Replaces patterns in a block tree with their content.
Parameters
$blocksarrayrequired- An array blocks.
Source
function resolve_pattern_blocks( $blocks ) {
static $inner_content;
// Keep track of seen references to avoid infinite loops.
static $seen_refs = array();
$i = 0;
while ( $i < count( $blocks ) ) {
if ( 'core/pattern' === $blocks[ $i ]['blockName'] ) {
$attrs = $blocks[ $i ]['attrs'];
if ( empty( $attrs['slug'] ) ) {
++$i;
continue;
}
$slug = $attrs['slug'];
if ( isset( $seen_refs[ $slug ] ) ) {
// Skip recursive patterns.
array_splice( $blocks, $i, 1 );
continue;
}
$registry = WP_Block_Patterns_Registry::get_instance();
$pattern = $registry->get_registered( $slug );
// Skip unknown patterns.
if ( ! $pattern ) {
++$i;
continue;
}
$blocks_to_insert = parse_blocks( trim( $pattern['content'] ) );
/*
* For single-root patterns, add the pattern name to make this a pattern instance in the editor.
* If the pattern has metadata, merge it with the existing metadata.
*/
if ( count( $blocks_to_insert ) === 1 ) {
$block_metadata = $blocks_to_insert[0]['attrs']['metadata'] ?? array();
$block_metadata['patternName'] = $slug;
/*
* Merge pattern metadata with existing block metadata.
* Pattern metadata takes precedence, but existing block metadata
* is preserved as a fallback when the pattern doesn't define that field.
* Only the defined fields (name, description, categories) are updated;
* other metadata keys are preserved.
*/
foreach ( array(
'name' => 'title', // 'title' is the field in the pattern object 'name' is the field in the block metadata.
'description' => 'description',
'categories' => 'categories',
) as $key => $pattern_key ) {
$value = $pattern[ $pattern_key ] ?? $block_metadata[ $key ] ?? null;
if ( $value ) {
$block_metadata[ $key ] = is_array( $value )
? array_map( 'sanitize_text_field', $value )
: sanitize_text_field( $value );
}
}
$blocks_to_insert[0]['attrs']['metadata'] = $block_metadata;
}
$seen_refs[ $slug ] = true;
$prev_inner_content = $inner_content;
$inner_content = null;
$blocks_to_insert = resolve_pattern_blocks( $blocks_to_insert );
$inner_content = $prev_inner_content;
unset( $seen_refs[ $slug ] );
array_splice( $blocks, $i, 1, $blocks_to_insert );
// If we have inner content, we need to insert nulls in the
// inner content array, otherwise serialize_blocks will skip
// blocks.
if ( $inner_content ) {
$null_indices = array_keys( $inner_content, null, true );
$content_index = $null_indices[ $i ];
$nulls = array_fill( 0, count( $blocks_to_insert ), null );
array_splice( $inner_content, $content_index, 1, $nulls );
}
// Skip inserted blocks.
$i += count( $blocks_to_insert );
} else {
if ( ! empty( $blocks[ $i ]['innerBlocks'] ) ) {
$prev_inner_content = $inner_content;
$inner_content = $blocks[ $i ]['innerContent'];
$blocks[ $i ]['innerBlocks'] = resolve_pattern_blocks(
$blocks[ $i ]['innerBlocks']
);
$blocks[ $i ]['innerContent'] = $inner_content;
$inner_content = $prev_inner_content;
}
++$i;
}
}
return $blocks;
}
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