Switch to core page template modal

[simison]

We built a "new page template" ahead of core, which was good:

Since then, core has been building similar modal over time, but it was still missing categories when I last time checked in Dec 2022 (p58i-dox-p2#comment-56492).

The modal is in active development again and will likely match or pass the UX of our soon:

We should switch to core modal when core modal has categories sidebar.

If other flow improvements from core issue ship first, we should ensure our modal works well with those improvements:

Important to follow up with docs updates.

FYI @autumnfjeld @ianstewart

[richtabor]

Note that the core implementation does not have categories, it's just a modal. We could push this https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/56944 forward on core thought to switch over.

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[simison]

@scruffian @richtabor the WP.com custom modal could now be removed since sidebar version merged in Gutenberg? https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/66836

[richtabor]

@scruffian @richtabor the WP.com custom modal could now be removed since sidebar version merged in Gutenberg? https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/66836

One thing I noted is that the patterns in the dotCom modal are not represented as "Starter Content" in the Inserter.

These dedicated page patterns require the Block Types: core/post-content header passed through.

Example:

/**
 * Title: Portfolio Page
 * Slug: assembler/page-portfolio
 * Categories: page
 * Viewport width: 1400
 * Block Types: core/post-content
 */

The dotCom starter content modal:

I should see a "Starter content" category here: