A quick FYI for module authors. As of 4.7, we can set all block properties except theme in hook_block (instead of, previously, just 'content' and 'subject'). This is a change that was part of the block region patch. So, for example, you can give your blocks an explicit weight, enable them, limit them to given pages, etc. Example:
$block = array('weight' => -6, 'enabled' => 1, 'region' => 'content', 'subject' => t('Example')); $block['content'] = t('This is an example');
A correction. We can indeed assign blocks initial values in hook_block(), but we do so in the 'list' op, not the 'view' one. So, instead of what I wrote above, use something like: /** * Implementation of hook_block(). */ function example_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0) { global $user; if ($op == 'list') { $blocks[0] = array( 'info' => t('Example'), 'status' => 1 ); return $blocks; } ... }