Create a block pattern and use it in an article in Purple Hub

purple hub purple hub summary in this article, you learn how to convert a reusable block to a block pattern and create an article from it in purple hub you will choose an existing reusable block and convert it to a block pattern afterwards, you will create a new article, add the block pattern, overwrite it with your own content and save it we will work with the example of a recipe block pattern and overwrite it with a pancake recipe preconditions have an editor role in purple hub have a reusable block created https //docs purplepublish com/editorial/create a reusable block and add it to an article in purple hub that you would like to convert to a block pattern the 'reusable blocks extended' plugin must be enabled if it is already activated, you will find the 'blocks' menu item in your purple hub in the left hand side menu if it's not visible there, contact us so we can activate it for you optional find further details about block patterns in the wordpress documentation for block patterns how to guide 1\ go to purple hub and click on 'blocks' click on 'blocks' 2\ click on 'all reusable blocks' click on 'all reusable blocks' 3\ choose the reusable block, which you want to convert and click on 'convert to block pattern' click on 'convert to block pattern' 4\ click on 'purple feed' click on 'purple feed' 5\ click on 'articles' click on 'articles' 6\ click on 'add article click on 'add article 7\ click on the '+' symbol click on the '+' symbol 8\ click on 'patterns' click on 'patterns' 9\ choose the pattern, which you have converted from a reusable block before, and click on it choose the pattern, which you have converted from a reusable block before 10\ overwrite the pattern with your content 11\ in our example, we used the pattern for a recipe post and overwrote it with a recipe for pancakes we used the pattern for a recipe post and overwrote it with a recipe for pancakes 12\ when you are done editing your post, click on 'save draft' click on 'save draft' you have now successfully converted a reusable block to a block pattern you have created a new article, added your new block pattern, overwrote it with your own content and saved it as a draft block patterns in wordpress can be seen as templates for your posts using your own block pattern will save you time and help you to keep consistency for recurring sections of contents, e g intros, tables of contents, events, sports reviews, recipes, etc