Pattern Wrangler – Manage Block Patterns and Reusable Blocks
Changelog
2.3.0
Released 2026-01-21
New feature: Categories View – A new dedicated Categories screen that unifies local and registered pattern categories in one place, making it easier to manage and organize your pattern categories.
New feature: Bulk category operations – You can now enable, disable, pause, and map multiple categories at once using bulk actions.
New feature: Category mapping – Map registered categories to local categories to prevent duplicates and better organize your pattern library.
Bug fix: Fixed core pattern hiding functionality in Functions.
Bug fix: Improved handling of categories with special characters in quick edit mode.
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2.2.2
Released 2026-01-10
Bug fix: Registered categories weren’t displaying in the card view.
Bug fix: Local categories when renamed with special characters were erroring in quick-edit view.
Bug fix: Empty categories are no longer shown in the filter view.
2.2.1
Released 2026-01-08
Bug fix: Local categories weren’t displaying correctly when filtering.
Bug fix: Clicking reset when filtering now returns to the default view (Showing All, Enabled).
2.2.0
Released 2026-01-03
Enhancement: Pagination now displays the total number of patterns.
Enhancement: When copying a registered pattern to a local pattern, you can optionally disable the registered pattern.
Enhancement: Added a “Don’t show again” option for pattern deletion confirmations (stored per user).
Bug Fix: Resolved an issue where mapped categories were not displaying correctly in the Patterns View.
Bug Fix: Fixed an error that could occur when a pattern was unregistered and no longer present in the registry.
Bug Fix: Categories in the Patterns View are now sorted alphabetically.
2.1.3
Released 2025-12-31
Bug fix: Fixed category names with special characters (such as >) displaying as HTML entities in the pattern grid view.
2.1.2
Released 2025-12-31
Bug fix: Fixed category names with special characters (such as >) displaying as HTML entities in the pattern grid view.
2.1.1
Released 2025-12-22
Hot fix: Disabling/enabling patterns would error out on some installs.
2.1.0
Released 2025-12-22
Bug fix: Disabling the enhanced patterns view could lead to a white screen because of a mis-placed PHP exit module.
Bug fix: Removing JS debug error notices.
Bug fix: There was a trailing slash added to admin-ajax.php causing previews to 404 on some installs, particularly Local.
2.0.5
Released 2025-12-20
Bug fix: Multisite installs wouldn’t show a proper override for hiding patterns.
New feature: Can disable the customizer if needed on single and Multisite installs.
2.0.2
Released 2025-11-30
Wording update: Changed copy local patterns to “Copy to New Pattern.” Changed Copy Pattern to “Copy Pattern to Clipboard”.
Bug fix: Changing default view to “All|Enabled” as some were asking why I was still showing disabled/paused patterns.
Bug fix: Remove filters if there aren’t any to filter by.
Bug fix: Preview was rendering as an admin request, preventing some block plugins from rendering.
Bug fix: Preview was setting post data, causing some block plugins to output wrong styles.
Bug fix: Fixing undefined variable in REST call.
2.0.0
Released 2025-11-29
New Patterns View screen, showing local and registered patterns together. This new screen allows you to selectively disable or enable individual patterns, as well as perform a variety of shortcuts to aid in the pattern curation experience. The ability to filter through categories and pattern sources (such as WooCommerce) allows for quick searching, particularly if you have dozens if not hundreds of patterns. A real-time preview is available for each pattern, and shortcuts such as copying a registered pattern to a local one are available.
New feature: Multisite support. This plugin must be network-activated on a network. With this, you can quickly disable patterns network-wide with just a few clicks if needed. The network settings also allow you to set what you’d like a site admin to be in control of, such as being able to hide or show theme patterns.
Bug fix: The preview button for local patterns is working again. I’ve used a more permanent approach this time.
1.2.0
Released 2024-12-18
New Feature: Show or hide all unsynced (non-reusable) patterns.
New Feature: Show or hide all synced (reusable) patterns.
New Feature: Disable both unsynced and synced patterns to completely disable all local patterns.
Bug fix: Preview button in the block editor has been fixed for WP 6.7.
Note: The next major version of Pattern Wrangler (i.e., 1.3.0) will only be compatible with WP 6.7 or higher. The 1.2.x series will involve minor improvements and bug fixes.
1.1.2
Released 2024-08-16
Loading script translations is now working.
1.1.1
Released 2024-08-16
Fixing admin script enqueueing for other language support.
1.1.0
Released 2024-05-22
Updated Pattern Importer icon.
Added hooks to load custom headers/footers for the preview.
1.0.10
Released 2024-04-18
Added miscelleanous option to make Patterns exportable via the WP exporter.
Fixed categories not showing when resetting options.
1.0.9
Released 2024-04-14
Removed old dead code.
Fixing settings and docs links.
Initial WordPress.org release!
1.0.7
Released 2024-04-12
Fixing sanitization issues.
Added Fancybox to Patterns screen. See @fancyapps/ui for more information.
Fixed issue with mapped patterns would not show up if a category was empty.
1.0.3
Released 2024-04-09
Refactored categories so only registed categories can be mapped to terms.
1.0.1
Added variable height preview image to Patterns screen.
