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Problem: I am trying to edit a Content Template in the Block Editor but I see an error "Something went wrong while fetching the dynamic content from the selected source".
Solution: Use the "View with:" menu at the top of the block editor to select one of the posts you expect to display with this Content Template. That will fix the problem where Dynamic Sources have no context.
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Last updated by 3 years, 9 months ago.
Assisted by: Christian Cox.
I am trying to: add alt text to an image from a dynamic source. I used the 'name' field which is selectable in the side bar in the field group. It's already selected on the page for the page header. It works but I continue to see the error message in the edit area.
Link to a page where the issue can be seen: You can only see it in the edit area but if you check this page you see that the alt text is identical to the page name, which is what I intended: hidden link
I expected to see: the edit screen accept the change
Instead, I got: "Something went wrong while fetching the dynamic content from the selected source, with message: "Sorry, you are not allowed to do that."."
Hello Christian,
Yes, it disappeared but it kept reappearing. I also noticed that there was no longer any option to change the size of the image in the sidebar. So I deleted the image entirely, resized it, formatted it the way I wanted, and added the dynamic alt text again. The error message no longer appears.
However, the rounded corners of the image that show in the edit screen do not appear in Chrome, Edge, or Firefox on a desktop PC., nor do they appear on my iPhone.
Thanks,
Ben
Okay I think the message is appearing because there is no post selected up at the top in the "View with:" menu. Sometimes this happens when a different Content Template is applied to the post that was originally selected here in the "View with:" menu, and the template is disassociated with that post. When you're designing a Content Template, you should select one of the posts you expect to display with this template up at the top. Otherwise, the Block Editor's dynamic sources feature does not know for sure which post to use as the context for Dynamic Sources. I selected "Unst Airport" up top and saved the template, then refreshed the page. The error message does not reappear for me now, can you check?
As far as the image's rounded corners, WordPress styles are overriding the block editor's border radius settings in this case. From /wp-content/plugins/gutenberg/build/block-library/style.css?ver=1615647229:
.wp-block-image:not(.is-style-rounded) img {
border-radius: inherit;
}
I added some CSS code to override that WP override. In the Content Template CSS panel, I added:
.border-radius-25-px img {
border-radius: 25px;
}
Then I selected the image block and added the CSS class border-radius-25-px. This should solve the problem whee border-radius is not applied as expected. If not, feel free to open a separate ticket so we can discuss in more detail. Our policy is one issue per ticket, and I would like to focus on the "You are not allowed to do that" error message in this ticket.
