Title: Join blocks
Last modified: November 15, 2018

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# Join blocks

 *  [andrespaiva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrespaiva/)
 * (@andrespaiva)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/join-blocks/)
 * The blocks can be separated, but can not be joined.
 * Why?

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/join-blocks/#post-10884776)
 * Which blocks cannot be joined?
 * If I have two paragraphs and I go to the front of the second one and hit backspace,
   then it combines them into one paragraph block without issue.
 *  Thread Starter [andrespaiva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrespaiva/)
 * (@andrespaiva)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/join-blocks/#post-10887527)
 * You’re right, I’m sorry, English is not my natural language and I have trouble
   expressing myself.
 * I want to say that there is a contextual option for the blocks, but not to combine
   them. It is possible to combine them manually, of course.
 * It’s just a comment.
 * thanks for your help
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by [andrespaiva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrespaiva/).
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/join-blocks/#post-10891107)
 * Ah, I understand.
 * Yes, there is no combine blocks option because that doesn’t really make sense
   except when it is done contextually.
 * Let’s say I had two paragraph blocks. Then the natural way to combine them is
   as I stated before, just backspace one into the other to make them a single paragraph.
 * But if I somehow “selected” both of the blocks, then had something like a menu
   option or button or whatever to combine them, then what would I expect the result
   to be? A paragraph block contains a single paragraph, not two. So if the expected
   result would the the same backspace outcome, then the more natural way would 
   be better. An option or button or something would produce the same result, but
   may not be what is expected in such a case.
 * And for nearly all pairs of blocks you can think of, “combining” them doesn’t
   make any sense. I can’t combine an image block with a paragraph block. A combine
   operation would need every block to define every other block that it can be combined
   with in a way that makes sense. Most of those don’t make sense.
 * So, yeah, I don’t see the need for a combine feature. Combining different blocks
   together isn’t something you really ever do.
 *  [fedude](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fedude1993/)
 * (@fedude1993)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/join-blocks/#post-11294163)
 * I do see a need for it.
 * When I do a copy paste from word, my bullet lines all get broken down into individual
   paragraphs. I want them to be all combined and in a single bullet list.
 *  [mediabaron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mediabaron/)
 * (@mediabaron)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/join-blocks/#post-11307906)
 * I agree. I have a group of paragraphs and bulleted lists that would be great 
   if it could be in one reusable block but it appears to be impossible to save 
   it all as one block. It’s an action list for hurricanes.
 * It would be nice if there was a way to chain the blocks together and save that
   reusable chain of blocks.
 * **UPDATE: Okay I figured-out how to make multiple blocks a Reusable Block.**
 * Build the Reusable Block at [https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=wp_block](https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=wp_block)
 * * Choose Add New
    * Build the Reusable Block even if it has multiple blocks *
   Publish. This will NOT publish the block onto your site for the public to see
   but will put the block into your Reusable Block list.
 * _Note: You can also get to this when on a Post edit page by clicking the vertical
   three dots on the upper right, and choose Tools/Manage All Reusable Blocks_
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [mediabaron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mediabaron/).
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [mediabaron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mediabaron/).
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [mediabaron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mediabaron/).

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