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Cover contents

A full-bleed photograph under a heavy veil of your contrast colour, set like a magazine contents page: a large eyebrow, a display title and a short lede, then a ruled list of four rows, each a small clear photograph, a number, a large title and a text link.

The thumbnails sit on the veil with no type on them. On a phone each row stacks, the thumbnail beside its number and the title and link beneath. Includes five replaceable example photographs.

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Takes your theme’s colours and type.

Twenty Twenty-Five·1280px

Manrope typefacergb(255, 255, 255) ground1280px viewport

The signature moment

A contents page set over its own photograph

The background photograph sits under an 80% veil of your contrast, and the list is laid on the veil: four rows divided by currentColor rules, each a clear 3:2 thumbnail, a number, a large title and a text link. The thumbnails are covers at no veil, so they sit on the darkened scene as bright prints with no type on them, and the page reads as an index of photographs.

Theme handoff

What comes from where

Theme and pattern

Inherits: every colour, the typeface, the spacing scale. Decides: the veil's opacity, the 1440px measure, the 3:2 thumbnails that grow with the viewport (7rem to 20rem), and the row: a wrapping flex row, so on a phone the thumbnail and number keep their line and the title and link drop beneath.

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Why it works, and how it is built

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Design rationaleComposition, intent and nearest alternatives

Overview

A full-bleed core/cover set like a magazine's contents page: the heading, then a ruled list of four rows, each led by a small photograph of its own.

The signature moment: a contents page set over its own photograph

The background photograph sits under an 80% veil of your contrast, and the list is laid on the veil: four rows divided by currentColor rules, each a clear 3:2 thumbnail, a number, a large title and a text link. The thumbnails are covers at no veil, so they sit on the darkened scene as bright prints with no type on them, and the page reads as an index of photographs.

Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast

What it inherits, what it decides

Inherits: every colour, the typeface, the spacing scale. Decides: the veil's opacity, the 1440px measure, the 3:2 thumbnails that grow with the viewport (7rem to 20rem), and the row: a wrapping flex row, so on a phone the thumbnail and number keep their line and the title and link drop beneath.

Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints

Why type on the photograph is permitted here

At dimRatio 80 with a contrast veil, base type keeps its contrast over any photograph you choose, white or black. No type touches a thumbnail. The title is display type, a bare clamp(), because its size is the composition; the eyebrow takes the large rung, the row titles x-large, and the numbers are display type sized to sit beside the thumbnails.

What a buyer changes first

The four thumbnails and their titles, then each link's address; keep titles to one line at desktop. The background photograph is decorative, so its alt text is empty; choose one that reads as texture under the veil.

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

Cover contents: common questions

Does Cover contents need a plugin?

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

Will Cover contents match my theme?

Choose by variation. Contents on the veil takes your theme’s palette; Dusk and apricot brings its own colours.

How many variations does Cover contents have?

2: Contents on the veil and Dusk and apricot. 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 Cover contents free?

It is included with a subscription, with every Core Pattern and variation. 62 Core Patterns are free to copy without one.

The markup

17KB of core-block markup, 6 blocks (button, buttons, cover, group, heading, paragraph), and nothing else: paste it into the block editor and it becomes editable blocks wearing your theme.

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