Title: Reusable Blocks Extended
Author: Jb Audras
Published: <strong>సెప్టెంబర్ 17, 2019</strong>
Last modified: నవంబర్ 27, 2025

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# Reusable Blocks Extended

 By [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/reusable-blocks-extended.0.9.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/reusable-blocks-extended/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/reusable-blocks-extended/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/reusable-blocks-extended/#installation)
 * [Development](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/reusable-blocks-extended/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reusable-blocks-extended/)

## Description

Extend Gutenberg Reusable Blocks feature with a complete admin panel, widgets, shortcodes
and PHP functions.

This plugin extends the Reusable Blocks admin interface and provides few fancy features:

 * Add Reusable Blocks dashboard informations
 * Activate Reusable Blocks admin screen
 * Provide a list of Posts where each Reusable Block is used and the date it was
   last modified
 * Provide a **live preview of your reusable blocks** from the Reusable Blocks admin
   screen, with your theme stylesheets
 * Provide a Reusable Blocks Widget to use your block anywhere you want in your 
   theme’s widgets areas
 * Provide a Reusable Blocks Shortcode to use your block anywhere you want in your
   Post types (even if they use the Classic Editor rather than Gutenberg!)
 * Provide some Reusable Blocks PHP functions to use your block anywhere you want
   in your theme even
 * NEW: An easy tool to convert reusable blocks to block patterns in one click!

For a full presentation of Reusable Blocks Extended, see this [WordCamp Talk synthesis available on my blog](https://jeanbaptisteaudras.com/en/2019/12/gutenberg-reusable-blocks-wordcamp-marseille-talk-synthesis/).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Extended Reusable Blocks admin screen with preview
 * [[
 * Reusable block widget

## Installation

 1. Install the plugin and activate.
 2. Go to Reusable Blocks Admin Menu

## FAQ

### How to implement Reusable Blocks using Widgets

 * Go to WP-Admin > Appearance > Widgets.
 * Add “Reusable Block” Widget to your widget area.
 * Choose the reusable block you want to use and save the widget.

### How to implement Reusable Blocks with shortcode

 * Go to WP-Admin > Reusable Blocks.
 * Choose the reusable block you want to use; copy the provided shortcode.
 * Then, paste it where you want.

Syntax: `[reblex id="NUMERIC_ID_OF_THE_REUSABLE_BLOCK"]`

### How to implement Reusable Blocks with PHP functions

 * Go to WP-Admin > Reusable Blocks.
 * Choose the reusable block you want to use; copy the provided PHP function.
 * Then, paste it where you want.

Syntax:
 reblex_display_block( NUMERIC_ID_OF_THE_REUSABLE_BLOCK );

Note for developers: you may also need to **get** the shortcode data **before** 
displaying it. In this case, you should use the following function:
 reblex_get_block(
NUMERIC_ID_OF_THE_REUSABLE_BLOCK );

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Makes life so much easier!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/makes-life-so-much-easier-15/)󠁿

 [whichgodsaves](https://profiles.wordpress.org/whichgodsaves/) సెప్టెంబర్ 3, 2025

Thanks for making writing so much easier with a great plugin to manage my blocks
and patterns. Forgot how good it was until I did a new site without it!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/061ec5c4e043371a9ce9e2ef0a6339a5d55dcd8a61c1e3d999914ed11746d802?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Valuable addition for working with templates](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valuable-addition-for-working-with-templates/)󠁿

 [Orlandoo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/orlandoo/) ఆగస్ట్ 19, 2025

This plugin adds practical functions to template management that should actually
be available directly in WordPress. The overview of where each template has been
used is worth its weight in gold.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/186e719edefd0d9f8f631cb91da872526b7fd95bb28854f702b17975d3fdfcc0?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[This does the job of a $200 plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-does-the-job-of-a-200-plugin/)󠁿

 [Line49 Design](https://profiles.wordpress.org/line49/) జూన్ 14, 2024

Hey everybody that wrote to this forum and complained about something not working
with this free plugin: You can get the Gutenberg Block as a Shortcode function by
using WP Code Pro. It works great and is highly supported. But the price is USD$
100/yr for a single website, or $250/yr for 25 sites (prices upon yearly renewal).
The whole reason I found this plugin is that WP Code Pro is expensive, and there
is no LTD. After a fairly thorough search, I have found zero other options besides
these two plugins: one home-made and one commercial. So if you don’t want to pay
the premium price for the commercial plugin, then there’s no point complaining about
the homemade one.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Lack Of Support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lack-of-support-31/)󠁿

 [mjmurphy53711](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mjmurphy53711/) జూన్ 4, 2024

Previously a 5 star review, the last year problems creeping in and it’s obvious 
to me that the developer refuses to participate in this support forum. Kick them
out of the respository until they are responsive. Note to developer, previously 
would have happily purchased a pro version of this plugin (which you don’t seem 
to offer) in order to support you and get access to support.

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### 󠀁[Awesome](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-10230/)󠁿

 [robertorefresh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/robertorefresh/) అక్టోబర్ 24, 2024

simple and usefull. I’m using it in every website

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Need help “500 Internal Server Error”](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-500-internal-server-error/)󠁿

 [marklustre](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marklustre/) నవంబర్ 28, 2023

The plugin was good and I really like it. but now I have problem when I open the
plugin it self it will show “500 Internal Server Error”. This only plugin have error.
Please help. Thanks

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## Contributors & Developers

“Reusable Blocks Extended” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Jb Audras ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/)
 *   [ Whodunit ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/whodunitagency/)
 *   [ Rachel Peter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/larrach/)

“Reusable Blocks Extended” has been translated into 14 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/reusable-blocks-extended/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Reusable Blocks Extended” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/reusable-blocks-extended)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reusable-blocks-extended/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/reusable-blocks-extended/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/reusable-blocks-extended/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/reusable-blocks-extended/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.9.1

 * Security fixes. Props to Rio Darmawan and Darius S., via [Patchstack Alliance](https://patchstack.com/)
   ♥️

#### 0.9

 * Props @chaton666 (Marie Comet) for a small fix.
 * WP 6.0 compatibility.

#### 0.8

 * Performance enhancement on the `wp_block` list table. Props @grapplerulrich for
   spotting this.

#### 0.7

 * WP 5.8 compatibility.
 * Replace “Reusable blocks” menu name with “Blocks”.
 * Small variable name and docs change.
 * Various minor interface improvements.

#### 0.6.2

 * Removes a PHP notice.

#### 0.6.1

 * Fix an issue with polylang plugin (props @eddystile).

#### 0.6

 * Introduces the Block Pattern conversion tool for WP 5.5+.

#### 0.5.1

 * Fixes a bug with ACF Pro Blocks. Props [@mbcreation](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mbcreation/)
   for raising the issue.

#### 0.5

 * Improvement of the preview feature, which is now displaying your reusable blocks
   in a modal window.

#### 0.4

 * Force block editor for wp_block post type even with Classic Editor plugin activated.
 * Collapsible items improvements.

#### 0.3

 * Make block instances collapsible for a better preview. Props @alfredg.

#### 0.2

 * Use @import instead of link tag or enqueues in the preview iframe.

#### 0.1

 * Plugin initial commit. Works fine 🙂

## Meta

 *  Version **0.9.1**
 *  Last updated **5 నెలలు ago**
 *  Active installations **20,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Languages
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 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/reusable-blocks-extended)
 * Tags
 * [blocks](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/blocks/)[pattern](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pattern/)
   [reusable](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reusable/)[shortcode](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)
   [widget](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/reusable-blocks-extended/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.8 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Jb Audras ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/)
 *   [ Whodunit ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/whodunitagency/)
 *   [ Rachel Peter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/larrach/)

## Support

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