How to Control the Visibility of Patterns Individually Using Pattern Wrangler

Pattern Library With Ollie Theme and WooCommerce Installed. Showing 195 items. — Pattern Library With Ollie Theme and WooCommerce Installed, Showing 195 Patterns

Patterns can quickly get out of control in the Block Editor without you having to do much aside from installing a popular theme or plugin. Block Patterns can come from a variety of sources, so knowing them in advance can be a guessing game when disabling, say, all theme patterns. Hiding these patterns individually may be the solution.

Taming these patterns selectively is easy, and I’ll show you how. Within this “How To,” I’ll show you how to use Pattern Wrangler to hide some of these block patterns.

First, Install the Free Pattern Wrangler PluginOpens in a new window

In your WordPress dashboard, head to Plugins->Add New and search for “Pattern Wrangler.” Go ahead and install and activate the plugin.

Plugins Screen When Adding Pattern Wrangler Via the WordPress Dashboard

Find the Main Patterns Screen in Pattern WranglerOpens in a new window

Navigate to the top-level menu item named Patterns. From there, you’ll see the main patterns view, where you can start browsing and triaging patterns.

Use the Gear Icon to Set Items Per PageOpens in a new window

You can use the settings gear icon to toggle the items per page, enabling a large number of items to load.

Use the Gear Icon to Toggle Pagination and Items Per Page Load

Use the Supplied Filters to Narrow Down and Sort PatternsOpens in a new window

Use the supplied filters to switch between Local and Registered patterns, and between Enabled and Disabled Patterns. When filtering by Local patterns, you can also differentiate between Synced and Unsynced patterns.