Block Pattern Plugin presentation

written by: Jeff McNear

Block Pattern Plugin presentation

On Thursday September 29 2022 we resumed in person meetings!

Here are the slides for that presentation

Click below to download the sample plugin:

bill-murray-patternDownload

Here is the plugin code in its’ entirety

<?php
/**
* Plugin Name: Bill Murray Pattern
* Description: Bill Murray pattern demo
* Version: 1.05
* Author: Jeff McNear
*/
/**
* Register Custom Block Pattern Styles
*/

//https://wpblockz.com/tutorial/remove-default-block-patterns-from-wordpress/
add_action('init', function() {
    remove_theme_support('core-block-patterns');
});

// adding a new pattern category
register_block_pattern_category(
    'bill',
    array( 'label' => __( 'Bill Murray', 'bmp' ) )
);

//https://awhitepixel.com/blog/gutenberg-block-patterns-a-developers-look/ 
    add_action('init', function() {
        if (!function_exists('register_block_pattern')) {
            return;
        }

// starts the pattern

    register_block_pattern('bmp/bill-murray-bio', [
            'title' => __('Bill Murray Bio', 'bmp'),
            'keywords' => ['Bill Murray, bio'],
            'categories' => ['featured' , 'bill'],
            'viewportWidth' => 1000,
            'content' => " 

<!-- wp:columns --><div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column {\"width\":\"66.66%\"} --><div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><!-- wp:heading --><h2>A new Pattern</h2><!-- /wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><p>some descriptive text</p><!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:social-links --><ul class=\"wp-block-social-links\"><!-- wp:social-link {\"service\":\"facebook\"} /--><!-- wp:social-link {\"service\":\"youtube\"} /--><!-- wp:social-link {\"service\":\"twitter\"} /--><!-- wp:social-link {\"service\":\"linkedin\"} /--></ul><!-- /wp:social-links --></div><!-- /wp:column --><!-- wp:column {\"width\":\"33.33%\"} --><div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><!-- wp:image {\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} --><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://www.fillmurray.com/g/400/400\" alt=\"\"/></figure><!-- /wp:image --></div><!-- /wp:column --></div><!-- /wp:columns -->\n
             ",
        ]);  
// ends the pattern

}); // ends the function