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What you change first
- Card copy & categories. Adjust the uppercase kicker tags (
Architecture,Delivery,Compliance) and headlines to match your product offerings. - The media placeholder. Upload a dashboard snapshot, schematic, or interface capture into the 16:10 image block in the primary pillar card.
- Card count. If you need four features, the left card can easily be mirrored or converted into a 2x2 grid.
The signature moment
Asymmetric bento balance
Unlike an even 3-column grid where all features carry identical weight, this layout establishes a primary focal feature through height and media balance. The left card provides generous vertical space for a 16:10 preview slot alongside detailed technical prose, while the right column stacks two concise capability plates. The entire composition uses hairline borders and plate surfaces to delineate cards clearly on any host theme.
Theme handoff
What comes from where
From your theme
- Typeface.
- Palette.
- Rules.
- Spacing scale.
Set by this pattern
- Proportion.
- Typography hierarchy.
- Measure.
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
An asymmetrical 3-card bento grid pairing one tall hero pillar card on the left with two stacked capability panels on the right, establishing an immediate hierarchy of primary and supporting capabilities.
The signature moment: asymmetric bento balance
Unlike an even 3-column grid where all features carry identical weight, this layout establishes a primary focal feature through height and media balance. The left card provides generous vertical space for a 16:10 preview slot alongside detailed technical prose, while the right column stacks two concise capability plates. The entire composition uses hairline borders and plate surfaces to delineate cards clearly on any host theme.
Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first
What you change first
- Card copy & categories. Adjust the uppercase kicker tags (
Architecture,Delivery,Compliance) and headlines to match your product offerings. - The media placeholder. Upload a dashboard snapshot, schematic, or interface capture into the 16:10 image block in the primary pillar card.
- Card count. If you need four features, the left card can easily be mirrored or converted into a 2x2 grid.
Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast
What it inherits from your theme
- Typeface. The pattern states no font family. All headings and body copy take whatever typeface your theme declares.
- Palette. Ground uses
basefalling back towhite; headings and body text usecontrastfalling back toblack. Cards userole-plateandrole-plate-textchains, falling back cleanly to base/contrast pairs. - Rules. Card perimeters use
role-rulefalling back tocontrast, rendering hairline borders in any theme. - Spacing scale. Padding and gutters use core spacing presets (
spacing--40tospacing--80).
What it decides for itself
- Proportion. A 52/48 column split that maintains balanced card heights when the right column holds two stacked panels.
- Typography hierarchy. Headings use ladder rungs (
xx-largefor section title,x-largefor primary feature card,largefor secondary cards). - Measure. A constrained 42rem intro container prevents section headlines from stretching across wide desktop monitors.
Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints
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
Feature bento asymmetric: common questions
Does Feature bento asymmetric 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 Feature bento asymmetric 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.
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 Feature bento asymmetric free?
It is included with a subscription, with every Core Pattern and variation. 62 Core Patterns are free to copy without one.
Which WordPress version does it need?
Requires a block theme on WordPress 7.0 to 7.1. 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.
Fetching the markup…