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Emergency strip

A slim emergency band one line tall on a desktop: the problem as a question, the promise of how fast you arrive, and the phone number as a tap-to-call button, stacking on a phone.

A lighter companion to the full call-now band, for the top or foot of any trade page. States no colour and no font of its own.

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Twenty Twenty-Five·1280px

Manrope typefacergb(255, 255, 255) ground1280px viewport

Start here

What to change first

The phone number in both the label and the tel: link, the town, and the response time you can honestly promise.

The signature moment

The problem, the promise and the number on one line

The whole band is one line on a desktop, read left to right as a sentence: what has gone wrong, how fast you will be there, the number to ring. The padding is the 30 spacing rung top and bottom, so the band is barely taller than its type. The mark survives colourlessness because it is made of sequence and scale: the question is bold, the promise is body size, and the number is the largest thing in the band, pushed to the far edge.

Theme handoff

What comes from where

From your theme

  • The slab is contrast and every line of type is base, each a two-rung chain, so the band inverts whatever your theme's text and ground are. The "24/7" tag reverses back to base with contrast type.
  • The number is a transparent button in base, underlined with textDecoration, with 0.625rem of vertical padding so the tap target is at least 44px tall.
  • The question and the number are bare clamp() sizes because their scale is the composition; the promise is on medium. The typeface is your theme's.

Set by this pattern

  • One flex row with space-between and wrapping on: the question and promise hold the left, the number the right, and the parts wrap below each other as the width runs out.

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 slim band for a trade that answers the phone at night. On an inverted slab a small "24/7" tag, the problem as a question and the promise of how fast you arrive run along one line, with the phone number at the right as a real tap-to-call link. On a phone the three parts stack. It is the lighter companion to cta-call-now: that one is a closing band with the number at display size, this one can sit at the top or foot of any page without taking it over.

The signature moment: the problem, the promise and the number on one line

The whole band is one line on a desktop, read left to right as a sentence: what has gone wrong, how fast you will be there, the number to ring. The padding is the 30 spacing rung top and bottom, so the band is barely taller than its type. The mark survives colourlessness because it is made of sequence and scale: the question is bold, the promise is body size, and the number is the largest thing in the band, pushed to the far edge.

Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first

What to change first

The phone number in both the label and the tel: link, the town, and the response time you can honestly promise.

Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast

What it inherits from your theme

  • The slab is contrast and every line of type is base, each a two-rung chain, so the band inverts whatever your theme's text and ground are. The "24/7" tag reverses back to base with contrast type.
  • The number is a transparent button in base, underlined with textDecoration, with 0.625rem of vertical padding so the tap target is at least 44px tall.
  • The question and the number are bare clamp() sizes because their scale is the composition; the promise is on medium. The typeface is your theme's.

What it decides for itself

  • One flex row with space-between and wrapping on: the question and promise hold the left, the number the right, and the parts wrap below each other as the width runs out.
Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints

The Styled look

midnight-and-orange states a midnight ground #0f1720, near-white type #f4f6f8 and signal orange #ff6a13 for the tag and the call button, whose midnight label reads at over 7:1. The button has a 4px corner and is set in Arial Black like the question, over an Arial promise at weight 400.

Questions

Emergency strip: common questions

Does Emergency strip need a plugin?

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

Will Emergency strip match my theme?

Choose by variation. One line takes your theme’s palette; Midnight and orange brings its own colours.

How many variations does Emergency strip have?

2: One line and Midnight and orange. Each is its own markup; choose one in the toolbar above the preview before you copy.

Is Emergency strip 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

4.3KB of core-block markup, 4 blocks (button, buttons, group, paragraph), and nothing else: paste it into the block editor and it becomes editable blocks wearing your theme.

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