diff --git a/samples/Sample_20_TemplateBlockClone.php b/samples/Sample_20_TemplateBlockClone.php
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+<?php
+include_once 'Sample_Header.php';
+
+// New Word document
+echo date('H:i:s') , " Create new PhpWord object" , \EOL;
+$phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
+
+$document = $phpWord->loadTemplate('resources/Sample_20_TemplateBlockClone.docx');
+
+// Will clone everything between ${tag} and ${/tag}, the number of times. By default, 1.
+$document->cloneBlock('CLONEME', 3);
+
+$name = 'Sample_20_TemplateBlockClone.docx';
+echo date('H:i:s'), " Write to Word2007 format", EOL;
+$document->saveAs($name);
+rename($name, "results/{$name}");
+
+include_once 'Sample_Footer.php';
diff --git a/samples/Sample_21_TemplateBlockDelete.php b/samples/Sample_21_TemplateBlockDelete.php
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+++ b/samples/Sample_21_TemplateBlockDelete.php
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+<?php
+include_once 'Sample_Header.php';
+
+// New Word document
+echo date('H:i:s') , " Create new PhpWord object" , \EOL;
+$phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
+
+$document = $phpWord->loadTemplate('resources/Sample_21_TemplateBlockDelete.docx');
+
+// Everything between ${tag} and ${/tag}, will be deleted/erased.
+$document->deleteTemplateBlock('DELETEME');
+
+$name = 'Sample_21_TemplateBlockDelete.docx';
+echo date('H:i:s'), " Write to Word2007 format", EOL;
+$document->saveAs($name);
+rename($name, "results/{$name}");
+
+include_once 'Sample_Footer.php';
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diff --git a/samples/resources/Sample_21_TemplateBlockDelete.docx b/samples/resources/Sample_21_TemplateBlockDelete.docx
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diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Template.php b/src/PhpWord/Template.php
index 9d9cc604..537e0343 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Template.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Template.php
@@ -257,6 +257,70 @@ class Template
         $this->_documentXML = $result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Clone a block
+     *
+     * @param mixed $blockname
+     * @param int $clones
+     * @param bool $replace
+     * @return null
+     */
+    public function cloneBlock($blockname, $clones = 1, $replace = true)
+    {
+        $xmlBlock = null;
+        preg_match('/(<\?xml.*)(<w:p.*>\${'.$blockname.'}<\/w:.*?p>)(.*)(<w:p.*\${\/'.$blockname.'}<\/w:.*?p>)/is', $this->_documentXML, $matchs);
+
+        if (isset($matchs[3])) {
+            $xmlBlock = $matchs[3];
+            $cloned = array();
+            for($i = 1; $i <= $clones; $i++) {
+                $cloned[] = $xmlBlock;
+            }
+
+            if ($replace) {
+                $this->_documentXML = str_replace($matchs[2].$matchs[3].$matchs[4], implode('', $cloned), $this->_documentXML);
+            }
+        }
+        return $xmlBlock;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Replace a block
+     *
+     * @param mixed $blockname
+     * @param $replacement
+     */
+    public function replaceBlock($blockname, $replacement)
+    {
+        $this->deleteTemplateBlock($blockname, $replacement);
+    }
+
+    public function xmlpretty($xml)
+    {
+        $domxml = new DOMDocument('1.0');
+        $domxml->preserveWhiteSpace = false;
+        $domxml->formatOutput = true;
+        $domxml->loadXML($xml);
+        $xml_string = $domxml->saveXML();
+        return $xml_string;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Delete a block of text
+     *
+     * @param mixed $blockname
+     * @param string $replacement
+     */
+    public function deleteTemplateBlock($blockname, $replacement = '')
+    {
+        $xmlBlock = null;
+        preg_match('/(<\?xml.*)(<w:p.*>\${'.$blockname.'}<\/w:.*?p>)(.*)(<w:p.*\${\/'.$blockname.'}<\/w:.*?p>)/is', $this->_documentXML, $matchs);
+
+        if (isset($matchs[3])) {
+            $this->_documentXML = str_replace($matchs[2].$matchs[3].$matchs[4], $replacement, $this->_documentXML);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Save XML to temporary file
      *