00:01 Exploring patterns and templates in WordPress 01:34 Creating reusable patterns and templates for customers in WordPress. 03:04 Enabling advanced overrides for headlines and images 04:53 Inserting custom patterns in WordPress for template flexibility 06:43 Swapping the template to apply a custom pattern and visualizing the changes 08:14 WordPress patterns & templates allow for global settings on pages and posts. 09:48 Pattern overrides allow for design protection and content customization 11:22 Utilizing WordPress patterns and templates for efficient design customization Crafted by Merlin AI.
Great explanation. Subbed. I've been a WP dev since 1.5 and I've been slowly, reluctantly, moving to blocks. I'm still not completely sold but videos like yours are helpful in making the transition.
Thanks. Very helpful. While experimenting there are inevitably some false starts. How do I get rid of them? Specifically 1) I created a pattern that shows up in the pattern folder named "My patterns". How do I delete a pattern in that folder? 2) I have also somehow [I don't know how] managed to create a pattern folder that I no longer need. How do I delete that unwanted folder?
Hi Matt, I believe this was my question on your previous video. What I was looking for as an option in WP was to create a template which has a pattern with Override options and that be editable. However, as I had experienced and as you have also demonstrated here, that's not a possibility. Adding a pattern in the "Content" block of a post/page and then changing the fields marked for override is possible but not changing the fields of a pattern if the same pattern is part of the template. I feel if WP changes this behaviour, it'll be a lot more useful than it is currently. Create a template containing a pattern(s) with editable fields marked when creating the pattern. When the user chooses the template, these fields within the pattern should be available to edit. Much easier if multiple people are creating content on different topics and each one can be given a Custom Post Template which has a set design and end user just changes few things like the image, heading etc instead of adding a pattern in the post section and then editing the fields marked for override (as I am currently doing). Hopefully that can be introduced in the future.
Ah that makes sense, and thanks for watching :) I think what you’re looking for is generally done using custom fields, and we’ll see some of those advancements “soon”
These days, I use the Create Block Theme plugin to create an empty theme, specifically to get rid of all the very confusing default LOCKED patterns. They should be in an optional "Starter Patterns" plugin/theme, or better still, only available online and not clutter the default install. The amount of time I've wasted trying to work out how templates and pages work with patterns and template-parts is just not worth it. In the end, I only want to use MY PATTERNS anyway.
Thank you thank you thank you 🙏 this video has helped me intens 👌🏻 inwas searching for this because my template would just disappeare but now I now
Glad it helped!
Great video, Keep it up!
Jep. Sehr gut erlkärt. Vielen Dank!!
00:01 Exploring patterns and templates in WordPress
01:34 Creating reusable patterns and templates for customers in WordPress.
03:04 Enabling advanced overrides for headlines and images
04:53 Inserting custom patterns in WordPress for template flexibility
06:43 Swapping the template to apply a custom pattern and visualizing the changes
08:14 WordPress patterns & templates allow for global settings on pages and posts.
09:48 Pattern overrides allow for design protection and content customization
11:22 Utilizing WordPress patterns and templates for efficient design customization
Crafted by Merlin AI.
Great explanation. Subbed. I've been a WP dev since 1.5 and I've been slowly, reluctantly, moving to blocks. I'm still not completely sold but videos like yours are helpful in making the transition.
Thanks so much for watching 👏
Thanks. Very helpful. While experimenting there are inevitably some false starts. How do I get rid of them? Specifically 1) I created a pattern that shows up in the pattern folder named "My patterns". How do I delete a pattern in that folder? 2) I have also somehow [I don't know how] managed to create a pattern folder that I no longer need. How do I delete that unwanted folder?
I’ll test tomorrow but you should be able to go to the pattern library inside the site editor and manage the patterns there.
@@WPMinute Thank you. I have found where to edit the patterns.
Hi Matt,
I believe this was my question on your previous video. What I was looking for as an option in WP was to create a template which has a pattern with Override options and that be editable. However, as I had experienced and as you have also demonstrated here, that's not a possibility. Adding a pattern in the "Content" block of a post/page and then changing the fields marked for override is possible but not changing the fields of a pattern if the same pattern is part of the template.
I feel if WP changes this behaviour, it'll be a lot more useful than it is currently. Create a template containing a pattern(s) with editable fields marked when creating the pattern. When the user chooses the template, these fields within the pattern should be available to edit. Much easier if multiple people are creating content on different topics and each one can be given a Custom Post Template which has a set design and end user just changes few things like the image, heading etc instead of adding a pattern in the post section and then editing the fields marked for override (as I am currently doing).
Hopefully that can be introduced in the future.
Ah that makes sense, and thanks for watching :)
I think what you’re looking for is generally done using custom fields, and we’ll see some of those advancements “soon”
These days, I use the Create Block Theme plugin to create an empty theme, specifically to get rid of all the very confusing default LOCKED patterns. They should be in an optional "Starter Patterns" plugin/theme, or better still, only available online and not clutter the default install. The amount of time I've wasted trying to work out how templates and pages work with patterns and template-parts is just not worth it. In the end, I only want to use MY PATTERNS anyway.