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A block pattern is a ready-made piece of layout for the WordPress editor. You can make one the source of your single posts, and then posts are drawn by it instead of by the theme native template.

The choice is at VerbaTheme OptionsSingle PostGeneral, in the single post source field: native, advanced, Elementor template, or block pattern.

#What it costs

Read this before you switch, not after.

Settings for the native single post do not apply to a pattern. You get freedom of composition and you take on everything else.

The theme reading elements, the summary, the key points, the table of contents, the reading bar, do not appear in a pattern by themselves. You have to place them as blocks, and a block does not exist for every one of them.

A pattern earns its place for one kind of material, a photo essay or a recurring special format. As a replacement for ordinary posts across the whole site, it usually costs more than it gives.

#How to do it

Build the pattern

Create it in the editor like any block layout and save it as a pattern. It then appears in the source list.

Point the setting at it

Go to VerbaTheme OptionsSingle PostGeneral, set the source to block pattern, and pick yours.

Check a real post

Open a published article, not a draft with two paragraphs. Long content is where a pattern shows what it does not handle.

Start from a copy of the native look rather than a blank canvas. It is far easier to remove parts you do not want than to rebuild the reading experience piece by piece.

Can I use a pattern for some posts and native for others?

The source setting is global. For one-off layouts, keep posts native and build the special page as a page instead.

My TL;DR and key points disappeared

Expected. They are drawn by the native template. Add the matching blocks to the pattern, or go back to the native source.

Last updated 9 Sep 2026

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