Title: Pattern Paste: Block Patterns for Any Block Theme Author: Jake Dickinson Published: October 11, 2026 Last modified: October 12, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/pattern-paste-block-patterns/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev= 3739580) ![](https://ps.w.org/pattern-paste-block-patterns/assets/icon.svg?rev=3739580) # Pattern Paste: Block Patterns for Any Block Theme By [Jake Dickinson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jakedickinson/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pattern-paste-block-patterns.1.5.8.zip) * [Details](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-paste-block-patterns/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-paste-block-patterns/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-paste-block-patterns/#installation) * [Development](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-paste-block-patterns/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pattern-paste-block-patterns/) ## Description Pattern Paste Block Patterns adds two kinds of pattern to the block editor. Everything in it works fully: there is no licence key, no account and nothing held back behind a payment. #### 64 Core Patterns Complete sections built only from core blocks: navigation bars, heroes, features, timelines, team grids, FAQs, testimonials, statistics, logo rows, tables, calls to action, post lists, footers, contact sections, pricing, steps, a 404 page and more: 64 patterns plus 60 variations, 19 of them Folio’s looks (below). Every other Styled look, with colours of its own, comes with Pattern Paste Pro. Find them in the inserter under Patterns, in the Pattern Paste Core category or their usual categories. A Core Pattern states no colour and no font of its own. It uses your theme’s colour palette and typography, so it looks like part of your site from the moment you insert it, and it needs nothing from this plugin once it is on the page. #### Folio, a whole site Folio is a free Pattern Set: 4 pages (Home, Work, About, Rates and contact) whose sections share one design language. Create a new page and choose “Folio: Home” or any of its pages to start with the whole page in place, or insert its sections one at a time from the Pattern Paste Folio category. The pages leave out the navigation and footer, because your theme already puts its own around every page. To use Folio’s, open the Site Editor, select your header or footer, and choose Replace: Folio’s navigation and footer are offered there, and set once they appear on every page. #### 1 Designed Pattern Finished compositions with their own layout and optional motion, in the inserter under Patterns, in the Pattern Paste Designed category: * **Signoff**: Three oversized statements travel in alternating directions above a stationary studio footer with editable brand, contact, navigation and legal details. Every word, image and link inside a Designed Pattern is an ordinary core block you edit in place. Each one has two appearances: Designed, with its own palette and type, and Use my theme, which keeps the composition and takes your theme’s colours and fonts. Add, remove and reorder repeated items (people, questions, photographs, plans) from the block toolbar; Unlock layout releases the structure when you want to change it freely. #### Built to fail safely * Visitors who ask their browser for reduced motion get the resting state, always. Each section also has its own Motion setting. * Without JavaScript every panel, answer and photograph is still there to read. * Deactivate the plugin and a Designed Pattern’s inner blocks still render as ordinary core blocks. #### The full library Both paid plans of Pattern Paste Pro put every Core Pattern and Styled look in this same inserter, and the top plan adds every Designed Pattern, from https://patternpaste. com/pricing/. It uses the same block, so installing it takes over from this plugin and every page you built keeps working. #### Credits * Anime.js 4.5.0, copyright Julian Garnier, MIT licence (https://animejs.com). The licence ships in `assets/vendor/anime/LICENSE`; the unminified source is ` assets/vendor/anime/anime.js`. * The portraits and logo marks in `assets/images` are original works made for Pattern Paste. No real person or company is depicted. They are dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). * The photographs in `assets/images` (the `wp-` files) come from the WordPress Photo Directory (https://wordpress.org/photos/) and are licensed CC0 1.0. They are bundled, resized and compressed, so nothing loads from the directory. ### External services This plugin does not connect to any external service. There is no licence check, no update check of its own, no analytics and no remote code, and every script, style and image it adds (Anime.js, the photographs, the portraits and the logo marks) is bundled and served from your own site. Copying an image into your Media Library reads the bundled file; it makes no request. ## Screenshots [⌊The block inserter showing the Pattern Paste Core patterns.⌉⌊The block inserter showing the Pattern Paste Core patterns.⌉[ The block inserter showing the Pattern Paste Core patterns. [⌊A Core Pattern inserted on a page, taking the theme's colours and fonts.⌉⌊A Core Pattern inserted on a page, taking the theme's colours and fonts.⌉[ A Core Pattern inserted on a page, taking the theme’s colours and fonts. [⌊Folio: Home offered in the pattern chooser for a new page.⌉⌊Folio: Home offered in the pattern chooser for a new page.⌉[ Folio: Home offered in the pattern chooser for a new page. [⌊Folio's navigation offered in the Site Editor when replacing the theme's header.⌉⌊ Folio's navigation offered in the Site Editor when replacing the theme's header.⌉[ Folio’s navigation offered in the Site Editor when replacing the theme’s header. ## Installation 1. In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins, Add New Plugin, search for “Pattern Paste Block Patterns” and choose Install Now. Or download the zip from WordPress.org, then go to Plugins, Add New Plugin, Upload Plugin, choose the zip and choose Install Now. 2. Choose Activate. 3. Edit any page or post, open the block inserter (the + button) and choose Patterns. The patterns are in the Pattern Paste Core and Pattern Paste Folio categories, and in their usual WordPress categories. 4. Optional: Settings, Pattern Paste Block Patterns turns the patterns in the inserter on or off, and decides whether inserted images are copied into your Media Library. ## FAQ ### Do I need an account or a licence key? No. Everything in this plugin works without one, on as many sites as you like. ### Will it work with my theme? Core Patterns work in any block theme and take its colours and fonts. Designed Patterns work in any theme that supports the block editor; choose Use my theme in the block’s settings to match your site. ### Does it add images to my Media Library? Yes, when you insert a pattern. Each photograph, portrait and logo mark a pattern uses is copied once into your Media Library from this plugin’s own files, so WordPress can make its usual sizes and you can reuse or replace it like any upload. Nothing is downloaded. Inserting the same image again reuses the copy. The logo marks are copied the same way, as PNG images. Pages you already have are never changed. To stop copying, turn off Copy pattern images into the Media Library under Settings, Pattern Paste Block Patterns; inserted patterns then show the images from this plugin’s folder. Deleting the plugin keeps every copy. ### What happens if I install Pattern Paste Pro? Pro registers the same block with the same settings, so activating it deactivates this plugin and your pages carry on unchanged. If a page still shows images from this plugin’s folder, Pro offers to copy them into your Media Library; after that you can delete this plugin. ### What happens if I deactivate this plugin? Core Patterns you inserted are plain core blocks and stay exactly as they are. A Designed Pattern’s text, images and links still render as ordinary core blocks; its composed layout and motion go until you reactivate it. ### Does it respect reduced motion? Yes, and it cannot be switched off. Every Designed Pattern checks the visitor’s reduced-motion preference before it animates anything. ### My theme also loads Anime.js. Will they clash? No. This plugin’s copy loads only on a page with a Designed Pattern that animates, and lives at `window.patternpasteAnime`, so a theme’s own `window.anime` is never touched. ### Where do I get help? In this plugin’s support forum on WordPress.org. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Pattern Paste: Block Patterns for Any Block Theme” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jake Dickinson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jakedickinson/) [Translate “Pattern Paste: Block Patterns for Any Block Theme” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pattern-paste-block-patterns) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pattern-paste-block-patterns/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pattern-paste-block-patterns/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pattern-paste-block-patterns/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pattern-paste-block-patterns/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.5.8 * Signoff, a Designed Pattern: a footer whose three statements travel in alternating directions. * Two image-led cover patterns: Cover window and Cover seam stamp. ## Meta * Version **1.5.8** * Last updated **7 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 7.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.3** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-paste-block-patterns/) * Tags * [animation](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/animation/)[block patterns](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block-patterns/) [block-editor](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block-editor/)[patterns](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/patterns/) [site editor](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/site-editor/) * [Advanced View](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-paste-block-patterns/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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