Title: Simple container block Last modified: June 3, 2019 --- # Simple container block * [Emil G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagu/) * (@dagu) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-container-block-2/) * How is this not a block in gutenberg ? * Take the columns block, remove the columns, and gives us the outer container. * A simple container block that we can use to add content to or nest other containers in. Add class and ideally also ID’s. * It’s already done with the columns block. Just give us an option that we don’t have to hack to make work. * I have umpft number of social embeds, half of which I’ve never even heard of, yet I don’t have the most basic of elements in page building. * And make the damn thing easier to use. Add a faded border around those columns and blocks. Half the time I’m randomly clicking on the page to select a block or trying to remember which block is which from the block list. - This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by [Emil G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagu/). Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/) * (@joyously) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-container-block-2/#post-11601657) * It’s in the Gutenberg plugin, still being tested. It’s called Group. To give feedback or report a problem, open an issue at [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/) * Thread Starter [Emil G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagu/) * (@dagu) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-container-block-2/#post-11602897) * I was unclear … meant in WordPress, not in the Gutenberg plugin. * Look, I get that this would probably be useless to regular users, just people writing their blogs … but it would be a godsend for anyone developing themes with inconsistent layouts that can’t be hardcoded in. * [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/) * (@joyously) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-container-block-2/#post-11604348) * What I meant was that it’s already developed, and in the plugin. Everything gets tested in the plugin before getting released in core WordPress. So it’s coming, but slowly. Believe me, I understand how slow it is. I asked the team about it about a month after the coding started (more than 2 years ago). * Thread Starter [Emil G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagu/) * (@dagu) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-container-block-2/#post-11610661) * Well, that’s good to know. Already suspected that much, was just hoping it would make it to the next update. But as far as I can tell, no chance of that. * For the past half a year or more now WP has been very frustrating to work with for this one reason. * [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/) * (@joyously) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-container-block-2/#post-11612233) * You can always use the Classic Editor plugin. * Thread Starter [Emil G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagu/) * (@dagu) * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-container-block-2/#post-11614749) * Technically, I could. Practically, I’m a bit uneasy about how much longer that block will be around. * What if next year it gets phased out ? What happens then ? Some of the websites I build are not exactly managed. In an ideal world someone would be managing each and every website. In the real world, there are some types of websites that simply don’t get that much attention. So they need to be stable for 1-2, even 3 years from now. * But yeah, right now that’s what I’ve been doing since I have no other alternative. - This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by [Emil G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagu/). Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Simple container block’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Emil G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagu/) * Last activity: [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-container-block-2/#post-11614749) * Status: not a support question ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics