@wordpress/reusable-blocks Edit

Reusable blocks components and logic.

Installation Installation

Install the module

npm install @wordpress/reusable-blocks --save

This package assumes that your code will run in an ES2015+ environment. If you’re using an environment that has limited or no support for such language features and APIs, you should include the polyfill shipped in @wordpress/babel-preset-default in your code.

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How it works How it works

This experimental module provides support for reusable blocks.

Reusable blocks are WordPress entities and the following is enough to ensure they are available in the inserter:

const { __experimentalReusableBlocks } = useSelect( ( select ) =>
    select( 'core' ).getEntityRecords( 'postType', 'wp_block' )
);

return (
    <BlockEditorProvider
        value={ blocks }
        onInput={ onInput }
        onChange={ onChange }
        settings={ {
            ...settings,
            __experimentalReusableBlocks,
        } }
        { ...props }
    />
);

With the above configuration management features (such as creating new reusable blocks) are still missing from the editor. Enter @wordpress/reusable-blocks:

import { ReusableBlocksMenuItems } from '@wordpress/reusable-blocks';

const { __experimentalReusableBlocks } = useSelect( ( select ) =>
    select( 'core' ).getEntityRecords( 'postType', 'wp_block' )
);

return (
    <BlockEditorProvider
        value={ blocks }
        onInput={ onInput }
        onChange={ onChange }
        settings={ {
            ...settings,
            __experimentalReusableBlocks,
        } }
        { ...props }
    >
        <ReusableBlocksMenuItems />
        { children }
    </BlockEditorProvider>
);

This package also provides convenient utilities for managing reusable blocks through redux actions:

import { store as reusableBlocksStore } from '@wordpress/reusable-blocks';

function MyConvertToStaticButton( { clientId } ) {
    const { __experimentalConvertBlockToStatic } = useDispatch(
        reusableBlocksStore
    );
    return (
        <button
            onClick={ () => __experimentalConvertBlockToStatic( clientId ) }
        >
            Convert to static
        </button>
    );
}

function MyConvertToReusableButton( { clientId } ) {
    const { __experimentalConvertBlocksToReusable } = useDispatch(
        reusableBlocksStore
    );
    return (
        <button
            onClick={ () =>
                __experimentalConvertBlocksToReusable( [ clientId ] )
            }
        >
            Convert to reusable
        </button>
    );
}

function MyDeleteReusableBlockButton( { id } ) {
    const { __experimentalDeleteReusableBlock } = useDispatch(
        reusableBlocksStore
    );
    return (
        <button onClick={ () => __experimentalDeleteReusableBlock( id ) }>
            Delete reusable block
        </button>
    );
}

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