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 *   Forum: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/)
   
   In reply to: [Custom Post Single Template with Block Themes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-single-template-with-block-themes/)
 *  Thread Starter [backerman78](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backerman78/)
 * (@backerman78)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-single-template-with-block-themes/#post-16801731)
 * [@christopheramirian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christopheramirian/)
   thank you for that information. I’ve read through that and I’m still lost at 
   a high level as to how things come together for plugins in block themes.
 * I get the theme side of it for full site editing, e.g., setting up the html-esqe
   template parts made up of blocks for the header or footer, and then full templates
   that pull in the parts for the main content pages as specified in theme.json.
 * Aren’t blocks basically self-contained widgets with some UI for entering micro-
   bits of information and some template for displaying that information? Essentially
   though, content items are still a specific type of content (page, post, 404, 
   etc.).
 * But I’m missing how a plugin can integrate with a block theme without there being
   some kind of configuration (theme.json) or template added to the theme, or being
   user configured vs being contained within the plugin.
 * I’m also missing the possible user story with blocks. For example, the user goes
   in, creates a page and pulls in a staff block and fills it out to make a staff
   member page. The staff is a page instead of a staff right? Could I query staff
   for an archive? Could I manage a list of staff separate from the overall content
   list? Could I set staff specific taxonomies, parent pages, options, etc. all 
   without needing to touch the theme?

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