Feature stagger strip, Pattern Paste Canonical: https://patternpaste.com/pattern/feature-stagger-strip.html Core Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/) Features (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/features/) Catalogue access Standard # Feature stagger strip Three vertical feature columns arranged in a staggered descending rhythm with top margin offsets and hairline-bordered cards. ## All patterns Search patterns Loading patterns… Start here ## What you change first - Stage tags & titles. Update the three progressive stages (Stage 01 / Authoring to Stage 03 / Distribution) to reflect your pipeline or product lifecycle. - Media slots. Add 4:3 screenshot or illustration assets to each card's image block. The signature moment ## Staggered descending cadence Instead of standard horizontal card alignment, each of the three columns is progressively offset vertically (0, var:preset|spacing|50, and var:preset|spacing|70). This staggered step effect guides the reader's eye naturally from left to right through progressive pipeline phases, breaking the monotony of standard 3-box grids. Theme handoff ## What comes from where ### From your theme - Typeface. - Palette. - Rules. - Spacing. ### Set by this pattern - Proportion. - Typography hierarchy. 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 Three vertical feature columns arranged in a staggered descending rhythm with top margin offsets and hairline-bordered cards. ### The signature moment: staggered descending cadence Instead of standard horizontal card alignment, each of the three columns is progressively offset vertically (0, var:preset|spacing|50, and var:preset|spacing|70). This staggered step effect guides the reader's eye naturally from left to right through progressive pipeline phases, breaking the monotony of standard 3-box grids. Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first ### What you change first - Stage tags & titles. Update the three progressive stages (Stage 01 / Authoring to Stage 03 / Distribution) to reflect your pipeline or product lifecycle. - Media slots. Add 4:3 screenshot or illustration assets to each card's image block. Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast ### What it inherits from your theme - Typeface. Inherits all theme font styles for headings, stage labels, and body paragraphs. - Palette. Section ground uses base (falling back to white), copy uses contrast (falling back to black). Cards use role-plate and role-plate-text. - Rules. Card perimeter hairlines use role-rule falling back to contrast. - Spacing. Card offsets and gutters draw directly from core spacing presets. ### What it decides for itself - Proportion. Three equal columns (33.33%) with progressive top margin steps creating the cascade. - Typography hierarchy. Section heading on xx-large, card headings on large, body copy on medium ladder rungs. 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 (https://patternpaste.com/image-credits/) for the sources and licenses. Pasting an image URL does not import a Media Library attachment. Questions ## Feature stagger strip: common questions Does Feature stagger strip need a plugin? No. It is built only from core WordPress blocks (group, heading, image and paragraph), so it pastes into the block editor with nothing to install. Will Feature stagger strip 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 stagger strip 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. 15KB of core-block markup, 4 blocks (group, heading, image, paragraph), and nothing else: paste it into the block editor and it becomes editable blocks wearing your theme. Subscribe to copy it, £49 a year (https://patternpaste.com/account/#plan) What you copy is yours forever. Not for you? We refund within 14 days. Back to Core Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/) Catalogue access ### £49 a year All patterns, variations and theme downloads. What you copy is yours forever. Not for you? We refund within 14 days. Subscribe, £49 a year (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. Not for you? Tell us within 14 days of a payment and we refund you. After that, cancelling stops the next renewal and access runs to the end of the year you have paid for. 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. #### 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 First visit to scale What happens at a first appointment, drawn to scale: a bar of the whole appointment split into three solid segments whose widths are each step's share of the minutes, a scale line under it, then the three steps at the same widths, stacking on a tablet and a phone, with a title and a line each, and a closing note with one button. States no colour and no font of its own. (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/first-visit-to-scale.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 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. 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/). ## Specifications Section Features Access Subscription Plugin None, core blocks only Variations 1 Colour From your theme Type From your theme Motion None Blocks group, heading, image, paragraph Presets color 8, spacing 6, font-size 3 WordPress 7.0+ Continue exploring ## Next in Features Explore all 37 Features patterns (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/features/) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Features No plugin needed ### Feature split dense An asymmetrical 40/60 split pairing a strong left-hand headline pillar with a dense four-row capability ledger on the right. 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