In a wiper blade (100) for a windshield wiper having a wiping strip (112) and an adapter unit (1500) for attaching the wiper strip (112) to a wiper arm, the adapter unit (1500) being designed to be connected to a connecting element (1900) assigned to the wiper arm, the connecting element (1900) has a base element (1730) and an adapter element (1750), wherein the base element (1730) is designed to attach the wiping strip (112) to a first multiplicity of different wiper arm types and can be connected to the adapter element (1750) in order to permit the wiping strip (112) to be attached to a second multiplicity of different wiper arm types which at least partly differ from the wiper arm types of the first multiplicity of wiper arm types.