Skip Certain Gutenberg Block in Loop - wordpress

Question

I have some WordPress Gutenberg blocks that I want to display in a different part of my theme. I know how to find the block and display it in my theme's template, but I don't know how to stop the block from showing with the rest of the blocks in the loop.
To clarify as an example: I have one block that I want to have in the admin area with the other blocks but I don't want to display it in the loop content. I need a way to skip it or filter it out in the normal loop. Then I use this code to output in another area of my theme:
function be_display_post_blockquote() {
global $post;
$blocks = parse_blocks( $post->post_content );
foreach( $blocks as $block ) {
if( 'lazyblock/area-2' === $block['blockName'] ) {
echo render_block( $block );
break;
}
}
}
The problem with the above code is it duplicates the block to show with the other "normal" loop content and also in my new location. Can you help me write a function/filter to stop specific blocks from showing up in the loop?

Answer 1

I figured this out...
Here is the function to filter the content of the loop and remove a specific block from the output because you already outputted the content of that specific block in another location in your theme or theme template file.
//If single block exists on page or post don't show it with the other blocks
function remove_blocks() {
// Check if we're inside the main loop in a post or page
if ( ( is_single() || is_page() ) && in_the_loop() && is_main_query() ) {
//parse the blocks so they can be run through the foreach loop
$blocks = parse_blocks( get_the_content() );
foreach ( $blocks as $block ) {
//look to see if your block is in the post content -> if yes continue past it if no then render block as normal
if ( 'lazyblock/top-of-page' === $block['blockName'] ) {
continue;
} else {
echo render_block( $block );
}
}
}
}
add_filter( 'the_content', 'remove_blocks');