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parse_blocks( string $content ): array[]

Parses blocks out of a content string.

Parameters

$content string Required
Post content.

Return

array[] Array of parsed block objects.

Source

File: wp-includes/blocks.php. View all references

function parse_blocks( $content ) {
	/**
	 * Filter to allow plugins to replace the server-side block parser.
	 *
	 * @since 5.0.0
	 *
	 * @param string $parser_class Name of block parser class.
	 */
	$parser_class = apply_filters( 'block_parser_class', 'WP_Block_Parser' );

	$parser = new $parser_class();
	return $parser->parse( $content );
}

Hooks

Uses

Uses Description
apply_filters() wp-includes/plugin.php

Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

Used By

Used By Description
_inject_theme_attribute_in_block_template_content() wp-includes/block-template-utils.php

Parses wp_template content and injects the active theme’s stylesheet as a theme attribute into each wp_template_part
_remove_theme_attribute_in_block_template_content() wp-includes/block-template-utils.php

Parses a block template and removes the theme attribute from each template part.
WP_Widget_Block::get_dynamic_classname() wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-block.php

Calculates the classname to use in the block widget’s container HTML.
filter_block_content() wp-includes/blocks.php

Filters and sanitizes block content to remove non-allowable HTML from parsed block attribute values.
do_blocks() wp-includes/blocks.php

Parses dynamic blocks out of post_content and re-renders them.
excerpt_remove_blocks() wp-includes/blocks.php

Parses blocks out of a content string, and renders those appropriate for the excerpt.
get_post_galleries() wp-includes/media.php

Retrieves galleries from the passed post’s content.

Changelog

Version Description
5.0.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/parse_blocks