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Creating the Editing Experience

Introducing the RichText component

The RichText component powers text editing across WordPress core blocks including paragraphs, headings, buttons, and quotes. It provides the familiar inline editing experience users expect from WordPress.

Available from the @wordpress/block-editor package, RichText handles complex text formatting, toolbar integration, and accessibility features automatically. It’s one of the most important components for content-focused blocks.

WordPress provides dedicated documentation for RichText due to its importance and complexity. This component transforms static text into an editable, rich-text interface that matches core WordPress behavior.

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