Feature slider walkthrough, Pattern Paste Canonical: https://patternpaste.com/pattern/feature-slider-walkthrough.html Interactive (https://patternpaste.com/interactive/) Content Slider (https://patternpaste.com/interactive/content-slider/) Catalogue access Needs plugin (https://patternpaste.com/docs/install-pattern-paste/) # 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. Start here ## 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. 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. Start free trial to copy (https://patternpaste.com/account/#plan) What you copy is yours forever. Cancel whenever. Back to the library (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/) Catalogue access ### £70 a year Save £50 Or £10 a month All patterns, variations and theme downloads. What you copy is yours forever. Cancel whenever. Start with three days of full access on sign-up, no card. Start free trial (https://patternpaste.com/account/#plan) Sign in (https://patternpaste.com/account/) Everything you copy is yours to keep, forever, on any site; access to the rest of the library runs while you subscribe. Cancel any time; access runs to the end of the period you have paid for, and there is no pro-rata refund. Prices are in pounds and are the full price in the UK, the US and eleven other countries; elsewhere the checkout adds your local VAT or sales tax. The terms name every country. #### Use it for - Product tours - Three-stage service explanations - Feature launches with screenshots #### 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 Install the Pattern Paste plugin first, then paste. This section embeds one of its blocks: the plugin comes with your access, downloads from your account, and takes a minute. Paste without it and the section arrives as a plain stack of your headings, text and images, with none of the motion. How to install it (https://patternpaste.com/docs/install-pattern-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 column, columns, group, heading, image, paragraph, patternpaste/content-slider Core only NO Chains 12, deepest 2 rungs currentColor no color base, black, contrast, white spacing 50, 80 font-size medium, small, x-large, xx-large Continue exploring ## Next in Interactive Explore all 36 interactive patterns (https://patternpaste.com/interactive/)Also in Features (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/features/) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Timeline Timeline Needs plugin ### Timeline chapters years A history told in dated quotations on the ink: six years, each a big numeral, a short title, a voice from that year in large italic with its attribution, and a paragraph of what happened, with two interludes that mark the parts of the story. 7 blocks Open preview (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/timeline-chapters-years.html) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Hero Hero Needs plugin ### Hero slider cover A full-width hero slideshow with three bright edge-to-edge photographs and compact opaque panels, each carrying a headline, concise introduction and action. 7 blocks Open preview (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/hero-slider-cover.html) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Gallery Gallery Editorial Needs plugin ### Portfolio slider editorial An editorial portfolio section with four broad image-led project cards and compact caption and project metadata beneath each image. 7 blocks Open preview (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/portfolio-slider-editorial.html)