Synced Patterns for Themes

This plugin enables theme developers to ship patterns that behave as synced patterns (reusable blocks) while maintaining the benefits of theme-bundled patterns. When a theme pattern is marked as synced, it automatically becomes available as a reusable block that updates across all instances when modified.

• Theme-Provided Synced Patterns: Convert any theme pattern into a synced pattern by adding a simple metadata flag
• Automatic Synchronization: Updates to synced patterns propagate across all instances site-wide
• Block Bindings Support: Full compatibility with WordPress block bindings
• Template Integration: Use synced patterns in templates and template parts
• Seamless User Experience: Synced patterns appear naturally in the pattern inserter

Usage

For Theme Developers

To make a theme pattern synced, add Synced: true to the pattern file’s metadata header:

<?php
/**
 * Title: My Synced Pattern
 * Slug: mytheme/my-pattern
 * Categories: featured
 * Synced: true
 */
?>
<!-- Your pattern blocks here -->

Using Synced Patterns in Templates

Reference synced patterns in templates or other patterns using the pattern block:

<!-- wp:pattern {"slug":"mytheme/my-pattern"} /--><h3>Development</h3>

The plugin source is available on GitHub.

Node & NPM are needed to install and run the development tools:

• npm run start – Start the development environment
• npm run stop – Stop the development environment
• npm run test – Run unit tests (requires running environment)
• npm run build – Build production assets

See the source for more details.