Help with block stages

Hi, everyone. In my mod there are blocks that have many variations, such as a box in which you can put items. And I want to make it so that every time you click on this box, it was not necessary to run a procedure to replace the block on another, and realize the transition to the next stage of this block. That is, I want to know how to combine all variations into one type of block and give each block its own stage number. I hope I have explained my thought clearly. I will be very grateful for the explanation!