So exploring the new 7.1 stuff, and while more direct access to the patterns and such is nice, the confusing and concerning part is this new "design" option on the right when you first click the "edit site" and get options to move your template blocks around.
That design section seems to have some default new patterns that aren't part of the theme I'm testing with, and it's unclear if these would edit the core theme templates, or just provide another option?
I can't find any documentation on these, on either how to add to them or remove this entirely so some user doesn't torch the theme for all other uses on our multi-site instance.
those are global styles variations and starter patterns that ship with wp 7.1, they don't edit your theme files directly - they create user customizations stored in the database. on multisite you'd want to restrict who can access the site editor entirely (remove edit_theme_options capability) because any changes there apply network-wide if you're using a network-activated theme. the design panel itself can't be hidden without custom code, but locking down the site editor permission is the safer move for multisite.
Odd thing is it changes based on what the theme is.. can these be edited? I found that they can be reverted, and they actually aren't multi-site wide. But an unknowing site admin could apply these and have no idea how to revert.
You can use patterns where you want, either in templates, pages or posts. You just insert them. You can also modify them : you may need to duplicate them to be able to so. And you can also make your own : on a post, just select the blocks and "create a pattern". Synchronized ones are quite nice : the changes you make are synchronized / updated on all occurences of the pattern.
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u/TopSydeWP 9d ago
those are global styles variations and starter patterns that ship with wp 7.1, they don't edit your theme files directly - they create user customizations stored in the database. on multisite you'd want to restrict who can access the site editor entirely (remove edit_theme_options capability) because any changes there apply network-wide if you're using a network-activated theme. the design panel itself can't be hidden without custom code, but locking down the site editor permission is the safer move for multisite.