WordPress 5.8 has now launched with built-in support for the Pattern Directory. The directory has been seeded with a selection of beautiful and useful patterns contributed by designers from the community.

Try it out by finding a pattern. Filter by category to see patterns using images, headers, or buttons. Favorite a few with the ❤️ button. Click “Copy” or “Copy pattern” to get the pattern, and paste the blocks into a post on your WordPress site.

We’ve reached our first milestone of the Pattern Directory, launching it with a fixed set of curated patterns. Work is now beginning on the next milestone, which will enable patterns to be submitted by anyone, similar to the Theme and Plugin Directories. You can follow and contribute to that work on GitHub.

Other ways you can contribute to the Pattern Directory right now: translation, posting and testing issues, and discussing in the Biweekly Meta Team chat.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the project’s progress this far: @aaroncampbell, @akirk, @andrewserong, @annezazu, @audrasjb, @bph, @coreymckrill, @dd32, @dingo_d, @dryanpress, @dufresnesteven, @enej, @iandunn, @ipstenu, @javiarce, @joen, @julesaus, @louislaugesen, @mamaduka, @matveb, @michael-arestad, @nao, @nextdoorpanda, @ntsekouras, @ocean90, @poena, @psmits1567, @ramonopoly, @ryelle, @shaunandrews, @swissspidy, @tellyworth, @timothyblynjacobs, @tobifjellner, @vladytimy, @yuliyan, and everyone who worked to get these patterns translated so quickly 🌏 🌎 🌍.

Special thanks to the designers who collaborated on a set of high-quality block patterns for the release of the directory: @anariel-design, @beafialho, @bgardner, @cavalierlife, @chrislema, @circlecube, @critterverse, @greenshady, @jameskoster, @jcasabona, @karmatosed, @kellychoffman, @kjellr, @laxmariappan, @mahvash-fatima, @melchoyce, @richtabor, @schutzsmith, @tajim, @webmandesign, @wetah

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