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What to change first
The four amounts, what each one buys, the charity name and number, and the #donate links on every button.
The signature moment
Every amount is named by the thing it buys
The amount is the biggest thing on each card and the sentence under it is the thing it buys, so the grid reads as a row of outcomes rather than a price list. The amounts are a bare clamp(3rem, 4.6vw, 4.5rem): their size is the composition, so they sit off the type ladder on purpose. The mark survives colourlessness because it is made of scale and position: the four amounts sit on one line across the grid, the "buys" line is on the large rung under each, and the most given gift is set apart by inversion, not by a colour.
Theme handoff
What comes from where
From your theme
- The ground is
baseand every line of type iscontrast, each a two-rung chain; the most given card inverts them. Text is at 4.5:1 or better in the stock themes, and the amounts are display type. - The card borders are
currentColor(the inverted card borders incontrast), so they follow your text. - The labels start on
role-labeland the "Give another amount" link onrole-link, both falling through tocontrast. - The Donate buttons state no colour, so your theme's button paints them; the one on the inverted card is
basewithcontrasttype so it stays visible. Every button states its padding, so the tap target holds in any theme. - The heading is on the
x-largerung, the "buys" lines onlarge, body copy onmedium. The typeface is your theme's.
Set by this pattern
- The cards are a grid with a 16rem minimum column: four across at 1280 and above, two by two at 820, one column on a phone.
- Each card is a vertical flex group with its content pushed apart, so the Donate buttons line up along the foot of the row.
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
Four ways to give to a charity, each named by what it pays for. A tracked label, a heading and one line of context sit above four cards; each card carries a short label, the amount at display size, what that amount buys, one plain line of how, and a Donate button on its foot. The third card is the most given gift and is inverted. Under the cards one note line holds the charity number and Gift Aid, beside a link to give another amount.
The signature moment: every amount is named by the thing it buys
The amount is the biggest thing on each card and the sentence under it is the thing it buys, so the grid reads as a row of outcomes rather than a price list. The amounts are a bare clamp(3rem, 4.6vw, 4.5rem): their size is the composition, so they sit off the type ladder on purpose. The mark survives colourlessness because it is made of scale and position: the four amounts sit on one line across the grid, the "buys" line is on the large rung under each, and the most given gift is set apart by inversion, not by a colour.
Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first
What to change first
The four amounts, what each one buys, the charity name and number, and the #donate links on every button.
Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast
What it inherits from your theme
- The ground is
baseand every line of type iscontrast, each a two-rung chain; the most given card inverts them. Text is at 4.5:1 or better in the stock themes, and the amounts are display type. - The card borders are
currentColor(the inverted card borders incontrast), so they follow your text. - The labels start on
role-labeland the "Give another amount" link onrole-link, both falling through tocontrast. - The Donate buttons state no colour, so your theme's button paints them; the one on the inverted card is
basewithcontrasttype so it stays visible. Every button states its padding, so the tap target holds in any theme. - The heading is on the
x-largerung, the "buys" lines onlarge, body copy onmedium. The typeface is your theme's.
What it decides for itself
- The cards are a grid with a 16rem minimum column: four across at 1280 and above, two by two at 820, one column on a phone.
- Each card is a vertical flex group with its content pushed apart, so the Donate buttons line up along the foot of the row.
Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints
The Styled look
peach-and-teal states a peach ground #fbe6d4, dark brown ink #2b1d16, warm white cards #fffaf4 with 14px corners and a deep teal #0e5a5a plate for the most given gift. The Donate buttons are teal with warm white type and a 10px corner (the one on the teal plate reverses it), and the amounts and headings are Georgia over a Helvetica body at weight 400. It is for a food bank, a hospice or a local appeal that wants to look warm and trusted.
Questions
Donate impact tiers: common questions
Does Donate impact tiers need a plugin?
No. It is built only from core WordPress blocks (button, buttons, group, heading and paragraph), so it pastes into the block editor with nothing to install.
Will Donate impact tiers match my theme?
Choose by variation. Four gifts takes your theme’s palette; Peach and teal brings its own colours.
How many variations does Donate impact tiers have?
2: Four gifts and Peach and teal. Each is its own markup; choose one in the toolbar above the preview before you copy.
Is Donate impact tiers free?
It is included with a subscription, with every Core Pattern and variation. 56 Core Patterns are free to copy without one.
Which WordPress version does it need?
Requires a block theme on WordPress 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.
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.
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Variation: Peach and teal
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