With BlockMeister creating custom block patterns becomes easy. The patterns can be designed just like you design a blog post or a page with the block editor.
You can assign any (custom) category or keywords. By doing so, your patterns are categorized in a way that makes sense to your users and keywords make it easier to find a pattern. Your custom patterns will be available from the block patterns tab in the inserter panel.
Features
- Visual design custom block patterns using the pattern builder
- Or create a custom pattern from one or more selected blocks in the post editor
- Import patterns made/shared by trusted Pro users [new in 3.0]
- Assign your patterns to one or more categories
- Optionally add any keywords (makes them easy to find in the block inserter)
- Create custom pattern categories
- Set a viewport width to optimize the scaled width of the preview in the block inserter
Pro Features
If you would like even more features like: group locking, cloning, activating or deactivating individual patterns, exporting, importing, controlling which core/third party pattern sets are allowed to load, setting block styles and more, please check out our premium versions here:
Professional Version
**Installation directly from your site
- Log in and navigate to Plugins → Add New.
- Type "BlockMeister" into the Search and hit Enter.
- Locate the BlockMeister plugin in the list of search results and click Install Now.
- Once installed, click the Activate link.
[3.1.11] - 2024-10-08
- Fixed vulnerability: unescaped form URL (thank you 'vgo0' for reporting)
[3.1.10] - 2023-07-05
- Upgraded dependencies to latest versions:
- NPM package classnames 2.3.2
- NPM package prismjs 1.29.0
- NPM package react-simple-code-editor 0.13.1
- Freemius SDK v2.5.10
[3.1.9] - 2023-05-11
- Upgraded to Freemius SDK v2.5.7 (fixes PHP 8.1 issues)
[3.1.8] - 2022-02-11
- Fixed: composer issue autoloader when both free and premium version activated (replaced with custom loader)
- Fixed: test if user is allowed to add unfiltered html fails
- Fixed [Pro]: handle AFC block not supporting custom block CSS
[3.1.7] - 2022-11-23
- Tested up to WP 6.1.1
- Upgraded to Freemius SDK v2.5.2
- Fixed: Toolset compatibility issue
- Removed obsolete context checks
- Fixed [Pro]: cloning of pattern (since 3.1.5) when using non default category slug produces an error notice
[3.1.6] - 2022-08-02
- Fixed: backwards compatibility error due to call to new WP 6 API method
[3.1.5] - 2022-08-01
- New: default category (initially set to site name) can now be edited, name will get 'Default' suffix
- Improved: patterns list table will hide content in third party columns in non-custom pattern rows (applies e.g. to WPML & Polylang translations column)
- Improved: the context checking system (due to reported edge cases)
- Improved: Non-custom categories no longer listed in the category admin screen (to stop user confusion)
- Compatibility issue fixed: some third party plugins caused a redirect (loosing preview parameter) for preview requests, which made previewing patterns impossible
- Fixed: clicking view link in the pattern editor directs to home page not the pattern
- Fixed: uncaught error due to failed syncing of registered category
- Updated dependencies: classnames 2.31, prismjs 1.280, react-simple-code-editor 0.11.2
- Updated: language pot file
- Updated: Dutch translation
[3.1.4] - 2022-07-02
- Fixed: Context/run check for rest calls fails when permalinks set to plain
- Fixed: Category list table term edit link active when it should not be (and visa versa)
- Fixed: (De-)activation namespace issue when both free and premium version are installed
- Fixed: Optional loading of core/featured pattern directory patterns in patterns admin screen sometimes fails
- Fixed: Inactivated patterns from remote source still show in the inserter
- Fixed: Parent selector shouldn't be added to pattern editor screen
- Fixed: admin notice after pattern table list quick action no longer shows name of pattern
- Fixed: bulk action handler ignores filters in redirect
- Fixed: With PHP 5 internally setting source of default category fails
- Improved: Pattern category syncing when different set is registered (after e.g theme switch) or on new BlockMeister installs
[3.1.3] - 2022-06-03
- Fixed: Label of import button on pattern list table hidden when PHP directive short_open_tag is off.
[3.1.2] - 2022-06-02
- Fixed: Since 3.1.0 newly added custom categories show source 'unknown' instead of 'user'.
[3.1.1] - 2022-05-25
- Fixed: In WP 5.9, the site editor isn't loading any custom pattern category or custom pattern. In WP 6.0 or 5.9.x i.c.w Gutenberg 13.x this does work as expected though.
[3.1.0] - 2022-05-19
- Tested with upcoming WP 6.0 release.
- Fixed backward compatibility issue introduced by WP 6.0: Custom block patterns and pattern_categories no longer loaded into block inserter.
- Fixed backward compatibility issue introduced by WP 6.0: Inactive patterns no longer available on block patterns admin screen.
- Fixed: Reset button for Block Setting "Viewport Width" reverts to last user setting after saving.
- Fixed: Pattern registration of custom draft patterns, which correctly are nameless, lead to internal registry overriding of previous draft patterns.
- Fixed: [Pro] Cloned and imported patterns don't get all category and keyword terms of original pattern.
- New: "Add to Block patterns" feature is now also available from within the site (/template) editor.
- New: Filtering on category in the Pattern list table screen.
- Improved: More logical redirection in response to handled quick actions in pattern table list
- Removed: Not applicable (core added) 'Template' inspector panel from block pattern editor.
- Removed: Category list table 'Counts' column, due to current inability to show correct counts in all cases. May be reintroduced in later release.
[3.0.5] - 2022-03-01
- Updated: Freemius SDK version 2.4.3 with security fix
[3.0.4] - 2022-01-31
- Fixed: missing return bug
[3.0.3] - 2022-01-26
- Fixed: WP 5.9 incompatibility bug, related to _disable_block_editor_for_navigation_post_type (not yet loaded in 5.9 when we applied related filter)
[3.0.2] - 2021-10-09
- Fixed: regression of old excerpt related bug
- Fixed: inserter not showing custom and default (generated) block pattern category on draft post (until first reload)
[3.0.1] - 2021-10-01
- Fixed: unreadable properties of undefined in reusable block editor
[3.0.0] - 2021-10-01
All versions
- made compatible with WP 5.8
- bumped required WP version to 5.8
- Added: Freemius SDK
- Added: User can now control (via a setting) whether all data is deleted during uninstall
- Added: Import patterns made/shared by trusted Pro users
- Added: Bulk action for trashing custom patterns
**Premium versions **
- New: first release of premium version
- Added: Settings to control the loading of local and remote core block patterns and theme and plugin based block patterns
- Added: Activate/deactivate custom/core and third party block patterns (individual or by source via settings)
- Added: Clone patterns (including core and third party patterns).
- Added: Export/download (for backup or sharing) patterns.
- Added: Add custom styles to block patterns and blocks.
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Added: Lock pattern group or column (so users cannot move/remove/add child blocks).
All versions
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Improved: default block pattern category name will now be auto updated after user renames the site
- Improved: no longer (core/theme/plugin) registered categories are now auto removed as a custom block pattern taxonomy term
[2.0.8] - 2021-04-16
Fixed
- Allow unfiltered pattern HTML for users who have the 'unfiltered_html' capability
[2.0.7] - 2021-03-06
Fixed
- Too strict run context check excluded post-new screen
[2.0.6] - 2021-02-27
Fixed
- Custom categories missing in inserter due to failed run context check; WP core test method not yet loaded
[2.0.5] - 2021-02-19
Fixed
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Unnecessary term updates in synchronization method (leading to unintended cache purging in cache plugins)
Improved
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syncing and re-translating of dynamically registered categories and custom category terms
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run context
Optimized
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code run contexts
[2.0.4] - 2021-01-19
Fixed
- prevention of term deletion of third party custom taxonomy
[2.0.3] - 2020-09-18
Fixed
- excerpt screen option and control panel unintentionally removed from other post type edit screens
[2.0.2] - 2020-09-12
Fixed
[2.0.1] - 2020-09-03
Fixed
- keywords taxonomy's edit capability
[2.0.0] - 2020-09-01
Initial public release.
Improved
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completely refactored v1.0
Added
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Block settings menu item to add selected blocks to a new block pattern
- Categories
- Keywords
- Viewport width setting
- Added pattern editing related capabilities
- Limit pattern building to administrators by default
- Made translatable
- Added Dutch translation