Marie Comet

Lock Reusable Blocks in the editor to avoid unintentional global changes. 
Editing reusable blocks in posts is locked, and you have access to two actions when you select a reusable block in the editor: 
– Edit the reusable block (opens the block editing page in a new tab) 
– Convert to regular blocks (native action)
Options are availables in Settings > Writing screen to hide Edit and Convert reusable blocks buttons in block overlay.

Lock Reusable Blocks

All plugins should be like this. Simple one job plugins that do one thing well. I follow this philosophy in my own plugins and it is good to see others doing the same.

Good plugin


This should be a feature of WP and not a plugin. It's really useful for building large sites and not having clients mess them up afterward due to the ability to edit useable blocks.


Should be a feature of WP and not a plugin


This plugin doesn't get enough attention. THIS is the way reusable blocks are supposed to work. Letting the user know what they are doing: editing the reusable block side wide, or just editing a single instance. Clean, simple, obvious. Couldn't be better!



I have been following the problems with reusable blocks for years now. On Github there seems to be a consensus that this issue is somehow resolved since block locking became a feature. But still, it is way too easy to accidentally edit reusable blocks in an unintended way, even with WP 6.2. Actually it used to be good when Gutenberg just released. Back then, reusable blocks where one of the few features that they completely nailed from the start. Why this was changed in such a bad way, is a complete mystery to me.



Thanks for writing this essential plugin. Hope it makes it into core!


This is the way reusable blocks should work by default

Yes We Work

Adds some basic but vital indexing functionality for Synced Patterns (previously called Reusable Blocks until WP 6.3):
<ul>
<li>Shows Patterns in the main WordPress admin menu</li>
<li>Adds a column to the Patterns list indicating how many times a Synced Pattern appears throughout the site</li>
<li>This count links to a list of all the content (Posts, Pages, and other public Post Types) which includes the block</li>
</ul>
Designed to work seamlessly with Fabrica Dashboard: https://wordpress.org/plugins/fabrica-dashboard/

Fabrica Synced Pattern Instances

This plugin just made it to my MUST USE plugin list... All the advertised features work, but there is one more VERY important feature that I am not sure even the author realizes that this plugin does also.

Right now, through this plugin's screen, or if not using this plugin, in the native Gutenberg's reusable blocks screen, you can import and export ONE reusable block at a time. That said, if you activate this plugin, you will now have the option to export ALL reusable blocks with one click, which is very useful if you have dozens of reusable blocks. To export all of them in one file, go to Tools->Export, and you will get the option to export all your reusable blocks.

Everything that this plugin does, SHOULD be part of the WP core, no excuses, everything this plugin does, is extremely crucial. 

Some history... The blocks export feature in the Tools->Export screen was available when running WP 4.9x, and using the Gutenberg plugin. The export option from the Tools screen disappeared when Gutenberg was merged in the core. In December 2018, I notified the developers on slack abut this, in their core channel, and I was swiftly told to report it in the Editor channel, which I did immediately. The answer I got there was that this function should be restored, but never did - 3-4 months later. This plugin brings back the ability to export all the reusable blocks with one click, in one file, so I can pack up all my blocks and save them as backup, or simply move them to another website.

Thanks for this great plugin,
Nick.

This is better than the author realizes...

Another simple plugin, that displays this content. Probably should be in core. I also love the fact that it tracks where that block has been used.

Love it

Shows you how many times, and where, a Synced Pattern has been used.

Lock Reusable Blocks vs Fabrica Synced Pattern Instances