Data Views: show trashed templates and patterns

[annezazu]

Similar to when you're trashing a page or post, you might want to both see what you've deleted and restore them. Right now, for patterns you can't do this and, once something is deleted, it's simply gone. For synced patterns in particular, that's fairly destructive and I think we should consider how best to give folks options here.

This overlaps with the request to disable templates a bit #49640 and the experience of trashed synced patterns in the editor: #52013

[TheJeffr0]

I recently experienced the damage caused by publishing content in a Synced pattern and then deleting the Synced pattern. The content within the pattern was lost with no means of recovery. I'm of the mindset that as an admin, anything I delete as it relates to content in WordPress should be able to be retrieved. Whether that means a global trash bin for everything or a specific trash bin for Templates and Patterns, allowing users to recover something from the trash is necessary.

[annezazu]

Whew, I have run into this too, losing patterns I deleted. I'll flag this up in the new data views channel in slack to see if we can get some traction.

[annezazu]

Noting that previously the old pattern management experience did show trash state, a quick way to undo trashing, and a way to permanently delete:

restore.trash.mov

[TheJeffr0]

It was suggested that I add this plugin https://www.billerickson.net/reusable-blocks-accessible-in-wordpress-admin-area/ and only delete patterns from that plugin's UI so that they end up in a trash bin. Considering Synced and Unsynched patterns used to be called Reusable blocks, it's probably similar UI as what your video shows.