About this pattern
Where Support Directory fits
For a help or FAQ page with enough questions to need finding, grouped by subject so readers can narrow the list themselves.
Use it for
- Help centre page
- Client FAQ
- Onboarding knowledge base
- Customer support hub
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.
- 3headingsall required
- 23text lines11 optional
- 6expandable answersall required
- 1buttonrequired
- 6itemsAdd item or Remove last item; 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 type to search the notes and filter by subject buttons; a live count reports matches. Every answer is a native disclosure that works without script.
- 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
Support Directory: common questions
What is Support Directory for?
For a help or FAQ page with enough questions to need finding, grouped by subject so readers can narrow the list themselves. Typical uses: help centre page, client FAQ, onboarding knowledge base and customer support hub.
Does Support Directory need a plugin?
Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; Support Directory 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 Support Directory?
As pasted it has 3 headings, 23 text lines, 6 expandable answers and 1 button, 11 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 Support Directory 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 Support Directory animate?
No. Its script only adds the controls, and with JavaScript off all content stays visible.