Before and After, Designed Pattern, Pattern Paste Canonical: https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/compare/ Designed Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/) Hero (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=hero) Needs the plugin # Before and After A photographic colour-grade study with editable native images and an elastic divider that bends under your hand, carries a flick and springs straight. ## All patterns Search patterns Loading patterns… About this pattern ## Where Before and After fits A portfolio or service page where the proof is visual change, placed where a visitor decides whether the work makes a real difference. ### Use it for - Photo retouching portfolio - Colour grading showcase - Renovation project page - Landscape design case study What you can edit ## Every word, image and link is a WordPress block Select any of them in the block editor and change it in place. Colours, type and spacing use the blocks’ own controls. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block. - 2 images both required - 2 headings both required - 8 text lines 6 optional - 1 button required ### Section settings - Appearance: Designed or Use my theme - Animate changes - Unlock layout How it behaves ## It still works when things are switched off Drag the divider to compare the two images; it bends, carries a flick and settles. A click jumps it there, and arrow keys move it in steps with Home and End at either edge. Motion off or reduced motion It shows its final state at once; anything a visitor can press or drag still works. JavaScript off All content stays visible and readable; controls the script adds are hidden. Plugin missing or older It pastes as plain WordPress blocks, in reading order, without the designed layout. Questions ## Before and After: common questions What is Before and After for? A portfolio or service page where the proof is visual change, placed where a visitor decides whether the work makes a real difference. Typical uses: photo retouching portfolio, colour grading showcase, renovation project page and landscape design case study. Does Before and After need a plugin? Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; Before and After arrived in plugin 0.25.0. Without the plugin, or on an older version, it pastes as plain WordPress blocks: the content reads in order, without the designed layout. What can I edit in Before and After? As pasted it has 2 images, 2 headings, 8 text lines and 1 button, 6 of them optional and removable. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block. Will Before and After match my theme? Choose Designed to keep its own palette and type, or Use my theme to let it follow your theme’s colours and fonts. Either works in any block theme on WordPress 7.0 or later. Choose Use my theme in the preview above to see it follow a theme before you copy. Can the motion be switched off? Yes. Turn off Animate changes in the section settings, and visitors who ask their device for reduced motion get the same: the section shows its final state at once and anything they can press or drag still works. With JavaScript off, all content stays visible. Back to Designed Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=hero) One-time setup ## Install once, then paste Install and activate the Pattern Paste plugin on your WordPress site. Then paste this section into the block editor. Get the plugin (https://patternpaste.com/account/#themes)Installation guide (https://patternpaste.com/docs/install-pattern-paste/) ## Specifications Section Hero, Gallery Needs Pattern Paste plugin Since Plugin 0.25.0 Appearance Designed or your theme Motion Optional, off for reduced motion Themes Any block theme WordPress 7.0+ Tested In WordPress, 11 checks (https://patternpaste.com/how-we-test/) Continue exploring ## More in Hero Explore this category (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=hero) Hero Needs the plugin ### Cinema Stories A cinematic split story slider with monumental titles, immersive photography and a numbered reader-controlled index for an independent film journal. Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/cinema/) Hero Needs the plugin ### Open Horizons An expansive destination hero of visual panels that open on reader input to reveal editable place stories and links. Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/horizon/) Hero Needs the plugin ### Product Launchpad A spatial product feature explorer with a numbered command rail, detailed workspace panels, proof points and a full hero call to action in navy, paper and signal orange. Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/launchpad/)