Recent Articles block — search, Show more, and a call-to-action button

The Recent Articles block does more than list your latest posts. Select the block in the editor and the inspector gives you the options below. Everything saves as you go — there is no Save button to hunt for.

Heading and how many:
Set the Heading (it starts as "Latest Articles") and a Max count, which starts at 6.

Let visitors search:
Set "Search bar" to "Show — search by title, tag, or content" and a search box appears above the list. It matches on title, summary, tags, and body text, and every word has to match, so a visitor can narrow with two or three terms.

Once search is on, a "Search prompt" field appears. That is the text your visitors see in the empty search box — write it in your own voice ("Find a recipe", "Search past newsletters") instead of the generic default.

Show more:
Set "Show more button" to "Show — reveal more without leaving the page" and the list starts at your Max count with a "Show more" button under it, along with a count of how many are left. Each click reveals another batch. The button steps aside while someone is searching, since a search already shows every match.

Turning on either search or Show more widens the pool the block draws from, so there is more for a visitor to find.

Layout:
Choose Grid (2 columns), Grid (3 columns), Grid (4 columns), or List.

Filter by article type:
Narrow the block to one kind of article — the dropdown starts with "— All types —" and then lists your org's article types. If your org has not defined any article types, this control does not appear at all.

A call-to-action button:
Give the block a button that sends readers somewhere useful — a newsletter sign-up, a submissions form, a full archive page.
1. Fill in "Button label". Leave it blank and there is no button; everything below stays hidden until you fill it in.
2. Choose "Button action":
• "Go to a link" — then set the CTA link, picking a page on your site or entering a URL.
• "Open a form in place" — then pick from your published Intake forms. The form expands to the full width of the block right there on the page, so the reader never leaves.
3. Choose "Button position" — "Top right — across from the heading" (the default), "Bottom left", "Bottom center", or "Bottom right". On a narrow screen a top-right button stacks under the heading instead.

Appearance:
Set a Fallback image, used for any article with no cover image, and a Card background color — card title, summary and byline adjust automatically so they stay readable against whatever you pick.