How to disallow a certain custom gutenberg block outside of an InnerBlocks block?

I did add a custom block as an InnerBlocks block, called slider. Then i got another custom block slider-item. I think you get the idea.

The slider block just allows slider-item as it's child blocks. Like so:

<InnerBlocks
   allowedBlocks={ [ 'ajk/slider-item' ] }
   template={[
       [ 'ajk/slider-item' ],
       [ 'ajk/slider-item' ],
   ]}
/>

Now I want to achieve that an editor isn't able to use the slider-item outside of my slider container block.

Or is there some kind of repeater block possibility i do miss?!

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WP 4.9.8

Gutenberg 4.2.0

I did add a custom block as an InnerBlocks block, called slider. Then i got another custom block slider-item. I think you get the idea.

The slider block just allows slider-item as it's child blocks. Like so:

<InnerBlocks
   allowedBlocks={ [ 'ajk/slider-item' ] }
   template={[
       [ 'ajk/slider-item' ],
       [ 'ajk/slider-item' ],
   ]}
/>

Now I want to achieve that an editor isn't able to use the slider-item outside of my slider container block.

Or is there some kind of repeater block possibility i do miss?!

---

WP 4.9.8

Gutenberg 4.2.0

• block-editor

Share Improve this question edited Nov 15, 2018 at 9:39 André Kelling asked Nov 2, 2018 at 14:27 André KellingAndré Kelling 1,00611 gold badge1010 silver badges2020 bronze badges 2

• 2 The current documentation is lacking in this regard. Your best bet would be to ask on GitHub. You might get a response from devs - github/WordPress/gutenberg/issues – Ashiquzzaman Kiron Commented Nov 4, 2018 at 9:36
• yes, hard to find right docs at the moment. – André Kelling Commented Nov 5, 2018 at 16:55

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In the slider-item you can specify parent must be slider. That way, the slider-item cannot be used outside of your slider container block.

Something like:

registerBlockType('ajk/slider-item', ...
  parent: ['ajk/slider'],

https://wordpress/gutenberg/handbook/block-api/#parent-optional