Title: Pattern Builder
Author: Twenty Bellows
Published: <strong>août 29, 2025</strong>
Last modified: janvier 16, 2026

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# Pattern Builder

 By [Twenty Bellows](https://profiles.wordpress.org/twentybellows/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pattern-builder.1.0.4.zip)

 * [Details](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-builder/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-builder/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-builder/#installation)
 * [Development](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-builder/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pattern-builder/)

## Description

Pattern Builder transforms how you work with WordPress block patterns, providing
a comprehensive solution for creating, managing, and organizing patterns right from
your WordPress admin.

#### Key Features

**Pattern Management Made Easy**
 * **Unified Interface** – Manage both theme patterns
and user-created patterns in one place * **Visual Editor** – Create patterns using
the familiar WordPress block editor * **Code Editor** – Edit pattern markup directly
with syntax validation * **Live Preview** – See your patterns in action before saving

**Powerful Organization**
 * **Categories** – Organize patterns by category for 
easy discovery * **Advanced Search** – Find patterns quickly with powerful filtering
options * **Tags & Keywords** – Add metadata to make patterns discoverable * **Sync
Status** – Manage synced and unsynced patterns effortlessly

**Developer-Friendly**
 * **Export to Theme** – Convert user patterns to theme files
with proper formatting * **Asset Management** – Automatically handles pattern images
and media * **Block Bindings** – Advanced pattern configuration with block bindings
support

#### Use Cases

**For Theme Developers**
 * Create and manage theme patterns visually * Export patterns
with proper formatting * Organize patterns by category * Test patterns before deployment

**For Site Builders**
 * Build custom patterns without coding * Reuse patterns across
multiple pages * Share patterns between sites * Maintain pattern library

**For Agencies**
 * Create pattern libraries for clients * Standardize design systems*
Speed up development workflow * Maintain brand consistency

### Development

Pattern Builder is open source and welcomes contributions. Visit our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/Twenty-Bellows/pattern-builder)
to:

### Credits

Pattern Builder is developed and maintained by [Twenty Bellows](https://twentybellows.com).

## Installation

#### From WordPress Admin

 1. Navigate to Plugins > Add New
 2. Search for « Pattern Builder »
 3. Click « Install Now » and then « Activate »
 4. Navigate to Appearance > Pattern Builder to start creating patterns

#### Manual Installation

 1. Download the plugin zip file
 2. Navigate to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
 3. Choose the downloaded file and click « Install Now »
 4. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
 5. Navigate to Appearance > Pattern Builder to start creating patterns

#### For Developers

 1. Clone the repository: `git clone https://github.com/Twenty-Bellows/pattern-builder.
    git`
 2. Install dependencies: `npm install && composer install`
 3. Build assets: `npm run build`
 4. Start development environment: `npm run start`
 5. Watch for changes: `npm run watch`

## FAQ

### Can I use this with any theme?

Yes! Pattern Builder works with any WordPress theme that supports the block editor.
It’s especially powerful when used with block themes.

### Can I manage existing theme patterns?

Yes, Pattern Builder provides a unified interface to manage both theme patterns (
PHP files in your theme’s patterns directory) and user-created patterns stored in
the database.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Really well thought out!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/really-well-thought-out-2/)󠁿

 [Fusion](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fusion/) août 29, 2025

As a designer, I have struggled a little bit with Gutenberg since its release, but
this is finally the missing link that lets me work within the UI instead of needing
to write code to create reusable patterns. Love it 🫶

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pattern-builder/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Pattern Builder” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Twenty Bellows ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/twentybellows/)
 *   [ Jason Crist ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pbking/)

[Translate “Pattern Builder” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pattern-builder)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pattern-builder/), 
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pattern-builder/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pattern-builder/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pattern-builder/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.4

 * Fixed issue where it prevented Post Types with custom metadata from saving

#### 1.0.3

 * Fixed saving media for theme patterns
 * Fixed broken unit tests
 * Simplified code and removed unnecssary logic

#### 1.0.2

 * Documentation changes
 * API Hardening and security improvements
 * Namespace and prefix changes to prevent potential conflicts with other tools

#### 1.0.1

 * Fixed compatibility issues with WordPress 6.8
 * Improved pattern export functionality
 * Enhanced error handling

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release
 * Pattern creation and editing
 * Theme pattern management
 * Export to theme functionality
 * Categories and tags support
 * Visual and code editor modes
 * Pattern preview
 * Asset management

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.4**
 *  Last updated **3 mois ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-builder/)
 * Tags
 * [block patterns](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block-patterns/)[block-editor](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block-editor/)
   [design](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/design/)[gutenberg](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gutenberg/)
   [patterns](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/patterns/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-builder/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Twenty Bellows ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/twentybellows/)
 *   [ Jason Crist ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pbking/)

## Support

Issues resolved in last two months:

     0 out of 1

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pattern-builder/)