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Reusable Block Not Showing Up
13 replies · Started by Bettijo on March 23, 2021
Hello! I have been experience some strange glitches as I'm working on things today. I have created a reusable block with contact us verbiage and a button. I have verified by going to the "Manage Reusable Blocks" section and edited that specific block, it contains a grid layout with H2 verbiage "Questions, comments, or just want to say hello?" and a "Contact Us" button. See screenshot here:
https://www.campbellfarmgrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-3.12.42-PM.png
When I am in the editor for the Front page I can see the reusable block loaded in there just fine. See this screenshot:
https://www.campbellfarmgrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-3.05.41-PM.png
When I save the page and try to view it as a reader would, the block is totally missing. Go to this page on my site, it should be displaying between the "Why Our Grains are special" section and the newsletter sign up block:
https://www.campbellfarmgrains.com/
To make this issue even more strange -- I have the SAME reusable block being using on the "About" page and am having a similar problem only here it's just showing the "Contact us" button???
https://www.campbellfarmgrains.com/about/
Super weird -- any idea what is going on?
I just closed everything out, and then went back in and re-made the text and button over again. I saved the new items as a new reusable block and it is working so not sure what the bug was, but just starting over from scratch worked.
Glad to hear!
The reusable block is a WordPress core feature and to be honest, there is definitely room for improvements :)
HOLD UP! It is happening again to this new block. It's there in edit mode but not showing when I try to view the page. I think the workflow that is causing this issue is when I go in to the Manage Blocks and edit the block in there, not on a page but in the actual "edit mode" that you can reach from Managing the Reusable Blocks page. Somehow editing it here is introducing this weird glitchy behavior.
Unfortunately this isn't something we can fix in the theme.
As mentioned, features like reusable blocks and manage blocks are handled by WordPress and there can definitely be some improvements there.
I would recommend the issues you run into to WordPress' support team and hopefully they will be able to fix it in the future version.
Hi again Leo,
So I decided to give up on the reusable blocks and just build this from scratch. The same glitch is now happening when I am not even using a reusable block! After building this section out again, I DID NOT make it a reusable block. I am using a Container block with a grid. Inside the grid is a GB Heading on left and GB Buttons on right. Here is the screenshot of it being saved in the editor:
https://www.campbellfarmgrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-6.12.13-PM.png
It's not showing up on the live page:
https://www.campbellfarmgrains.com/
I just marked this as unresolved.
Hi again Leo,
So I decided to give up on the reusable blocks and just build this from scratch. The same glitch is now happening when I am not even using a reusable block! After building this section out again, I DID NOT make it a reusable block. I am using a Container block with a grid. Inside the grid is a GB Heading on left and GB Buttons on right. Here is the screenshot of it being saved in the editor:
https://www.campbellfarmgrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-6.12.13-PM.png
It’s not showing up on the live page:
https://www.campbellfarmgrains.com/
for what it's worth I'm also having major problems with reusable blocks ever since the most recent WP update. Sometimes they don't show up at all. Sometimes they seem to merge with other reusable blocks and replace all the content there. Very frustrating. I haven't found any solution yet.
Hi there,
That's certainly strange.
Can you provide us temporary access to the backend to check the specific page for any errors?
You can use the private information text field to provide the details.
Let us know.
for what it’s worth I’m also having major problems with reusable blocks ever since the most recent WP update. Sometimes they don’t show up at all. Sometimes they seem to merge with other reusable blocks and replace all the content there. Very frustrating. I haven’t found any solution yet.
Can you open up a new topic? While it's similar, its possible that the reason for your specific site is different.
Opening a new topic allows you to use the private information. It'll be useful incase you need to provide site links or credentials. Thank you.
Thanks for your help!
By the way... the block is supposed to be on the Home Page and the About Page. You'll see it in the editor for both of those pages, but it is not showing in the normal view mode.
I've checked the block in question and it seems like you're still using a reusable block as shown here:
https://share.getcloudapp.com/xQub44Be
Try converting it to a regular block and save it and check if it finally shows up.
To convert a regular block, click the "convert to regular blocks" icon specified here:
https://share.getcloudapp.com/Blu4jjrg
Hi, I'd rather not give access to the back end of my site right now but I'll keep working to figure out how to solve this reusable block issue (or see if the next WP issue fixes it). I'll let you know if I need your help further. Thanks much!
No problem. :D
