Reusable blocks not showing in editor

  • Hi all,

    recently (I think after the latest WP-Update) my reusable blocks do not show anymore on the post editor.

    When I make a new reusable block, it does save and it shows at https://example.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=wp_block

    However, when I try to add them to a post, newly created reusable blocks do not show.

    I have already cleared Cache, and tried to do it in maintenance mode through the Health plugin – it did not help.

    Where could the error be?

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    This may be a plugin or theme conflict. Please attempt to disable all plugins, and switch to the default Twenty Twenty theme. If the problem goes away, enable them one by one to identify the source of the problem.

    If you can install plugins, install Health Check. On the troubleshooting tab, you can click the button to disable all plugins and change the theme for you, while you’re still logged in, without affecting normal visitors to your site.

    Thread Starter malangkan

    (@malangkan)

    Thanks! My original post wasn’t clear…I tried disabling all Plugins already and switched to default theme using the Health Check plugin – it did not help. Very strange…

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    recently (I think after the latest WP-Update) my reusable blocks do not show anymore on the post editor.

    Try MANUALLY updating. Download WordPress again and unzip it, and use that to copy up. Access your server via SFTP or FTP, or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel (consult your hosting provider’s documentation for specifics on these), and delete then replace your copies of everything on the server EXCEPT the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory with fresh copies from the download. This will effectively replace all of your core files without damaging your content and settings. (NOTE: do not delete the?wp-content?directory or your?wp-config.php?file). Please read the Manual Update directions first.

    Backup: If you haven’t already done, always backup everything (including your database) before doing any actions, just in case something really goes wrong. You can never have enough backups! See https://www.ads-software.com/support/article/wordpress-backups/

    Thread Starter malangkan

    (@malangkan)

    I will give that a try, cheers!

    Thread Starter malangkan

    (@malangkan)

    I have tried this now, unfortunately without success. The same issue persists…

    Very strange.

    Thread Starter malangkan

    (@malangkan)

    Unfortunately I have not been able to get any useful tipps here, I am at my wits end and dont see any solution right now…

    Did you ever get a solution to this? I am having the same problem.

    A work around is to find the id of the reusable block and create this text

    <!-- wp:block {"ref":9156} /-->

    Putting in the id where the number is. Past this into a paragraph block and it should insert it.

    Too bad no one has offered a real solution.

    Thread Starter malangkan

    (@malangkan)

    I haven’t found a solution yet and nobody was able to provide me with one.
    Thanks for the workaround!

    It seems like other people have the same problem. I imagine it’s hard to reproduce. For me after lots of cache clearing and reloading and doing thing I can’t even remember, my block started appearing again.

    Good luck!

    I had the same issue where the ability to add them from the editor disappeared. The only way to add them is to go into reusable blocks from the menu and edit then copy them and paste into a paragraph line in the page you want them.

    Another annoying feature of Hindenberg (sorry I mean Gutenberg) ??

    Hope that helps.

    Another annoying feature of Hindenberg (sorry I mean Gutenberg)

    I read a great quotation that said something to the effect of, with enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow. With 40% of the websites on the internet powered by wordpress, you can expect to find other people who are having your same issue. All the GUI website builders I have used have been buggy. It’s not just Gutenberg.

    Please don’t forget that it’s humans who are making wordpress happen. Most of them volunteers. And they give it away for free.

    then copy them and paste into a paragraph line in the page you want them.

    Does that method actually paste it as a reusable block? Or just a copy of the block. I haven’t tried that method.

    Pasting it pastes as a reusable block from my experience.

    A lot of the time I cannot find a solution and it’s a fast moving thing as there isn’t a day go by that a plugin doesn’t get updated.

    I can’t speak from the point of other GUI builders but i’ve used WPBakery and had very few issues at all. Maybe as they are commercial there is more chance of a working solution?

    I think that with so many plugins and themes etc that the chances of an issue are much higher.

    Thread Starter malangkan

    (@malangkan)

    @stuartmorley but this is a WordPress-issue, not related to any plugin…

    When I had the issue before removing a plugin solved it from memory.

    Have this issue too.

    1. I created a reusable block.
    2. I went to reusable block editor/manager
    3. I created a new block from there
    4. The new block is not showing.
    5. I deleted all reusable block and I still have one unnamed reusable block in the list of block I can choose, but it’s not in the list in the block manager…

    What’s going on?

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