Further reading: compact list, Pattern Paste Canonical: https://patternpaste.com/pattern/article-reading-list.html Library (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/) Single articles (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/single-articles/) Catalogue access Standard # Further reading: compact list A curated further-reading section with an introduction, three realistic article headlines and substantial excerpts. Simple rules separate recommendations and each has its own reading action. Core blocks only, with editable sample content and no plugin required. Inherits your theme’s colours and typeface. Start here ## What to change first Replace the sample text, then add or remove complete sections in List View. This pattern contains no photographs. Check long headings and paragraphs on a phone after replacing the sample copy. Choose the linked articles yourself and replace every example URL. This is manual curation, not a Query Loop or an automatic related-posts feature. The signature moment ## Three recommendations share one reading measure and three closing rules A curated further-reading section with an introduction, three realistic article headlines and substantial excerpts. Simple rules separate recommendations and each has its own reading action. Theme handoff ## What comes from where ### From your theme The theme supplies the typeface, heading leading and weight, link treatment, and spacing scale. Colours use contrast and base fallback chains ending in core black and white. Incidental uppercase labels start with role-label. Structural borders use currentColor. No accent carries text. ### Set by this pattern The composition and its relative widths are authored. Body copy uses the medium preset with a readable clamp fallback and 1.6 line height. Section headings use x-large; smaller headings use large. All headings state their own ink chain. Narrow groups keep the theme's content measure. Columns stack below WordPress's mobile breakpoint; automatic grids reflow according to their minimum track width. There is no fixed-height reading area. Full pattern notes ## Why it works, and how it is built Open a topic for the complete design reasoning, editing guidance and implementation notes. Design rationaleComposition, intent and nearest alternatives ### Overview A curated further-reading section with an introduction, three realistic article headlines and substantial excerpts. Simple rules separate recommendations and each has its own reading action. ### The signature moment: three recommendations share one reading measure and three closing rules A curated further-reading section with an introduction, three realistic article headlines and substantial excerpts. Simple rules separate recommendations and each has its own reading action. Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first ### What to change first Replace the sample text, then add or remove complete sections in List View. This pattern contains no photographs. Check long headings and paragraphs on a phone after replacing the sample copy. Choose the linked articles yourself and replace every example URL. This is manual curation, not a Query Loop or an automatic related-posts feature. Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast ### What it inherits The theme supplies the typeface, heading leading and weight, link treatment, and spacing scale. Colours use contrast and base fallback chains ending in core black and white. Incidental uppercase labels start with role-label. Structural borders use currentColor. No accent carries text. ### What it decides The composition and its relative widths are authored. Body copy uses the medium preset with a readable clamp fallback and 1.6 line height. Section headings use x-large; smaller headings use large. All headings state their own ink chain. Narrow groups keep the theme's content measure. Columns stack below WordPress's mobile breakpoint; automatic grids reflow according to their minimum track width. There is no fixed-height reading area. ### Display type Small labels and narrow supporting copy keep a clamp from 15px to 16px. Uppercase labels use 0.08em tracking. No heading uses a display size outside the theme's ladder. ### Contrast and verification All reading text, labels and links are held to 4.5:1. Large headings are held to 3:1. The scoped verify:pattern run checks editor validity at both supported WordPress targets, responsive layout, colour contrast and theme renders. The verification sheet is under .wp-verify/sheets/article-reading-list/sheet.png. Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints ### Where to paste it Paste into a post or page's content area. This is an editable content pattern, not a Single Post template. Your theme supplies the post title, date and site header; this payload has no duplicate h1 or dynamic post-context requirement. It works with ordinary core blocks and needs no companion plugin. ### Sample content The recommendations are manually curated examples with full headlines and editorial excerpts. Replace every example URL and describe what readers will get from the linked article; these are not dynamic post fields. The longer copy demonstrates wrapping and vertical rhythm. 10KB of core-block markup, 5 blocks (button, buttons, group, heading, paragraph), and nothing else: paste it into the block editor and it becomes editable blocks wearing your theme. Start free trial to copy (https://patternpaste.com/account/#plan) What you copy is yours forever. Cancel whenever. Back to the library (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/) Catalogue access ### £70 a year Save £50 Or £10 a month All patterns, variations and theme downloads. What you copy is yours forever. Cancel whenever. Start with three days of full access on sign-up, no card. Start free trial (https://patternpaste.com/account/#plan) Sign in (https://patternpaste.com/account/) Everything you copy is yours to keep, forever, on any site; access to the rest of the library runs while you subscribe. Cancel any time; access runs to the end of the period you have paid for, and there is no pro-rata refund. Prices are in pounds and are the full price in the UK, the US and eleven other countries; elsewhere the checkout adds your local VAT or sales tax. The terms name every country. #### Use it for - Further reading - Curated related articles #### Before you paste Requires a block theme on WordPress 6.7 to 7.0. Classic themes and page builders are outside our supported setup. Adaptive patterns use the block theme’s colour, spacing and typography presets; styled variations declare their own colours or type. How we test patterns (https://patternpaste.com/how-we-test/) #### What's inside Blocks button, buttons, group, heading, paragraph Core only yes Chains 26, deepest 3 rungs currentColor yes color base, black, contrast, role-link, white spacing 40, 50 font-size large, medium, x-large Continue exploring ## Next in Single articles Explore all 13 Single articles patterns (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/single-articles/) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Single articles Single articles Standard ### Further reading: image pair Two curated article recommendations with photographs, category labels, realistic headlines and longer excerpts. 6 blocks Open preview (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/article-reading-cards.html) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Single articles Single articles Standard ### Key takeaways: three cards A fuller article recap with an introductory paragraph and three numbered cards. 3 blocks Open preview (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/article-takeaways-grid.html) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Single articles Single articles Standard ### Key takeaways: ruled list An article summary with a short heading in a left column and three substantial takeaways on the right. 7 blocks Open preview (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/article-takeaways-list.html)