WordPress All-in-One For Dummies, 5th Edition

Chapter 3

Using and Creating Block Patterns

IN THIS CHAPTER

Applying block patterns to your website

Working with existing block patterns

Creating a simple block pattern

Finding new block patterns

In Book 6, Chapter 2, you learned about block themes and the site editor, and the concept of block patterns came up as well, as a way of creating and managing your content. Block patterns are predefined combinations of blocks that allow you to save them, and then quickly and easily apply them to the overall layout of your website. There are several ways to use block patterns to create pages and layouts.

Some default block patterns are included in your WordPress installation, and if you are using a block theme, some block theme developers include a library of block patterns, like the default Twenty Twenty-Four theme. You can download patterns and even create your own. This chapter takes you through discovering how to do all of those things.

Discovering Block Patterns

In Book 4, Chapter 1 you were introduced to using single blocks from the block editor to create content and build out your ...