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How do I use Gutenberg blocks in WooCommerce?

Last updated on September 24, 2022 @ 10:24 pm

Gutenberg Blocks are a great way to add a little more structure and organization to your WooCommerce store. They can help you to better manage products, categories, and pages, and make it easier to find what you’re looking for.

To use Gutenberg Blocks in your WooCommerce store, first install the Gutenberg plugin. Once the plugin is installed, go to the WooCommerce > Settings page and click on the Block Editor tab.

Then, click on the Add Block button and select Gutenberg from the list of available blocks.

Next, you’ll need to create a block definition. To do this, click on the Create Block button and fill in the following details:

Name: This will be the name of the block

Block Type: This will be either Product, Category, or Page

Description: This will be a brief description of the block

After you’ve created your block definition, you’ll need to add content to it. To do this, click on the Edit button and fill in the following details:

Title: This will be the title of the block

Description: This will be a more detailed description of the block

In the example below, we’ve added a block to our store that manages product categories. To create a new product category, we first need to add the product to our WooCommerce store. To do this, we click on the Add Product button and fill in the following details:

Name: This will be the name of the product

Sku: This will be the product’s SKU

Price: This will be the product’s price

After we’ve added the product to our WooCommerce store, we can add the new product category to our block. To do this, we click on the Add Category button and fill in the following details:

PRO TIP: If you are planning on using Gutenberg blocks in WooCommerce, be aware that there are some potential issues that could arise. First, remember that WooCommerce is a plugin for WordPress, so it is subject to all the same limitations as WordPress itself. This means that if a block does not work properly in WordPress, it probably will not work in WooCommerce either. Additionally, some blocks may not work properly with WooCommerce’s templates and/or CSS. Finally, keep in mind that WooCommerce is constantly evolving and changing, so new versions of the plugin may break compatibility with older blocks.

Name: This will be the name of the product category

Parent Category: This will be the parent category of the product category

After we’ve added the category to our block, we can now add the product to the category. To do this, we click on the Add Product to Category button and fill in the following details:

Product: This will be the product we’re adding to the category

Category: This will be the category we’re adding the product to

After we’ve added the product to the category and the product to the block, our block definition should look like the example below.

Now that we’ve created our block, we need to add it to our page. To do this, we click on the Add Block to Page button and fill in the following details:

Page: This will be the page the block will be added to

Block Type: This will be Gutenberg

After we’ve added the block to our page, our page should look like the example below.

Finally, we need to add the block to our product’s category. To do this, we click on the Add Product to Category button and fill in the following details:

Now that we’ve added our block to our store, we can use it to better manage our products, categories, and pages. For example, we can use the block to add a product to a specific category, or to display all of the products in a specific category on a single page.

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Drew Clemente

Drew Clemente

Devops & Sysadmin engineer. I basically build infrastructure online.