Title: Cannot Create Blocks Patterns, Pages, Etc.
Last modified: August 9, 2025

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# Cannot Create Blocks Patterns, Pages, Etc.

 *  [velanche](https://wordpress.org/support/users/velanche/)
 * (@velanche)
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-create-blocks-patterns-pages-etc/)
 * Greets:
   I have a staging site on my Mac, setup using Local. I have created a 
   site, then installed the Create Block Themes plugin.
 * For a few days, I’ve been able to follow along to a course that includes the 
   creation of Pages, Patterns, Templates, etc. For some reason, the plus sign that
   is usually near the editor’s category (Pages, Patterns, etc.) do not appear. 
   I see that I can add blocks, but not create new ones.
 * I have also created a staging site on my WP host online. Added the plugin there,
   but again the plus sign is not where expected either.
 * In both cases, I’m using the latest version of WordPress (6.8.1).
 * This is concerning, because I’m otherwise unable to create new assets with the
   editor. I’m not sure what’s happened, but could use some help
 * I am using Safari on MacOS 15. 6. I have it in dark mode, but the plus sign was
   there before regardless of appearance.
 * Thank you.

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 *  [Birgit Pauli-Haack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bph/)
 * (@bph)
 * [9 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-create-blocks-patterns-pages-etc/#post-18605334)
 * Did you find the instructions on how to create patterns at [your other forum post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocks-query/)
   helpful?
 *  [Lovro Hrust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovor/)
 * (@lovor)
 * [9 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-create-blocks-patterns-pages-etc/#post-18605346)
 * You are probably seeing none of patterns because you have errors in PHP code 
   in one of your patterns. These errors do not appear in output, since patterns
   are fetched via AJAX. To debug, set WP_DEBUG to true in your wp-config.php
 *     ```wp-block-code
       define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
       ```
   
 * and DEBUG_LOG to true
 *     ```wp-block-code
       define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
       ```
   
 * After that, reload page and try to invoke patterns and check debug log.
    -  This reply was modified 9 months, 3 weeks ago by [Lovro Hrust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovor/).

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 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Lovro Hrust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovor/)
 * Last activity: [9 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-create-blocks-patterns-pages-etc/#post-18605346)
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