As of April 2026, Disable Core Block Patterns is a WordPress gutenberg plugin with 60 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Classic Editor.
5/51 reviews
60active installs
1.8K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
This plugin will disable the Core Block Patterns, included with WordPress 5.5 (and higher versions). Even if your theme enables them, this plugin will overrule your theme and disable Core Block Patterns. It will not disable any custom or plugin Block Patterns. The plugin has no settings and should work in WordPress MU as well as single WordPress installations.
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Notes
Credits:
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 5.5.18 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0.2 October 27 2020
- Fix “Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP” warning message.
Although the method is not used as a constructor I’ve changed the code to prevent this warning from cluttering your debug log. No functional changes.
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