Block category: Widgets

The shortcode widget:

The Archive Widget:

The same Archive widget but as a dropdown:

The Category widget block has an additional option for showing category hierarchies:

The Latest Comments widget can display or hide the avatars, the date, and the comment excerpt:

A WordPress Commenter on Hello world!November 21, 2025
Hi, this is a comment. To get started with moderating, editing, and deleting comments, please visit the Comments screen in…
John Doe on Edge Case: No ContentMarch 14, 2013
Having no content in the post should have no adverse effects on the layout or functionality.
Jane Doe on Protected: Template: Password Protected (the password is “enter”)March 14, 2013
Password protected
Jane Doe on Template: CommentsMarch 14, 2013
Thanks for all the comments, everyone!

Here is an example of the Comments widget with all the options disabled. The number of comments has been reduced to two.

And here is the Latest Posts widget in the list view, with dates:

Grid view, now sorted from A -Z.

You can also change the number of columns used to display the latest posts. The block below only displays posts from the Block category:

Search widget:

Example Post for WordPress