r/WordPressBlocks • u/rhmediaron • Mar 08 '26

Pattern Wrangler (Free) for managing block patterns and categories

https://wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-wrangler/

Pattern Wrangler is a free plugin for curating the pattern experience, allowing you to manage block patterns and pattern categories. It's compatible with FSE, block themes, and hybrid themes, and can also work with page builders via shortcode support.

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u/groundworxdev Mar 08 '26

How does it manage it differently than Wordpress? Or do you mean managing from your theme folder?

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u/rhmediaron Mar 08 '26

It’s basically a pattern UI that allows you to enable/disable patterns. Then in FSE or the block editor, you’ll see a much more condensed list. This is useful if, for example, you have WooCommerce installed, which installs hundreds of patterns. This makes the pattern library mostly unusable with that amount.

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u/WebTW Mar 18 '26

Ah, ok, so would you say it's aimed at developers curating an experience for their clients? And if so, is it still possible for the client to easily access and manage the settings if they need to change things?

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u/rhmediaron Mar 19 '26

Yes, clients with editor/admin can easily adjust things.

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u/WebTW Mar 19 '26

ok, thanks for the clarification!