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Pattern Wrangler
  • Welcome to Pattern Wrangler
  • Getting Started
    • Installing the Plugin
    • Finding the Plugin's Settings
    • Finding the Patterns Screen
  • Features
    • Hide and Disable Patterns
    • Control the Customizer, Menus, and Customizer CSS
    • The Pattern Importer Block
    • Pattern Previews
    • Shortcodes for Patterns
    • Disable, Rename, and Map Categories
    • Enhance the Default Pattern List View
  • How To
    • How to Hide All Patterns
    • How to Disable and Map Categories
    • How to Load Customizer CSS in the Block Editor
  • Quick Links
    • Pattern Wrangler Home
    • Find Us on GitHub
    • DLX Plugins
    • Support
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  • Hide Core and Remote Patterns
  • Hide Theme or Plugin Patterns

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  1. Features

Hide and Disable Patterns

Quickly wrangle your categories by disabling Core and Remote patterns.

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Quickly hide all patterns or prevent them from loading from WordPress Core, remotely via the Patterns Library, from a specific registered category, or from a plugin or theme.

Hide All Patterns

Hide all patterns with just one toggle.

If you decide to hide all patterns, you can also hide the Pattern Wrangler settings under the Appearance tab.

Hide Core and Remote Patterns

Disabling Core patterns will remove a large number of patterns and categories, which should make things easier to manage.

Disable remote patterns if you don't want anyone accidentally installing a third-party pattern or a pattern that doesn't meet the design. Remote patterns can also significantly slow down the pattern search in terms of loading.

Hide Theme or Plugin Patterns

If you've installed a theme and don't fancy its patterns, that's fine. You can disable them.

If you prefer patterns not come from any plugins, such as WooCommerce, you can disable them here as well.

By default, WordPress allows Core and remote patterns. Core patterns are patterns that come with WordPress itself. Remote patterns are those that come in the .

Block Pattern Directory
Hide All Patterns in the Pattern Wrangler Settings
No Patterns in the Block Inserter Screen
Hide Pattern Wrangler Menu Item
Default Patterns View in WordPress
Hide Core and Remote Patterns
Core and Remote Patterns Disabled
Hide Patterns Coming From Your Theme or Plugins