When it comes to performance improvements, I guess one of the last things to consider are block patterns. But here we are. As I noticed that I have multiple duplicate SQL queries regarding WooCommerce’s block patterns, I checked how to disable them.

https://epiph.yt/en/blog/2025/remove-woocommerce-block-patterns/

#BlockPatterns #Performance #Plugin #WooCommerce #WordPress

Nachdem ich wieder mal erst nach etwas Sucherei gefunden habe, wie man Patterns (Vorlagen) in WordPress bearbeiten, umbenennen und exportieren kann, wird es Zeit, dazu einen kurzen Beitrag zu schreiben. Es gibt da einige Möglichkeiten. Doch zunächst eine kurze Einführung: Was sind denn überhaupt Pattern?

https://haurand.com/pattern-vorlagen-bearbeiten-umbenennen-und-exportieren/

Last week I participated in a new webinar offered by WordPress.com Learn on designing your own theme with Patterns.

You might be familiar with Patterns as pre-configured sets of blocks that you can insert in your page or post and then swap out the sample content with your own. That concept has moved into the Full Site Editor and a newish feature exclusive to WordPress.com, the Site Designer.

Before the Site Designer arrived on the scene, the most frequent advice given to site owners was to pick a Full Site Editing/Block Theme that was closest to what you want for your site and then use the Site Editor to adapt that theme’s templates to your own needs. I still think this is great advice for most anyone interested in using a Block theme.

https://jetpack.com/blog/wordpress-block-themes/

The Site Designer, however, is a whole other thing where you can create a one-of-a-kind, custom theme from scratch for your site.

UPDATE: Sadly it appears that this feature was retired sometime mid-2024. However, you can still create a new template in any Site Editor theme and use patterns to customize its design.

Because the information in this webinar was incredibly dense, I’m taking it a second time and will likely be watching the reruns a few times as well. You can watch it here with me:

I’ve toyed with the idea of redesigning wpcommaven from the ground up, but hesitate to do so while the site is live. It’s my understanding from the answer I received during the webinar that it’s not possible to “export” a theme created this way, like from a test site, but only copy/paste the templates you create from the test site to the actual site. Not really a good experience overall.

UPDATE: Even between last week’s session and today’s (Wednesday’s) session there’s been another feature added to the Site Designer. You can now choose to include additional Pages, like an About page, a blog, a contact page, etc., when creating a new custom theme. You won’t be able to edit those pages in the Site Designer, but in the Site Editor instead.

Pro Tip: Using Styles really makes the custom theme you create in the Site Designer pop, but Styles can only be applied with the Premium plan and up upgrades…

or the CSS Add-on

Click here to start your own WordPress.com website today!

What do you think about Full Site Editing/Block Themes? Do you feel comfortable with them yet? Do you think you’d give the Site Designer a try?

As always, the information in this post is correct as of publication date. Changes are inevitable.

https://wpcommaven.com/2023/11/27/design-your-own-theme-a-webinar/

#blockPatterns #Design #FullSiteEditing #QuickPost

#PSA: If you want to have a page with your personal links and that you own, consider a #WordPress site using a #LinkInBio #BlockPattern.

https://wordpress.com/blog/2022/11/18/new-patterns-subscriptions-link-in-bio-wireframes-and-more/

You can add your domain to the site, and customize it to look the way you want it to look.

My Links site at https://paulj.me is a pretty basic example. There are loads of really nice #BlockPatterns out of the box, so to speak.