{"id":4805,"date":"2022-10-06T08:07:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/builders\/?p=4805"},"modified":"2023-04-14T09:57:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T15:57:14","slug":"box-shadow-style-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/builders\/box-shadow-style-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a Box-shadow Style for Various Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As WordPress continues to evolve and move toward a full site editing experience, builders have access to features such as custom block styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Block styles allow users to choose an alternative style for blocks. Usually, these styles are minor and add subtle effects, like a border or box-shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Button, Image, and Quote blocks are ripe for block styles, and below you\u2019ll see how easy it is to create a box-shadows style for each of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-polar-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-be94f3a1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:50px;padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#buttons\">Create a Box-shadow Block Style for Buttons<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#images\">Create a Box-shadow Block Style for Images<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#quotes\">Create a Box-shadow Block Style for Quotes<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"buttons\">Create a Box-shadow Block Style for Buttons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To register the Shadow style for the <strong>Button block<\/strong>, add the following code to your the <code>functions.php<\/code>&nbsp;file within your theme.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php shcb-code-table shcb-line-numbers\"><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/**<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\"> * Register style for Button block.<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\"> *<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\"> * <span class=\"hljs-doctag\">@since<\/span> 1.0<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\"> *\/<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">function<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">theme_name_register_block_styles<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> <\/span>{\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t$block_styles = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">array<\/span>(\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'core\/button'<\/span>           =&gt; <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">array<\/span>(\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'shadow'<\/span>       =&gt; __( <span class=\"hljs-string\">'Shadow'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'theme-name'<\/span> ),\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t),\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t);\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">foreach<\/span> ( $block_styles <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> $block =&gt; $styles ) {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">foreach<\/span> ( $styles <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> $style_name =&gt; $style_label ) {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\tregister_block_style(\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t$block,\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">array<\/span>(\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'name'<\/span>  =&gt; $style_name,\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'label'<\/span> =&gt; $style_label,\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t)\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t);\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t}\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t}\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>}\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>add_action( <span class=\"hljs-string\">'init'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'theme_name_register_block_styles'<\/span> );\n<\/span><\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Next, we need to style the box-shadow for buttons, which can be done by adding the following CSS to the theme\u2019s <code>style.css<\/code> file:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"CSS\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"css\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-css shcb-code-table shcb-line-numbers\"><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/* Button<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\">--------------------------------------------- *\/<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.wp-block-button<\/span><span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.is-style-shadow<\/span> {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t<span class=\"hljs-attribute\">box-shadow<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">5px<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">5px<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">var<\/span>(--wp--preset--color--contrast);\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>}\n<\/span><\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">CSS<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">css<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"images\">Create a Box-shadow Block Style for Images<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To register the Shadow style for the <strong>Image block<\/strong>, add the following code to your the <code>functions.php<\/code>&nbsp;file within your theme.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php shcb-code-table shcb-line-numbers\"><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/**<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\"> * Register style for Image block.<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\"> *<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\"> * <span class=\"hljs-doctag\">@since<\/span> 1.0<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\"> *\/<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">function<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">theme_name_register_block_styles<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> <\/span>{\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t$block_styles = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">array<\/span>(\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'core\/image'<\/span>           =&gt; <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">array<\/span>(\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'shadow'<\/span>       =&gt; __( <span class=\"hljs-string\">'Shadow'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'theme-name'<\/span> ),\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t),\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t);\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">foreach<\/span> ( $block_styles <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> $block =&gt; $styles ) {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">foreach<\/span> ( $styles <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> $style_name =&gt; $style_label ) {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\tregister_block_style(\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t$block,\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">array<\/span>(\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'name'<\/span>  =&gt; $style_name,\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'label'<\/span> =&gt; $style_label,\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t)\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t);\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t}\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t}\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>}\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>add_action( <span class=\"hljs-string\">'init'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'theme_name_register_block_styles'<\/span> );\n<\/span><\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Next, we need to style the box-shadow for images, which can be done by adding the following CSS to the theme\u2019s <code>style.css<\/code> file:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"CSS\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"css\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-css shcb-code-table shcb-line-numbers\"><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/* Image<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\">--------------------------------------------- *\/<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.wp-block-image<\/span><span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.is-style-shadow<\/span> {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t<span class=\"hljs-attribute\">box-shadow<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">5px<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">5px<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">var<\/span>(--wp--preset--color--contrast);\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>}\n<\/span><\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">CSS<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">css<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quotes\">Create a Box-shadow Block Style for Quotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To register the Shadow style for the <strong>Quote block<\/strong>, add the following code to your the <code>functions.php<\/code>&nbsp;file within your theme.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php shcb-code-table shcb-line-numbers\"><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/**<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\"> * Register style for Quote block.<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\"> *<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\"> * <span class=\"hljs-doctag\">@since<\/span> 1.0<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\"> *\/<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">function<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">theme_name_register_block_styles<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> <\/span>{\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t$block_styles = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">array<\/span>(\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'core\/quote'<\/span>           =&gt; <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">array<\/span>(\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'shadow'<\/span>       =&gt; __( <span class=\"hljs-string\">'Shadow'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'theme-name'<\/span> ),\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t),\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t);\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">foreach<\/span> ( $block_styles <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> $block =&gt; $styles ) {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">foreach<\/span> ( $styles <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> $style_name =&gt; $style_label ) {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\tregister_block_style(\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t$block,\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">array<\/span>(\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'name'<\/span>  =&gt; $style_name,\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'label'<\/span> =&gt; $style_label,\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t\t)\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t);\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t}\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t}\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>}\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>add_action( <span class=\"hljs-string\">'init'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'theme_name_register_block_styles'<\/span> );\n<\/span><\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Next, we need to style the box-shadow for buttons, which can be done by adding the following CSS to the theme\u2019s <code>style.css<\/code> file:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-6\" data-shcb-language-name=\"CSS\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"css\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-css shcb-code-table shcb-line-numbers\"><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/* Quote<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-comment\">--------------------------------------------- *\/<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.wp-block-quote<\/span><span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.is-style-shadow<\/span> {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t<span class=\"hljs-attribute\">box-shadow<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">5px<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">5px<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">var<\/span>(--wp--preset--color--contrast);\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>}\n<\/span><\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-6\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">CSS<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">css<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress 6.1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The next release of WordPress will have an all-new, easy to use interface and one of the best features is box-shadows on blocks. This is supported in Gutenberg 14.1, and will be available in WordPress 6.1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shadows can be applied to blocks and elements:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-7\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript shcb-code-table shcb-line-numbers\"><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-string\">\"styles\"<\/span>: {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"blocks\"<\/span> :{\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"core\/group\"<\/span>: {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"shadow\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"5px 5px var(--wp--preset--color--contrast)\"<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t}\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t}\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>}\n<\/span><\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-7\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-8\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript shcb-code-table shcb-line-numbers\"><span class='shcb-loc'><span><span class=\"hljs-string\">\"styles\"<\/span>: {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"elements\"<\/span>: {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"button\"<\/span>: {\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"shadow\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"5px 5px var(--wp--preset--color--contrast)\"<\/span>\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t\t}\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>\t}\n<\/span><\/span><span class='shcb-loc'><span>}\n<\/span><\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-8\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: For more information on adding box-shadows, <a href=\"https:\/\/fullsiteediting.com\/lessons\/how-to-add-box-shadows-with-theme-json\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn different methods to adding box-shadows to blocks with theme.json.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wordpress"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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