diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts
index 5881c6ee5e0..b5c327009de 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts
@@ -2273,6 +2273,7 @@ apiRouter.get("/posts.json", async (req) => {
         db
             .knexInstance()
             .from(postsTable)
+            .whereNotIn("type", ["wp_block"])
             .orderBy("updated_at_in_wordpress", "desc")
     )
 
diff --git a/baker/SiteBaker.tsx b/baker/SiteBaker.tsx
index 94c47e0fad4..f9b484abdac 100644
--- a/baker/SiteBaker.tsx
+++ b/baker/SiteBaker.tsx
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export class SiteBaker {
         if (!this.bakeSteps.has("embeds")) return
         // Find all grapher urls used as embeds in all posts on the site
         const rows = await wpdb.singleton.query(
-            `SELECT post_content FROM wp_posts WHERE (post_type='page' OR post_type='post' OR post_type='wp_block') AND post_status='publish'`
+            `SELECT post_content FROM wp_posts WHERE (post_type='page' OR post_type='post') AND post_status='publish'`
         )
         let grapherUrls = []
         for (const row of rows) {
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ export class SiteBaker {
         const rows = (await db
             .knexTable(postsTable)
             .where({ status: "publish" })
+            .whereNotIn("type", ["wp_block"])
             .join("post_tags", { "post_tags.post_id": "posts.id" })
             .join("tags", { "tags.id": "post_tags.tag_id" })
             .where({ "tags.name": "Entries" })
diff --git a/baker/siteRenderers.tsx b/baker/siteRenderers.tsx
index bbab28c496c..3f6e845119b 100644
--- a/baker/siteRenderers.tsx
+++ b/baker/siteRenderers.tsx
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ ${posts
 export const entriesByYearPage = async (year?: number) => {
     const entries = (await knexTable(postsTable)
         .where({ status: "publish" })
+        .whereNotIn("type", ["wp_block"])
         .join("post_tags", { "post_tags.post_id": "posts.id" })
         .join("tags", { "tags.id": "post_tags.tag_id" })
         .where({ "tags.name": "Entries" })
diff --git a/db/db.ts b/db/db.ts
index fb04c286fdd..7af7ed13648 100644
--- a/db/db.ts
+++ b/db/db.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export const getSlugsWithPublishedGdocsSuccessors = async (): Promise<
     return knexRaw(
         `-- sql
             select slug from posts_with_gdoc_publish_status
-            where isGdocPublished = TRUE`
+            where isGdocPublished = TRUE and type <> 'wp_block'`
     )
         .then((res) => res[0])
         .then((rows) => new Set(rows.map((row: any) => row.slug)))
diff --git a/db/syncPostsToGrapher.ts b/db/syncPostsToGrapher.ts
index 41858cbed75..f2096c5388b 100644
--- a/db/syncPostsToGrapher.ts
+++ b/db/syncPostsToGrapher.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function buildReplacerFunction(
     ) => {
         const block = blocks[matches["id"].toString()]
         return block
-            ? `<!-- wp-block-tombstone ${matches["id"]} -->` +
+            ? `<!-- wp-block-tombstone ${matches["id"]} -->\n` +
                   block.post_content
             : ""
     }
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ const syncPostsToGrapher = async (): Promise<void> => {
 		left join post_ids_with_authors pwa   on p.ID = pwa.ID
         left join first_revision fr on fr.post_id = pwa.ID
         left join post_featured_image fi on fi.ID = p.id
-        where p.post_type in ('post', 'page') AND post_status != 'trash'
+        where p.post_type in ('post', 'page', 'wp_block') AND post_status != 'trash'
         `
     )
 
diff --git a/db/wpdb.ts b/db/wpdb.ts
index a0939f16aec..ee3b7c1c438 100644
--- a/db/wpdb.ts
+++ b/db/wpdb.ts
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ export const getRelatedResearchAndWritingForVariable = async (
                 -- be disregarded
                 and componentType = 'src'
                 and cd.variableId = ?
+                and p.type <> 'wp_block'
                 and cd.property in ('x', 'y') -- ignore cases where the indicator is size, color etc
                 and p.status = 'publish' -- only use published wp posts
                 and coalesce(pg.published, 0) = 0 -- ignore posts if the wp post has a published gdoc successor. The