Cinema Stories
A cinematic split story slider with monumental titles, immersive photography and a numbered reader-controlled index for an independent film journal.
Preview patternAbout this pattern
Where Reveal fits
Opens a renovation, interiors or garden page where one transformation says more than a gallery, with the change as the first thing seen.
Use it for
- Interior styling hero
- Renovation case study
- Landscaping before and after
- Home staging service 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.
- 2imagesboth required
- 1headingoptional
- 3text linesall optional
Section settings
- Appearance: Designed or Use my theme
- Animate changes
- Unlock layout
How it behaves
It still works when things are switched off
Drag or flick the seam, tap the photograph, or choose Before, Split or After. Arrow keys move the seam, Home and End jump to each side, and Enter or Space swaps views.
- 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
Reveal: common questions
What is Reveal for?
Opens a renovation, interiors or garden page where one transformation says more than a gallery, with the change as the first thing seen. Typical uses: interior styling hero, renovation case study, landscaping before and after and home staging service page.
Does Reveal need a plugin?
Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; Reveal arrived in plugin 0.41.0. 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 Reveal?
As pasted it has 2 images, 1 heading and 3 text lines, 4 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 Reveal 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.
