Patterns changed to misleading SYNC symbol

Hi Williams

Many thanks for your reply.

Not quite. Content has not actually become a synced pattern. It just looks like a synced pattern because the block now has the double-diamond pattern icon that (before the WordPress version update) used to appear only on blocks that were synced patterns.

I received a few other replies via email to this post. Below is text copied from a reply that seems to explain the behaviour …

—————————————-

David Arnado wrote:

Hi @wpinthai ,

This is not a bug. It is also not a plugin or theme conflict. It is a new function in WordPress 7.0.

WordPress 7.0 added a “content-only” edit mode. This mode is now the default for unsynced patterns in the page editor. It changes two things:

• The editor shows the double-diamond pattern icon on an unsynced pattern. You must click “Edit pattern” before you can change the blocks.
• Your patterns are still unsynced. The new icon and the extra edit step do not make them synced. This is why they still show as unsynced in the Patterns screen, in the block chooser, and on older pages.

For a quick fix, you can turn off this mode. Add this code to a small custom plugin, or to the functions.php file of a child theme:

add_filter( ‘block_editor_settings_all’, function( $settings ) { $settings[‘disableContentOnlyForUnsyncedPatterns’] = true; return $settings;} );

After you add the code, an unsynced pattern uses the old behavior again. Test the change on a staging site first.

For more information, please check the following WordPress Core article: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/15/pattern-editing-in-wordpress-7-0/ ( https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/15/pattern-editing-in-wordpress-7-0/ )

—————————————-