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What you change first
- Replace the three images and alt text with product screenshots or service imagery using the Media Library.
- Rewrite each "Step N of 3" label, h3 and paragraph as one step; keep the label in step with the count.
- Keep three stages where possible; beyond five, this explanation wants its own page or a chapters pattern.
- 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
Open a topic for the complete design reasoning, editing guidance and implementation notes.
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
- Replace the three images and alt text with product screenshots or service imagery using the Media Library.
- Rewrite each "Step N of 3" label, h3 and paragraph as one step; keep the label in step with the count.
- Keep three stages where possible; beyond five, this explanation wants its own page or a chapters pattern.
- 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
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…