The flagship feature of Ollie Pro is our growing collection of expertly-crafted WordPress patterns. WordPress patterns are pre-designed components that make it easy and fun to create beautiful pages and posts quickly. Patterns can be as small as a call-to-action box, or as big as a full page layout.
With Ollie Pro, you get instant access to the latest patterns and new collections with our continuously updated cloud library. We’ve built a powerful and intuitive pattern browser that you can use on any post or page to preview, download, copy, and favorite patterns.
Using the Ollie Pattern Library block
To start browsing patterns and designing your site with Ollie Pro patterns, add the Ollie Pattern Library block to your post or page. You can do that by using the block inserter and searching for “ollie” or by typing /ollie on any blank line and hitting enter.
Once the block is added to the page, you’ll have a button to launch the library, or an instant search box where you can quickly search and insert patterns.
Working with the Ollie Pattern Library
The Ollie Pattern Library is designed to look very similarly to the default WordPress pattern browser to give you a familiar experience. But we’ve also added a lot of power features that will help you build faster.
Collections and Categories
On the left side of the library, you’ll find links to browse patterns by categories or by collections. Collections are sets of patterns that are all designed with the same style — colors, typography, spacing, etc. Collections come with full page layouts as well as individual patterns that make up the layouts.
Browsing by category will show you categorized patterns from all the Ollie Pro collections. For example, clicking Hero will show you all of the hero designs from all the available collections.
Pattern Grid
On the right side of the library, you’ll find the grid of patterns. You can click on any pattern to see a full preview of the pattern.
Along the top of the pattern grid, you’ll find a toolbar where you can modify the grid view. Using the Sort and Filter menus, you can modify the pattern view according to find what you’re looking for easier.
Using the Grid View menu, you can change the grid view to show two, three, or four columns. This is helpful when you want to see patterns nice and big, or when you want to see a lot at once for easier browsing.
Pattern Grid Actions
Each pattern on the grid also has an action menu where you can view pattern details, insert the pattern into the current page, download the pattern to your theme, and add a pattern to favorites.
Pattern Details
Clicking on any pattern will bring you to a pattern details view. Here, you can see a live preview of the pattern, along with a responsive view mode where you can see the pattern on different device sizes.
In the pattern details sidebar, you’ll find a description of the patter, several powerful pattern actions, and links to the categories the pattern is found in. Here is a quick breakdown of the powerful pattern actions we’ve included.
- Download Pattern – Download a copy of the pattern to your theme and add it to the /patterns folder. This also adds the pattern to your WordPress pattern library under My patterns, where you can modify, duplicate, and customize the pattern.
- Insert Into Page – Quickly add the pattern to the current page where you added the Ollie Pattern Library block
- Pattern Details – See a detailed view of the pattern and access more pattern options
- Copy Pattern Blocks – Copy the pattern markup to your clipboard so you can paste it in any WordPress post or page.
- Add/Remove from Favorites – Favorite a pattern so you can quickly access it later. Your favorites are available to any site you have Ollie Pro installed on.