Offbeat Project Deck
Oversized type, tilted project cards and a tactile selector. A layered portfolio with an acid-yellow authored look, or the colours and type of your own theme.
Preview patternAbout this pattern
Where Selected Work fits
Suits the work section of a studio homepage, where a few large projects deserve room and the next one peeks in to invite browsing.
Use it for
- Architecture studio portfolio
- Interior designer's projects
- Branding agency case list
- Photographer's commissions
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.
- 3imagesall required
- 4headingsall required
- 9text linesall optional
- 3itemsAdd item or Remove last item; 1 always stays
Section settings
- Appearance: Designed or Use my theme
- Animate changes
- Drag to browse
- Loop slides
- Unlock layout
How it behaves
It still works when things are switched off
Drag, swipe or use the arrow buttons to move through a continuous loop; a counter shows your place. Left and Right arrow keys browse when the rail has focus.
- 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
Selected Work: common questions
What is Selected Work for?
Suits the work section of a studio homepage, where a few large projects deserve room and the next one peeks in to invite browsing. Typical uses: architecture studio portfolio, interior designer's projects, branding agency case list and photographer's commissions.
Does Selected Work need a plugin?
Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; Selected Work arrived in plugin 0.33.0. 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 Selected Work?
As pasted it has 3 images, 4 headings and 9 text lines, 9 of them optional and removable. The items 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 Selected Work 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.
