From 02a4039d59ec85634bf959e7fe08dbc3f50994ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurel Fulford <laurel.fulford@automattic.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 13:24:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(collections): restore list items in posts with card
 indicator

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../collections/class-content-inserter.php    |  3 ++-
 .../class-test-content-inserter.php           | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/includes/collections/class-content-inserter.php b/includes/collections/class-content-inserter.php
index ab8095c100..a45d097b61 100644
--- a/includes/collections/class-content-inserter.php
+++ b/includes/collections/class-content-inserter.php
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ function ( $block ) use ( $blocks_to_skip_empty ) {
 		// Insert after the nth block.
 		$rendered_content = '';
 		foreach ( $parsed_blocks as $index => $block ) {
-			$rendered_content .= $block['innerHTML'];
+			// Use render_block() so inner blocks (e.g. core/list-item children of core/list) and dynamic blocks are emitted.
+			$rendered_content .= render_block( $block );
 
 			// Insert after the nth block (index is 0-based).
 			if ( $index === $nth_block - 1 ) {
diff --git a/tests/unit-tests/collections/class-test-content-inserter.php b/tests/unit-tests/collections/class-test-content-inserter.php
index 6bea31c0f7..544b0eb4a8 100644
--- a/tests/unit-tests/collections/class-test-content-inserter.php
+++ b/tests/unit-tests/collections/class-test-content-inserter.php
@@ -278,6 +278,29 @@ public function test_insert_after_nth_block() {
 		$this->assertLessThan( $third_pos, $insert_pos, 'Inserted content should come before third paragraph.' );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Test insert_after_nth_block preserves inner blocks (e.g., list items).
+	 *
+	 * Regression: a `core/list` block stores its `<li>` items as `core/list-item`
+	 * inner blocks, not in `innerHTML`. The same applies to columns, groups,
+	 * buttons, etc. Reassembling parsed blocks must use `render_block()` so
+	 * inner-block content (and dynamic blocks) are emitted.
+	 *
+	 * @covers \Newspack\Collections\Content_Inserter::insert_after_nth_block
+	 */
+	public function test_insert_after_nth_block_preserves_inner_blocks() {
+		$insert_html = '<div>Inserted content</div>';
+
+		$block_content = "<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>First paragraph.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n"
+			. "<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Second paragraph.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n"
+			. "<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Item one</li>\n<!-- /wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Item two</li>\n<!-- /wp:list-item --></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->";
+
+		$result = Content_Inserter::insert_after_nth_block( $block_content, $insert_html, 2 );
+
+		$this->assertStringContainsString( '<li>Item one</li>', $result, 'First list item should be preserved.' );
+		$this->assertStringContainsString( '<li>Item two</li>', $result, 'Second list item should be preserved.' );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Test check_if_post_is_in_collection excludes draft collections.
 	 *