# Gutenberg Block Pattern Generator

> Generates custom WordPress Gutenberg block patterns using register_block_pattern() and the Block Editor API. Creates reusable pattern categories with register_block_pattern_category() for organized content libraries.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/gutenberg-block-pattern-generator` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/gutenberg-block-pattern-generator`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/gutenberg-block-pattern-generator/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/gutenberg-block-pattern-generator

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# Gutenberg Block Pattern Generator

Generates custom WordPress Gutenberg block patterns using register_block_pattern() and the Block Editor API. Creates reusable pattern categories with register_block_pattern_category() for organized content libraries.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- Make WordPress

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Suppose that you wanted to only make the hero pattern you registered earlier available if the core/paragraph block is registered. In a real-world scenario, you’d likely be checking for a third-party block, and the cor...
- Using the same example as above, try only registering your pattern if the core/paragraph block is registered by adding this to functions.php :
- There are times when you need to unregister block patterns so that they do not appear in the inserter for users. For example, you may want to remove some of the core WordPress patterns, those added by a parent theme (...

- Source: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/patterns/registering-patterns/

## Documentation

- https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/patterns/registering-patterns/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/gutenberg-block-pattern-generator/)