Disable Patterns tab

[christofervas]

Description

I use the following code to disable the Pattern directory but after upgrading to WordPress 6.6.1 the Patterns tab is showing even without contain any patterns. Is this a bug?

https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/how-to-guides/curating-the-editor-experience/disable-editor-functionality/#disable-the-pattern-directory

I also use the following:
add_filter( 'should_load_remote_block_patterns', '__return_false' );

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

Add the following code. The Patterns tab is still showing up.

function example_theme_support() {
    remove_theme_support( 'core-block-patterns' );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'example_theme_support' );

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Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.

• Yes

[carolinan]

Hi
These code snippets only disable the patterns added by WordPress core, and the patterns from https://wordpress.org/patterns/.
Not the ability to manage patterns added by users, themes or plugins.

[christofervas]

Hey @carolinan thanks for clarifying this. Is there any way to disable the Patterns tab? Even on a clean installation with no patterns installed from theme, core, user etc. the Patterns tab is still shown with a notice "No results found."

[carolinan]

I don't have the answer off the top of my head but it would probably be about changing the permissions for different user roles.

[fgbarrios]

The code provided didn't worked for me. This one did worked:

function remove_menus_appearance_patterns(){  
    // Appearance > Patterns  
    remove_submenu_page('themes.php', 'site-editor.php?path=/patterns');  
}  
add_action('admin_menu', 'remove_menus_appearance_patterns');

[carolinan]

The code above only removes the menu item from the WordPress admin menu.
Not the patterns tab.

[Codeyak]

I have run into this as well. Up until WP v6.6 (Gutenberg v18.5, I think), removing theme support for 'core-block-patterns' did the trick. Now I need to use a CSS hack, which is never reliable. As new versions role out, it's not uncommon for classnames to change.

(On a side note, not related to this ticket, would also like to remove the Media tab, too)

[meksone]

I have run into this as well. Up until WP v6.6 (Gutenberg v18.5, I think), removing theme support for 'core-block-patterns' did the trick. Now I need to use a CSS hack, which is never reliable. As new versions role out, it's not uncommon for classnames to change.

(On a side note, not related to this ticket, would also like to remove the Media tab, too)

I'm confirming this behaviour: it's important to clean Gutenberg interface for customer's site; actually doing through CSS

[carolinan]

Can you all add more detailed information about what part of the UI you are looking to hide? It is unclear if the same parts of the UI are being discussed here.

[meksone]

Can you all add more detailed information about what part of the UI you are looking to hide? It is unclear if the same parts of the UI are being discussed here.

Hi, thanks for asking :)
I think we are discussing this section of the interface (at least, I want to hide this part):

[snibe]

I am running into the same thing, did anyone ever get a solution to this?