Feature cover bento, Pattern Paste Canonical: https://patternpaste.com/pattern/feature-cover-bento.html Library (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/) Features (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/features/) Catalogue access Standard # Feature cover bento A short heading row, then a bento of three photograph tiles: one tall cover beside two shorter ones stacked, the tall one exactly as high as the pair and the gap between them. Each tile carries a label, a feature title and one line on a heavy veil of your theme's contrast colour, so the words pass whatever photograph you choose. Includes replaceable example photographs. States no colour and no font of its own. Stacks to one column on a phone. The signature moment ## One tall cover against two short ones The bento is a two-column grid and the tall cover spans both rows, so it is never sized by a number: it stretches to exactly the two short tiles plus the gap between them, whatever the copy or the theme's type does to their height. The top and bottom edges of the pair always meet the tall tile's edges. The collision of one long picture against two squat ones is the composition, and it survives with the colour taken out. Theme handoff ## What comes from where ### Theme and pattern Inherits: every colour (band base, veil contrast, type base on the tiles and contrast in the heading row), the typeface, the spacing scale. Decides: the veil's opacity, the grid, the tile heights (26rem short, 32rem tall when stacked), the 44rem heading measure and the 24rem lede measure. Display type, off the ladder because its size IS the composition: the h2 (40px to 88px) sets the scale the bento answers, and the tall tile's title (30px to 48px) outranks the two short tiles, whose titles stay on the ladder at large. Labels keep their own size. Each cover states its text colour chain, so core's #fff cover text never applies. 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 features section in two parts: a short heading row (label, h2, one line of lede), then a bento of three core/cover tiles. One tall tile stands on one side; two shorter tiles stack on the other. Each tile carries a small label, a feature title and one line, set on the tile's veil. ### The signature moment: one tall cover against two short ones The bento is a two-column grid and the tall cover spans both rows, so it is never sized by a number: it stretches to exactly the two short tiles plus the gap between them, whatever the copy or the theme's type does to their height. The top and bottom edges of the pair always meet the tall tile's edges. The collision of one long picture against two squat ones is the composition, and it survives with the colour taken out. Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first ### Variations - Tall on the right: the same grid with the tall tile in the second column. It is source order, not a setting: the first short tile, then the tall one, then the second short one, and the grid places them. On a phone the tall tile reads second. Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast ### What it inherits, what it decides Inherits: every colour (band base, veil contrast, type base on the tiles and contrast in the heading row), the typeface, the spacing scale. Decides: the veil's opacity, the grid, the tile heights (26rem short, 32rem tall when stacked), the 44rem heading measure and the 24rem lede measure. Display type, off the ladder because its size IS the composition: the h2 (40px to 88px) sets the scale the bento answers, and the tall tile's title (30px to 48px) outranks the two short tiles, whose titles stay on the ladder at large. Labels keep their own size. Each cover states its text colour chain, so core's #fff cover text never applies. Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints ### Why type on a photograph is permitted here Type sits on each photograph only through a core/cover veil: contrast at dimRatio 80 under base type. The veil's colour is a chain and its opacity a number, so the lightest ground the words can land on is the veil over a white photograph, and that is what the contrast gate measures. Lower the veil below 80 and that stops being true. Body text is held to 4.5:1; the tile titles are large display and held to 3:1 at least, though they measure far above it. ### At each width The grid asks for two columns no narrower than 20rem. At 1920, 1280 and 820 that is the bento; below about 700px of content width it drops to one column, and the tile order becomes tall, then the two short tiles, each at its own minimum height. ### What a buyer changes first The photographs (select a tile, choose Replace), then the three titles. Keep a title to about four words and the line under it to one sentence. ### 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 (https://patternpaste.com/image-credits/) for the sources and licenses. Pasting an image URL does not import a Media Library attachment. 13KB of core-block markup, 4 blocks (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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The terms name every country. #### Pair with Hero Hero aperture An opening section on your theme's own paper: a tracked line, a display headline, one short paragraph on a reading measure, and then a picture that stops short of the edge on every side. The signature is the margin: the image is a window cut in the page rather than a band across it, and the paper around it is what you notice. A small opaque plate in the picture's bottom-right corner carries the caption, so no type ever sits on the photograph. The still-image version includes an example photograph; select your own clip for the video version. States no colour and no font of its own. (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/hero-aperture.html)How it works Steps cards Four photographic process cards with level tops and descending feet. Each plate carries a replaceable WordPress image, a tracked step label, a short title and one sentence. The grid stretches the cards while their bottom margins draw the stair, reflowing into pairs and then a single column as the page narrows. States no colour and no font of its own. (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/steps-cards.html)Compare Compact comparison rows A mobile-first responsive comparison layout using stacked capability cards: each row pairs a feature title and summary with a side-by-side comparison block, avoiding horizontal table scrolling on small screens. States no colour and no font of its own. (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/compare-compact-rows.html) #### Before you paste Requires a block theme on WordPress 6.7 to 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. How we test patterns (https://patternpaste.com/how-we-test/) Sample images stay in the copied blocks. Replace them in WordPress; pasting does not upload them to your Media Library. Video variations need your own clip. Image credits (https://patternpaste.com/image-credits/). #### What's inside Blocks cover, group, heading, paragraph Core only yes Chains 40, deepest 3 rungs currentColor no color base, black, contrast, role-label, white spacing 20, 30, 60, 70 font-size large, medium Continue exploring ## Next in Features Explore all 20 Features patterns (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/features/) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Features Features Standard ### Feature cluster micro A dense six-card grid (3x2) built with clean hairline borders, compact typography, and distinct category tags for detailed capability scanning. 3 blocks Open preview (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/feature-cluster-micro.html) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Features Features Standard ### Feature grid An even three-column feature set with generous gutters, built around oversized index numerals set at display size where a small label would normally sit. 6 blocks Open preview (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/feature-grid.html) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Features Features Hero Standard ### Feature heroic spotlight A cinematic feature showcase pairing a prominent hero media plate with a 3-column capability foundation underneath. 6 blocks Open preview (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/feature-heroic-spotlight.html)