[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52688: Make block type aware of variations

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#52688: Make block type aware of variations
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 Reporter:  gwwar        |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
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 Currently block variations (not style variations) are only defined on the
 client. In some cases, creating block variations on the server can be very
 useful, especially when needed data is not exposed in the REST APIs.

 I have an example use case for adding navigation link variations. The
 navigation block currently allows insertion of Links, Post Links, Page
 Links, Tag Links and Category Links. By adding server link variations, if
 we install a Portfolio plugin for example, we should also be able to add
 Portfolio Links. The taxonomy and post type REST API doesn't allow
 filtering by `show_in_nav_menus`, so server defined block variations makes
 this a much easier problem to solve.

 Example Use Case Issue:
 https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/24814

 Proposed PR: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/1015

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