Title: Post Excerpt HTML
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# Post Excerpt HTML

 *  Resolved [ecabral](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecabral/)
 * (@ecabral)
 * [11 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-html/)
 * Hi again,
 * The post Excerpt block nested inside the Query Loop > Post Template strips the
   post HTML. This matters for poetry. Line breaks are ignored and the text appears
   as a prose block.
 * As an alternative to using the Post Excerpt I know I could use the ‘More’ block
   within each Post and, instead of using the Post Excerpt, use the Post Content
   instead. However, apart from all the manual work of adding the More block to 
   X number of posts, the UX is also not quite the same. I’d prefer to use the Excerpt
   block.
 * Any suggestions on how I might address this?

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 *  [Carolina Nymark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/poena/)
 * (@poena)
 * [11 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-html/#post-18416513)
 * Hi
   Please understand that the blocks are not part of the theme and not created
   by the theme. They are part of WordPress itself. A block theme only use and place
   blocks. That is what makes block themes different from so-called classic or PHP
   based themes. The theme does not control the HTML markup that the block outputs,
   nor its features.To find existing reports about bugs with the blocks, as well
   as feature requests for the blocks, you need to use the correct ticket systems.
   Not the theme support forum. A feature request for a block that is posted in 
   a theme support forum will not be noticed or followed-up on by the WordPress 
   developers. Here are the open issues for the post excerpt block:[https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22%5BBlock%5D%20Post%20Excerpt%22](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22%5BBlock%5D%20Post%20Excerpt%22)
 *  Thread Starter [ecabral](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecabral/)
 * (@ecabral)
 * [11 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-html/#post-18416838)
 * Duh, of course! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, [@poena](https://wordpress.org/support/users/poena/)!

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 * Last activity: [11 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-excerpt-html/#post-18416838)
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