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Contact sheet

Six square frames packed three across in two rows, with a tight gutter so the six read as one printed sheet, each frame numbered under a hairline rule.

An airy label and one line sit well above it. Includes replaceable example images.

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Twenty Twenty-Five·1280px

Manrope typefacergb(255, 255, 255) ground1280px viewport

The signature moment

Density contrast, the sheet against the air

The six frames sit at spacing|20, the tightest gutter in the catalogue, both between the columns and between the two rows, so the eye reads one grid rather than six cards. That block of six is then surrounded by air: spacing|80 above and below the band, and spacing|70 between the intro and the first row. The contrast between the packed sheet and the empty band is the whole idea, and it is made of gutter, scale and emptiness, so it survives colourlessness entirely: there is nothing to colour except the paper, the type and the hairlines, and inverting all three (see the variation) does not touch it.

Theme handoff

What comes from where

Theme and pattern

Inherits: every colour (the band is a base chain, its type a contrast chain, and every hairline is currentColor, so the rules follow the type into any theme), the typeface, and the spacing scale (spacing|80 band padding, spacing|70 between intro and sheet, spacing|30 inside the intro, spacing|20 for every gutter and for the gap between a frame and its number).

Decides: the 1:1 crop on all six frames (aspectRatio: "1" with "scale":"cover", so whatever the buyer uploads is cropped square rather than letterboxed), the three-across grid, the tight gutter, the 1240px measure with clamp(1.25rem, 4vw, 4rem) gutters, the 34rem intro measure, and the type proportion: a 13px tracked caps label against a clamp(1.5rem, 2.8vw, 2.375rem) line, with the frame numbers at the same 13px as the label so the sheet is captioned in the same voice it is introduced in.

The hairline is a per-side border-top on the small group that holds each number, not a core/separator. Twenty Twenty-Four narrows any separator that is not is-style-wide to a centred stub, and a stub under a square frame reads as a mistake; a group border is not affected by that rule and stops exactly at the frame's width, which is what a contact sheet's rule does.

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

Six square frames packed three across in two rows, numbered 01 to 06, each number sitting under a hairline rule on the band's own ground rather than on the photograph. Above the sheet, a tracked caps label and one short line, held to a 34rem measure and set a long way clear of the frames. The whole thing is a photographer's proof sheet: one printed object dropped onto a very quiet page.

The signature moment: density contrast, the sheet against the air

The six frames sit at spacing|20, the tightest gutter in the catalogue, both between the columns and between the two rows, so the eye reads one grid rather than six cards. That block of six is then surrounded by air: spacing|80 above and below the band, and spacing|70 between the intro and the first row. The contrast between the packed sheet and the empty band is the whole idea, and it is made of gutter, scale and emptiness, so it survives colourlessness entirely: there is nothing to colour except the paper, the type and the hairlines, and inverting all three (see the variation) does not touch it.

It survives the phone for the same reason. Below 782px core stacks both core/columns blocks, and because the row gap and the column gap are the same spacing|20, the six frames become a single tight column at exactly the gutter they had across, each still carrying its rule and its number. The band's spacing|80 padding does not stack, so the sheet is still a dense object in a quiet band; the only thing that changes is that the object is now tall instead of wide.

Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first

Variations

  • Ink sheet (sheet-ink): the band inverts. The ground becomes the contrast chain and all type becomes the base chain; the hairlines are currentColor in both files, so they invert without being restated. Every frame, gutter, measure and size is identical to the base, which is the point: it is the same sheet printed dark, and it is the version to use when the photographs are mostly light or when the section above it is already white.
Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast

What it inherits, what it decides

Inherits: every colour (the band is a base chain, its type a contrast chain, and every hairline is currentColor, so the rules follow the type into any theme), the typeface, and the spacing scale (spacing|80 band padding, spacing|70 between intro and sheet, spacing|30 inside the intro, spacing|20 for every gutter and for the gap between a frame and its number).

Decides: the 1:1 crop on all six frames (aspectRatio: "1" with "scale":"cover", so whatever the buyer uploads is cropped square rather than letterboxed), the three-across grid, the tight gutter, the 1240px measure with clamp(1.25rem, 4vw, 4rem) gutters, the 34rem intro measure, and the type proportion: a 13px tracked caps label against a clamp(1.5rem, 2.8vw, 2.375rem) line, with the frame numbers at the same 13px as the label so the sheet is captioned in the same voice it is introduced in.

The hairline is a per-side border-top on the small group that holds each number, not a core/separator. Twenty Twenty-Four narrows any separator that is not is-style-wide to a centred stub, and a stub under a square frame reads as a mistake; a group border is not affected by that rule and stops exactly at the frame's width, which is what a contact sheet's rule does.

Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints

What a buyer changes first

The photographs. All six image blocks include example photographs. Choose Replace on each frame to select your own images; the square crop is already set. The sheet is deliberately indifferent to what is in the frames, so a set of six related shots reads best; the design does not depend on any one of them being distinct.

Then the numbers. They are plain text, so 01-06 can become contact-sheet codes (04A, 04B), dates, or place names, as long as each stays short: they are set at 13px with 0.22em tracking, which is legible for a glanced label and not for a sentence. Anything longer than a couple of words belongs above the sheet, in the intro line, which has the measure for it.

To make the sheet nine frames, duplicate one core/columns row; to make it four, delete a column from each row. Nothing in the design is keyed to six.

Included images

The copied markup includes WordPress Photo Directory example photographs. The public image URLs keep the examples visible after pasting. Select an image or cover and choose Replace to use your own Media Library files. See image credits for the sources and licenses. Pasting an image URL does not import a Media Library attachment.

Questions

Contact sheet: common questions

Does Contact sheet need a plugin?

No. It is built only from core WordPress blocks (column, columns, group, heading, image and paragraph), so it pastes into the block editor with nothing to install.

Will Contact sheet match my theme?

Yes. It names no colour or font of its own: every colour, size and space is a preset from your theme, so it takes your theme’s palette and type when pasted.

How many variations does Contact sheet have?

2: Proof sheet and Ink sheet. Each is its own markup; choose one in the toolbar above the preview before you copy.

Can I use my own images?

Yes. Sample images stay in the copied blocks. Replace them in WordPress; pasting does not upload them to your Media Library.

Is Contact sheet free?

Yes. It is one of 62 free Core Patterns: copy it and it is yours to keep and edit.

The markup

Core block markup and nothing else. Copy it, then paste it straight into the block editor: WordPress reads the delimiters and rebuilds the blocks. This is the file as authored; the copy button on the stage applies the finish you chose there.

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Variation: Ink sheet
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-bottom:0;font-size:var(--wp--preset--font-size--x-large, clamp(1.5rem, 2.8vw, 2.375rem))">Six frames from one afternoon, printed in the order they were shot.</h2>
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<div class="wp-block-group" style="border-top-color:currentColor;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:0"><!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"color":{"text":"var(--wp--preset--color--base, var(--wp--preset--color--white))"},"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0","bottom":"0"}},"typography":{"fontSize":"0.8125rem","textTransform":"uppercase","letterSpacing":"0.22em","fontWeight":"600"}}} -->
<p class="has-text-color" style="color:var(--wp--preset--color--base, var(--wp--preset--color--white));margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-size:0.8125rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.22em;text-transform:uppercase">02</p>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><img src="https://pd.w.org/2026/05/4016a0c06d0363686.50882683-1152x1536.jpeg" alt="Dried flowers in a slender white vase against a dark green wall." style="aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover"/></figure>
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<div class="wp-block-group" style="border-top-color:currentColor;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:0"><!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"color":{"text":"var(--wp--preset--color--base, var(--wp--preset--color--white))"},"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0","bottom":"0"}},"typography":{"fontSize":"0.8125rem","textTransform":"uppercase","letterSpacing":"0.22em","fontWeight":"600"}}} -->
<p class="has-text-color" style="color:var(--wp--preset--color--base, var(--wp--preset--color--white));margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-size:0.8125rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.22em;text-transform:uppercase">03</p>
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<div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:group {"style":{"spacing":{"blockGap":"var:preset|spacing|20"}},"layout":{"type":"default"}} -->
<div class="wp-block-group"><!-- wp:image {"aspectRatio":"1","scale":"cover","sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","style":{"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0","bottom":"0"}}}} -->
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><img src="https://pd.w.org/2026/09/8226a96f19a8f6af4.18692764-1152x1536.jpg" alt="An ornate pale stone palace with a green roof beneath a cloudy sky." style="aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover"/></figure>
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<div class="wp-block-group" style="border-top-color:currentColor;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:0"><!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"color":{"text":"var(--wp--preset--color--base, var(--wp--preset--color--white))"},"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0","bottom":"0"}},"typography":{"fontSize":"0.8125rem","textTransform":"uppercase","letterSpacing":"0.22em","fontWeight":"600"}}} -->
<p class="has-text-color" style="color:var(--wp--preset--color--base, var(--wp--preset--color--white));margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-size:0.8125rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.22em;text-transform:uppercase">04</p>
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<div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:group {"style":{"spacing":{"blockGap":"var:preset|spacing|20"}},"layout":{"type":"default"}} -->
<div class="wp-block-group"><!-- wp:image {"aspectRatio":"1","scale":"cover","sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","style":{"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0","bottom":"0"}}}} -->
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><img src="https://pd.w.org/2026/08/1236a7b435955b1a1.89997651-1536x1152.jpeg" alt="An open stone temple pavilion with carved columns in a paved courtyard." style="aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover"/></figure>
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<div class="wp-block-group" style="border-top-color:currentColor;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:0"><!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"color":{"text":"var(--wp--preset--color--base, var(--wp--preset--color--white))"},"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0","bottom":"0"}},"typography":{"fontSize":"0.8125rem","textTransform":"uppercase","letterSpacing":"0.22em","fontWeight":"600"}}} -->
<p class="has-text-color" style="color:var(--wp--preset--color--base, var(--wp--preset--color--white));margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-size:0.8125rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.22em;text-transform:uppercase">05</p>
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<div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:group {"style":{"spacing":{"blockGap":"var:preset|spacing|20"}},"layout":{"type":"default"}} -->
<div class="wp-block-group"><!-- wp:image {"aspectRatio":"1","scale":"cover","sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","style":{"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0","bottom":"0"}}}} -->
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><img src="https://pd.w.org/2026/09/5456a96eac1a20c70.83624730-1152x1536.jpg" alt="A coastal town with terracotta rooftops beside a calm blue sea." style="aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover"/></figure>
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<div class="wp-block-group" style="border-top-color:currentColor;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:0"><!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"color":{"text":"var(--wp--preset--color--base, var(--wp--preset--color--white))"},"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0","bottom":"0"}},"typography":{"fontSize":"0.8125rem","textTransform":"uppercase","letterSpacing":"0.22em","fontWeight":"600"}}} -->
<p class="has-text-color" style="color:var(--wp--preset--color--base, var(--wp--preset--color--white));margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-size:0.8125rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.22em;text-transform:uppercase">06</p>
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Case study summary

One project told as a case study.

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Cover trio

Three photograph frames in a row, each a cover with a small caption plate in its bottom-left corner, and the middle frame raised above the other two.

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Six portrait frames in three columns of two, each column started lower than the one before it, so the frames read as a descending diagonal.

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