# WordPress Block Editor API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/wordpress/block-editor-api/  
**Provider:** WordPress — https://apis.io/providers/wordpress/  
**Documentation:** https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/

WordPress Block Editor API is one of 17 APIs that [WordPress](https://apis.io/providers/wordpress/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Block Editor, Gutenberg, JavaScript, and WordPress. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, a GitHub repository, and a getting-started guide.

The Block Editor API (Gutenberg) enables developers to create custom blocks, block patterns, block templates, and editor plugins for the WordPress Block Editor. It includes JavaScript and PHP APIs for registering block types, modifying editor behavior, and extending the editing experience.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/
- **APIReference** — https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg
- **GettingStarted** — https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/

## Other WordPress APIs (12)

- [WP-CLI](https://apis.io/apis/wordpress/wp-cli/)
- [WordPress AI API](https://apis.io/apis/wordpress/ai-api/)
- [WordPress Block Types API](https://apis.io/apis/wordpress/wordpress-block-types-api/)
- [WordPress Blocks API](https://apis.io/apis/wordpress/wordpress-blocks-api/)
- [WordPress Categories API](https://apis.io/apis/wordpress/wordpress-categories-api/)
- [WordPress Comments API](https://apis.io/apis/wordpress/wordpress-comments-api/)
- [WordPress Media API](https://apis.io/apis/wordpress/wordpress-media-api/)
- [WordPress Pages API](https://apis.io/apis/wordpress/wordpress-pages-api/)
- [WordPress Plugins API](https://apis.io/apis/wordpress/wordpress-plugins-api/)
- [WordPress Post Types API](https://apis.io/apis/wordpress/wordpress-post-types-api/)
- [WordPress Posts API](https://apis.io/apis/wordpress/wordpress-posts-api/)
- [WordPress Search API](https://apis.io/apis/wordpress/wordpress-search-api/)

## Tags

Block Editor, Gutenberg, JavaScript, WordPress

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