So, I am working on a plugin for woo-commerce in WordPress, and now am trying to build a widget.
I have successfully build a custom widget which can be shown across the store (under appearance > widgets).
Now I would like to build a custom Gutenberg Block for use in the page-editor.
The problem right now is that even a simple sample doesn't seem to load, but there is also not even 1 error message anywhere, so I am kinda clueless about how to continue.
I used the sample from WordPress docs itself, and as they state, with this simple example the block should be initialized in the ' inserter dialog'.
Code I have is >
block.jsx (file used is compiled by webpack, loaded and console log shows up):
import { registerBlockType } from '@wordpress/blocks';
import { useBlockProps } from '@wordpress/block-editor';
const blockStyle = {
backgroundColor: '#900',
color: '#fff',
padding: '20px',
};
console.log("test1");
registerBlockType('gutenberg-examples/example-01-basic-esnext', {
apiVersion: 2,
title: 'Example: Basic (esnext)',
icon: 'universal-access-alt',
category: 'design',
example: {},
edit() {
const blockProps = useBlockProps( { style: blockStyle } );
return <div {...blockProps}>Hello World, step 1 (from the editor).</div>;
},
save() {
const blockProps = useBlockProps.save( { style: blockStyle } );
return <div {...blockProps}>Hello World, step 1 (from the front-end).</div>;
},
} );
blockload.php (tested the add action("init") but doesn't seem to do much either:
<?php
// if (! defined( "ABSPATH")){
// exit;
// };
function gutenberg_examples_01_register_block() {
// automatically load dependencies and version
// $asset_file = include( plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'build/index.asset.php');
$asset_file = array('dependencies' => array('wp-element', 'wp-polyfill'), 'version' => 'fc93c4a9675c108725227db345898bcc');
wp_register_script(
'gutenberg-examples-01-esnext',
plugins_url('wocom_bl/resources/Scripts/bundles/editpage/editpage.bundle.js'),
// plugins_url( 'build/index.js', __FILE__ ),
$asset_file['dependencies'],
$asset_file['version']
);
register_block_type( 'gutenberg-examples/example-01-basic-esnext', array(
'editor_script' => 'gutenberg-examples-01-esnext',
) );
}
// add_action( 'init', 'gutenberg_examples_01_register_block' );
add_action('enqueue_block_assets', 'gutenberg_examples_01_register_block');
and the main plugin file call which starts everything:
if ( wcmbl_isWooCommerceActivated() ) {
require_once __DIR__ . '/includes/settings.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/includes/products/producttab.php';
// require_once __DIR__ . '/includes/page/register_widgets.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/includes/page/blocks/blockload.php';
}
So any syntax error inside the blockload.php will throw an error.
as I have posted it now, everything loads fine, no error anywhere (wp_bugging, true)
BUT there is also not a extra block under the design category in the inserter dialog?
So where would I start to find the culprit now?
EDIT **
So, basically I have no idea what was wrong with the initial js, as it was from the sample on dev.wordpress.
I went with a slightly alternative approach how js returns the content, but it works.
Followed this example (edit2 >> tho this uses a deprecated function I see now, so shouldn't be used, but got something working so the rest is out of the scope of this question):
https://themes.artbees.net/blog/create-a-custom-block-for-wordpress-gutenberg/
So question closed!
My Answer:
> widgets). Now, I want to create a custom GutenBerg block for this widget so that users can easily add it to their pages/posts using the block editor.
I have followed the official WordPress documentation on creating custom blocks and have registered my block using `registerBlockType` function. However, when I try to add the block using the inserter dialog in the block editor, my custom block is not showing up.
I have double-checked my code and everything seems to be in order. I have also cleared the browser cache and tried on different browsers, but the issue persists.
I am not sure what could be causing this issue. Any help or guidance on how to troubleshoot this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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