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Plugin Description
Note: Pattern Manager is currently in beta.
When you design beautiful block patterns for your theme, Pattern Manager by WP Engine will automatically push them into PHP files for you, every time you save. With a dedicated studio to design and build block patterns you can 10x your ability to work effectively with patterns.
Key Features of Pattern Manager by WP Engine
- A dedicated place to build and design Block Patterns.
- Save (and generate) pattern files directly to disk in your theme (no exporting needed).
- Images used in patterns are auto-copied into your theme and referenced in the PHP pattern file.
- No more copying and pasting code to files.
- No more copying and pasting images to your theme.
- Browse all your patterns by their preview thumbnails.
- Create patterns and edit them later.
- Easy discovery and use of hidden WordPress core pattern features.
Things you can do with Pattern Manager:
- Create a pattern with a click.
- Duplicate a pattern.
- Delete a pattern.
- Rename a pattern.
- Utilize hidden WordPress core pattern features.
- Save a pattern to a php file in your theme.
Hidden WP core pattern features you can unlock with Pattern Manager:
- When a user makes a new page or post, auto-show a modal with your patterns, available to be used.
- Make your pattern available in the block inserter, or choose to hide it from the inserter.
- Allow users to transform any block into your pattern.
Upon every “save” of a pattern, Pattern Manager will do the following:
- Create/update the pattern PHP file on your disk, in your theme.
- Find and replace all local image urls with the correct PHP tag.
- Find and copy all image files used into your theme.
Help & Docs
User and developer docs for Pattern Manager can be found here.
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A dedicated inferface to browse, design, build, and save WordPress pattern files.
Easily assign pattern categories, keywords, descriptions, and more.
