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Open the library in Etch

2 min read, updated Oct 19, 2026

The Etchedy library lives inside the Etch builder. You do not leave your page to use it.

Open the builder

  1. Go to PagesIn the WordPress admin open Pages (or any post type Etch edits).
  2. Edit with EtchHover over a page and click Edit with Etch. You can also click Launch Etch in the admin bar while you are on the page.
  3. Wait for the builderThe Etch builder loads with your Layers panel on the right and your page in the middle.

Open the Etchedy library

Look at the toolbar on the left edge of the builder. The purple E button is Etchedy. Hover it and its name appears: Etchedy Library. Click it and the library opens as a floating panel on top of your page.

The Etchedy button in the Etch builder toolbar
The Etchedy Library button
  1. The Etchedy Library button (the purple E) in the left toolbar of the builder.
Do not see the E button?

Check that Etch is active under Etchedy → System status, then reload the builder. See system status and troubleshooting.

The panel at a glance

The Etchedy library panel
The library panel
  1. The section filter. All shows every section, or pick Layouts, Elements, Components or Templates.
  2. Tree and Grid view buttons.
  3. Refresh the library.
  4. The search box.
  5. The library tree, grouped by section and category.
  6. Total items in the library, and your license status.

Close the panel with the × at its top right. Your page is not touched until you paste something into it.

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