,
 * You can select one of the child containers, click the +icon (block inserter at
   the top left corner of the editor), select container block, it will add a sibling
   container to the selected child container.
 *  Thread Starter [Skylabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skylabb/)
 * (@skylabb)
 * [1 week, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-sibling-container-block/#post-18948605)
 * [@yingscarlett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yingscarlett/)
 * Thank for the response. Doesn’t work like you describe for me. If you start with
   the first container as the parent, selecting it gives you two tool options: Add
   to Container and Add Inner Container. To your confusion and not making any sense,
   both of these tools do the same thing! They just add a child container. No difference.
   And while selecting the child container I just created, I get the +icon tool 
   as you described, and hitting this button gives you a CHILD container inside 
   the child container. This is probably the most confusing and useless tool of 
   the plugin while the rest works pretty well.
    -  This reply was modified 1 week, 2 days ago by [Skylabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skylabb/).
    -  This reply was modified 1 week, 2 days ago by [Skylabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skylabb/).
 *  Plugin Support [Alvind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alvindcaesar/)
 * (@alvindcaesar)
 * [1 week, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-sibling-container-block/#post-18948696)
 * Hi there,
 * For your use case, the **Grid** block is a better choice than the **Container**
   block.
 * [https://learn.generatepress.com/blocks/block/grid/](https://learn.generatepress.com/blocks/block/grid/)
 * The Grid block is essentially a specialized Container block with a predefined
   grid layout. It makes it much easier to create multiple columns without having
   to configure the layout manually, while still allowing you to place any blocks
   you want inside each grid item.
 *  Thread Starter [Skylabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skylabb/)
 * (@skylabb)
 * [1 week, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-sibling-container-block/#post-18948837)
 * [@alvindcaesar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alvindcaesar/)
 * The Grid block can help with a multiple column layout. However it’s beside the
   point being discussed. I sometimes use the container group as a flex structure
   which works slightly differently than a grid structure the way they behave and
   their unique properties.
 * Secondly, to make the container block tools less confusing and more useful. To
   keep with less is more yet powerful philosophy of the plugin, I’d suggest the
   container block needs only one generating button tool. When selecting a single
   block, clicking on the +icon simply makes a child container inside it. Clicking
   multiple times on the +icon while selecting a container will just make multiple
   child sibling containers as many as you want. And if you select one of the child
   container and click the +icon, you simply make a nested/child contain inside 
   that child container with the exact function. So in the end, all you need is 
   one button that generates child containers in the same ‘hierarchy level’ instead
   of nesting further down as what the tool does now.
 * thanks for your attention
 *  Plugin Support [Alvind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alvindcaesar/)
 * (@alvindcaesar)
 * [1 week, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-sibling-container-block/#post-18949004)
 * Thanks for the feedback. We’ll review your suggestion and see how we can further
   optimize the implementation along the lines you described.
 * On a side note, if you need a Flex layout instead of a Grid layout, you can always
   change it under the [Display Layout](https://learn.generatepress.com/blocks/styles/layout/#display)
   settings on the Grid block.
 *  Thread Starter [Skylabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skylabb/)
 * (@skylabb)
 * [1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-sibling-container-block/#post-18950112)
 * Thanks for your consideration, [@alvindcaesar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alvindcaesar/)
 * Keep up all the good work.
 *  Plugin Support [Alvind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alvindcaesar/)
 * (@alvindcaesar)
 * [6 days, 5 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-sibling-container-block/#post-18950558)
 * You’re welcome [@skylabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skylabb/) !

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