[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52395: Most Used Blocks not working properly

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#52395: Most Used Blocks not working properly
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 Reporter:  jefftgefm                       |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General                         |    Version:  5.6
 Severity:  major                           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility, performance  |
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 I’m having two semi-related issues with Blocks that are really cutting
 into the productivity for my team and myself on our site.

 1) When writing posts on our site we use with OVERWHELMING frequency the
 Paragraph, Heading, Custom HTML, YouTube, and Image blocks.

 Yet, despite having what seems to be the appropriate box ticked in Post
 Editor (POST screen/ PREFERENCES/ Show most used blocks -Places the most
 frequent blocks in the block library) the “Most Used Blocks” sub-window
 that pops up when ticking the + consistently shows the same six blocks,
 three of which we simply never use: Embed, Twitter, and WordPress (see
 attached image).

 Although we do A LOT of embedding, we prefer to use the Custom HTML block
 over the Embed block because the latter rarely works with what we are
 embedding, so using the Embed block is not an option.

 Is there another method I should be using to ensure that the appropriate
 “most used” blocks that we actually use populate in that window?

 Furthermore, using the Block Manager, I encounter the following issues:

 1a) Attempting to disable the Embed block also completely removes the
 YouTube option, making this a non starter.

 1b) There seems to be no means to disable the Twitter or WordPress blocks
 to force them not to populate.

 2) Pursuant to the above, a few months ago (maybe? time is strange
 nowadays) an update to WordPress changed the amount of “Most Used” blocks
 that populated in the sub-window from, I believe, 8 or 9 down to 6. Before
 this change those couple of extra blocks truly covered EVERYTHING we ever
 use. Is there a way to return to more blocks, or alter the behavior of the
 sub-window to show more “Most Used” blocks?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52395>
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