Faces & Stories, Designed Pattern, Pattern Paste Canonical: https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/profiles/ Designed Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/) Team (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=team) Needs the plugin # Faces & Stories A cobalt portrait collection with native profile stories that open in an accessible lightbox, keeping every biography and link editable in WordPress. ## All patterns Search patterns Loading patterns… About this pattern ## Where Faces & Stories fits For a feature on contributors or interviewees, when each face opens into a longer story without leaving the page. ### Use it for - Contributor profiles - Interview series page - Community spotlight - Team stories section 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. - 4 images all required - 5 headings all required - 15 text lines 11 optional - 4 expandable answers all required - 4 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 A button on each card opens the full story in a modal lightbox; Close, a click outside or Escape returns focus to the card. Stories are native disclosures without script. 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 ## Faces & Stories: common questions What is Faces & Stories for? For a feature on contributors or interviewees, when each face opens into a longer story without leaving the page. Typical uses: contributor profiles, interview series page, community spotlight and team stories section. Does Faces & Stories need a plugin? Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; Faces & Stories 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 Faces & Stories? As pasted it has 4 images, 5 headings, 15 text lines and 4 expandable answers, 11 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 Faces & Stories 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=team) 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 Needs Pattern Paste plugin Since Plugin 0.23.0 Appearance Designed or your theme Motion Optional, off for reduced motion Themes Any block theme WordPress 7.0+ Tested In WordPress, 12 checks (https://patternpaste.com/how-we-test/) Continue exploring ## More in Team Explore this category (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=team) Team Needs the plugin ### Team Spotlight A plum-and-mint team introduction with expressive initials, personal quotes and a selectable roster. Switch profiles, or let your own theme set the tone. Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/spotlight/) Team Needs the plugin ### Leadership Notes An offset dark leadership composition with portrait-led profiles and native expandable biographies for a small senior team. Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/leads/) Team 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. Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/directory/)