Studio Capabilities
Monumental service words in a bold studio ribbon with a stationary introduction and editable supporting notes.
Preview patternAbout this pattern
Where A Quieter Compass fits
Suits a travel or services page where visitors compare a few options, since one large photograph changes with each title they open.
Use it for
- Retreat destination guide
- Holiday cottage collection
- Walking tour routes
- Venue spaces overview
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.
- 4imagesall required
- 5headingsall required
- 6text lines4 optional
- 4buttonsall required
- 4itemsAdd item or Remove last item; 1 always stays
Section settings
- Appearance: Designed or Use my theme
- Animate changes
- Image side
- Unlock layout
How it behaves
It still works when things are switched off
Choose a title to open its text and bring its photograph into the frame. Up and Down arrows move between titles; Home and End jump to the first or last.
- 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
A Quieter Compass: common questions
What is A Quieter Compass for?
Suits a travel or services page where visitors compare a few options, since one large photograph changes with each title they open. Typical uses: retreat destination guide, holiday cottage collection, walking tour routes and venue spaces overview.
Does A Quieter Compass need a plugin?
Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; A Quieter Compass arrived in plugin 0.28.2. 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 A Quieter Compass?
As pasted it has 4 images, 5 headings, 6 text lines and 4 buttons, 4 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 A Quieter Compass 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.
