Lorem Ipsum

Block Name & Description

Title: Lorem Ipsum Description: Lorem ipsum placeholder text.

Block inserter example

block.json defines an example with totalParagraphs 1. The block is not shown in the inserter (inserter: false); the metadata still documents the default preview shape for tooling.

Block Namespace

prc-block/lorem-ipsum

Category

text

Supports

Feature	Enabled	Details
Inserter	No	Cannot be inserted from the block inserter
HTML editing	No

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Default	Description
totalParagraphs	number	1	Number of placeholder paragraphs to generate

Available Styles

None.

Inner Blocks

None. This is a "ghost" block — it renders nothing and exists solely to provide a transform.

Parent / Ancestor Requirements

None.

Usage Instructions

This block is not inserted through the block inserter. Instead, it provides a text transform triggered by typing a special command:

1. In any paragraph block, type %ipsum and press Enter.
2. The block is replaced with 1 paragraph of placeholder text.
3. To generate multiple paragraphs, type %ipsum N (e.g., %ipsum 5) and press Enter.
4. Maximum of 15 blocks can be generated at once. If you request more, a warning notice is shown and 15 blocks are generated.

The generated content uses the jabber library with Pew Research Center topic keywords as the word source, producing research-themed placeholder text.

Generated Content Types

For more than 3 blocks, a heading is added at the start. The content varies:

• Regular paragraphs (30-70 words)
• Every 3rd block has a chance (~30%) of being a quote block, or (~30%) a list block (3-6 items), or a regular paragraph.

Block Markup Example

This block does not produce markup. It transforms into standard core/paragraph, core/heading, core/quote, and core/list blocks.

Example of typing %ipsum 3:

Before: "%ipsum 3" [Enter]
After:
  - core/paragraph (30-70 words)
  - core/paragraph (30-70 words)
  - core/paragraph (30-70 words)

Example of typing %ipsum 5:

After:
  - core/heading (level 2)
  - core/paragraph
  - core/paragraph
  - core/paragraph (or core/quote or core/list)
  - core/paragraph
  - core/paragraph

PHP Rendering

The PHP class (Lorem_Ipsum) only registers the block from metadata. There is no render callback because the block never appears in post content — it transforms immediately into other blocks in the editor.

Frontend Interactivity

None.

Related Blocks

• core/paragraph — The primary output block after transformation
• core/heading — Generated as headers in multi-block output
• core/quote — Occasionally generated in varied content
• core/list — Occasionally generated in varied content