People Atlas, Designed Pattern, Pattern Paste

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Needs the plugin

# People Atlas

A vivid searchable people index with role and location filters drawn from editable profile text, clear results and an adaptive directory layout.

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About this pattern

## Where People Atlas fits

For an organisation with many people across disciplines and places, when visitors need to find the right contact themselves.

### Use it for

- Staff directory

- Cooperative member index

- Expert finder page

- Multi-office team page

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.

- 8 images all required

- 9 headings all required

- 27 text lines 11 optional

- 8 buttons all optional

- 8 people Add person or Remove last person; 1 always stays

### Section settings

- Appearance: Designed or Use my theme

- Animate changes

- Unlock layout

How it behaves

## It still works when things are switched off

Visitors search by name, discipline or city and narrow with discipline and location menus built from the profiles; a count reports results and Reset clears all.

Motion off or reduced motion

Nothing here animates, so nothing changes.

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

## People Atlas: common questions

What is People Atlas for?

For an organisation with many people across disciplines and places, when visitors need to find the right contact themselves. Typical uses: staff directory, cooperative member index, expert finder page and Multi-office team page.

Does People Atlas need a plugin?

Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; People Atlas arrived in plugin 0.23.0. 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 People Atlas?

As pasted it has 8 images, 9 headings, 27 text lines and 8 buttons, 19 of them optional and removable. The people are a repeatable set: the item controls add one or remove the last. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block.

Will People Atlas 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.

Does People Atlas animate?

No. Its script only adds the controls, and with JavaScript off all content stays visible.

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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

Team, Listings

Needs

Pattern Paste plugin

Since

Plugin 0.23.0

Appearance

Designed or your theme

Motion

None

Themes

Any block theme

WordPress

7.0+

Tested

In WordPress, 12 checks (https://patternpaste.com/how-we-test/)

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Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/spotlight/)

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