handbook/commands/post/block/remove.md

wp post block remove

Removes blocks from a post by name or index.

Removes one or more blocks from the post content. Blocks can be removed by their type name or by their position index.

OPTIONS

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.

<id>

The ID of the post to modify.

[<block-name>]

The block type name to remove (e.g., 'core/paragraph').

[--index=<index>]

Remove block at specific index (0-indexed). Can be comma-separated for multiple indices.

[--all]

Remove all blocks of the specified type.

[--porcelain]

Output just the number of blocks removed.

EXAMPLES

# Remove the first block (index 0).
$ wp post block remove 123 --index=0
Success: Removed 1 block from post 123.

# Remove the first paragraph block found.
$ wp post block remove 123 core/paragraph
Success: Removed 1 block from post 123.

# Remove all paragraph blocks.
$ wp post block remove 123 core/paragraph --all
Success: Removed 5 blocks from post 123.

# Remove blocks at multiple indices.
$ wp post block remove 123 --index=0,2,4
Success: Removed 3 blocks from post 123.

# Remove all image blocks and get count.
$ wp post block remove 123 core/image --all --porcelain
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GLOBAL PARAMETERS

These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.

Argument	Description
--path=<path>	Path to the WordPress files.
--url=<url>	Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified.
--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host|container>[:<port>][<path>]	Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of "docker", "docker-compose", "docker-compose-run", "vagrant").
--ssh-args=<args>	Pass additional arguments to SSH (or other tools specified by --ssh scheme).
--http=<http>	Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP.
--user=<id|login|email>	Set the WordPress user.
--skip-plugins[=<plugins>]	Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded.
--skip-themes[=<themes>]	Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes.
--skip-packages	Skip loading all installed packages.
--require=<path>	Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once).
--exec=<php-code>	Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once).
--context=<context>	Load WordPress in a given context.
--[no-]color	Whether to colorize the output.
--debug[=<group>]	Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help.
--prompt[=<assoc>]	Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values.
--quiet	Suppress informational messages.
--alias=<name>	Name of the alias to use. Aliases can reference local WordPress installations or remote SSH connections. Aliases are defined in the wp-cli.yml file.
--assume-https	Set $_SERVER['HTTPS'] to make WordPress treat the site as HTTPS. Use when WordPress is behind an HTTPS proxy or load balancer.