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ContentBlockByKey()

ContentBlockByKey is an AMPscript function in the content category.

Syntax

ContentBlockByKey(key, [region], [raiseError], [default])

Example

%%[ SET @year = 2026 ]%%
%%=ContentBlockByKey("footer")=%%
Rendered output
<p>You are receiving this because you subscribed. 2026</p>

Output produced by AmpSend's AMPscript engine (validated against Salesforce's own test corpus) - not a hand-written result.

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Official Salesforce documentation

ContentBlockByKey in the official AMPscript reference - or browse the official index of AMPscript functions for platform behavior and edge cases.

Related content functions

ContentBlockByNameContentBlockByIdContentAreaContentAreaByNameTreatAsContentBeginImpressionRegionEndImpressionRegionContentImageByIdContentImageByKeyTransformXML