--- title: "Embedding a View on a page or post" date: 2026-11-04 updated: 2026-11-04 author: "Zack Katz" link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/getting-started/embedding-a-view-on-a-page-or-post/" category: "GravityView > Getting Started" --- Embed a View to show your entries on any page or post of your site. The **GravityView View** block adds it in a few clicks, and you can see the result in the editor before you publish. Before you begin, [set up your View](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/getting-started/how-to-setup-your-first-view/) and publish it. A View saved as a draft isn't available to embed. ## Step 1: Add the GravityView View block - Open the page or post in the block editor, or create a new one. - Click the **Block Inserter** (the **+** button at the top left of the editor). - Type `GravityView` in the search box. - Click **GravityView View**. ![The block inserter searched for GravityView, listing the five GravityView blocks with GravityView View outlined, next to a Members page being edited](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/gravityview-embed-block-inserter-1024x584.png) ## Step 2: Choose your View Click the **View** dropdown in the block and choose your View. Each View is listed with its ID after its name, such as **Club members (#4)**. ![The GravityView View block on a page, with its View dropdown open and an arrow pointing to Club members (#4), the selected option](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/gravityview-embed-view-selected-arrow-1024x580.png) ## Step 3: Preview the View Turn on **Preview** in the block's **Main Settings**, in the panel on the right, to see your entries in the editor. The **Edit View** link above it opens the View in the View editor. ![The block editor previewing the Club members View as a table of names, sports, cities and join years, with the Preview toggle turned on and outlined in the Main Settings panel](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/gravityview-embed-block-preview-1024x640.png) *The preview doesn't show entries for a View with the DataTables layout, and a Map layout shows a notice in place of the map. Both display normally on the published page* ## Step 4: Publish the page Click **Publish**, then open the page. Your View appears where you placed the block. ![A sports club's published Members page with a Meet our members banner above a Member directory table listing each member's name, sport, city and join year](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/gravityview-embed-published-page-1024x640.png) When a visitor clicks a link to an entry, the entry opens on the same page, and the **Go back** link returns them to the list ## If your View shows no entries A new View has **Show only approved entries** turned on, so an entry appears only after it's approved. [Approve your entries](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/entry-approval/approving-or-rejecting-entries-in-gravityview/) or turn the setting off in the View's settings. ## Embedding a View with a page builder GravityView adds its own widgets to Elementor, Divi, and Beaver Builder. Choose your View in the builder's panel, with the same settings as the block. [Embedding Views in Divi, Beaver Builder, and Elementor](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/view-setup/page-builder-support/) has the steps for each one. In WPBakery Page Builder, formerly named Visual Composer, add a Text Block with the View's shortcode, as [Adding a View to a page using Visual Composer](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/view-setup/adding-a-view-to-a-page-using-visual-composer/) shows. For another builder, paste the shortcode into its text or shortcode element. You can copy the shortcode from **Embed Shortcode** in the **Publish** box of the View editor. [Using the shortcode](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/shortcodes/using-the-shortcode/) lists its settings. ## Related articles - [Embedding Views, entries and fields using blocks](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/view-setup/embedding-views-entries-and-fields-using-blocks/) covers the block's other settings, such as sorting and filtering. - [Can I display multiple Views on the same page?](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/faq/can-i-display-multiple-views-on-the-same-page/) explains what a page shows when it holds more than one View. - [The Prevent Direct Access setting](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/view-settings/the-direct-access-setting/) shows the View only where you embed it, by closing its own `/view/your-view-name/` URL.