Feature slider walkthrough

An inverted feature section that explains a product in three steps, one at a time: each stage fills the frame with a large photograph and its copy beside it, named in words (Step 1 of 3) and selected with numbered controls below. Needs the companion plugin, which comes with your access; without it, or without motion, the masthead is followed by the three stages as a plain stack in the same reading order.

States no colour and no font of its own.

ThemePreview sizeMotion
As authoredColourCorners
Twenty Twenty-Five·1280pxPlays best in its own window

Manrope typefacergb(255, 255, 255) ground1280px viewport

Start here

What you change first

  1. Replace the three images and alt text with product screenshots or service imagery using the Media Library.
  2. Rewrite each "Step N of 3" label, h3 and paragraph as one step; keep the label in step with the count.
  3. Keep three stages where possible; beyond five, this explanation wants its own page or a chapters pattern.
  4. Change the h2 level to fit the page. AI tools may edit the named Slide groups directly because all content is native block markup.

The signature moment

Numbered steps advance a spacious product walkthrough with a persistent reading order

One stage at a time fills the frame: a large photograph on the left, its step named in words ("Step 1 of 3 · Choose the structure") and explained beside it, with the numbered controls 01, 02, 03 below. Nothing peeks in from the next stage, so the reader finishes one step before choosing the next.

Theme handoff

What comes from where

From your theme

Typeface and size ladder. The whole section inverts the guaranteed contrast and base chains, so every text surface stays measurable across themes; the images take the corner radius of the Finish step.

Set by this pattern

Three slides at 100% width with no gap, numbered controls with the scrollbar hidden (the numbers already say where you are; touch, drag and keys still move the row), a 60/40 split with a 3:2 image, vertically centred copy, and a fluid gutter shared by the masthead and every stage. The h2 takes the xx-large rung and each step title x-large, because a stepper shows only one stage heading at a time and it is the reading focus.

Full pattern notes

Why it works, and how it is built

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Design rationaleComposition, intent and nearest alternatives

The signature moment: Numbered steps advance a spacious product walkthrough with a persistent reading order

One stage at a time fills the frame: a large photograph on the left, its step named in words ("Step 1 of 3 · Choose the structure") and explained beside it, with the numbered controls 01, 02, 03 below. Nothing peeks in from the next stage, so the reader finishes one step before choosing the next.

Why this is not hero slider cover

The hero is also 100% wide with no gap, but each of its slides is a full-bleed photographic Cover with an opaque panel laid over it and its controls overlaid. This is a contained stepper: the image and copy sit side by side inside the section gutter, the copy is never on the photograph, and the controls sit below the stage.

Why this is not portfolio slider editorial or testimonial slider proof

Both show the next item peeking in, a row you browse. The portfolio is an image-led index of independent projects with quiet captions; the testimonial is text-led proof with no picture. This is one linear explanation where each stage depends on the one before and says where it sits in the sequence.

Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first

What you change first

  1. Replace the three images and alt text with product screenshots or service imagery using the Media Library.
  2. Rewrite each "Step N of 3" label, h3 and paragraph as one step; keep the label in step with the count.
  3. Keep three stages where possible; beyond five, this explanation wants its own page or a chapters pattern.
  4. Change the h2 level to fit the page. AI tools may edit the named Slide groups directly because all content is native block markup.
Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast

What it inherits from your theme

Typeface and size ladder. The whole section inverts the guaranteed contrast and base chains, so every text surface stays measurable across themes; the images take the corner radius of the Finish step.

What it decides for itself

Three slides at 100% width with no gap, numbered controls with the scrollbar hidden (the numbers already say where you are; touch, drag and keys still move the row), a 60/40 split with a 3:2 image, vertically centred copy, and a fluid gutter shared by the masthead and every stage. The h2 takes the xx-large rung and each step title x-large, because a stepper shows only one stage heading at a time and it is the reading focus.

Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints

What needs the plugin

The plugin adds the one-at-a-time row, numbered selection, arrows and keyboard navigation. Without the plugin, or without motion, the three native Groups form a plain stack in the same order. With reduced motion, steps change without smooth scrolling. No stage is hidden and there is no autoplay.

What is not proved

The photos illustrate the layout rather than a real software product. The sheet is the resting section, so the numbered controls, which appear only once the plugin starts, are not in it.

The markup

9.3KB of core-block markup, 7 blocks (column, columns, group, heading, image, paragraph, patternpaste/content-slider), and nothing else: paste it into the block editor and it becomes editable blocks wearing your theme.

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