Hero arch, Pattern Paste Canonical: https://patternpaste.com/pattern/hero-arch.html Core Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/) Hero (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/hero/) Catalogue access Standard # Hero arch A shop or studio hero with the photograph cut into an arch, rounded across the top and square at the foot, beside a display headline, a short lead and two actions. A small round badge carrying the year the business opened overlaps the foot of the arch. Example image included and replaceable in the editor. States no colour and no font of its own. ## All patterns Search patterns Loading patterns… Start here ## What to change first - The photograph. Select it and choose Replace; the arch stays. - The badge. Click into it and type your own year or a rating. - The links. #visit and #plants. The signature moment ## The badge sits on the doorstep of the arch The photograph is rounded fully across the top and square at the foot, an arch rather than a rounded rectangle, and a disc half on and half off its foot stamps the year. The arch is a per-corner radius on the image, so any photograph a buyer drops in is cut the same way. The badge is a plain-colour cover with an aspect ratio of one and a 50% radius, lapped up over the arch by a negative top margin on the second child of a vertical flex group, so the lap never collapses into the column above it. Theme handoff ## What comes from where ### From your theme - Typeface. - Palette. - Buttons. ### Set by this pattern - The arch. - The headline size. 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 hero for a shop, studio or practice with a real front door: the photograph is cut into an arch beside the headline, and a small round badge carrying the year the business opened overlaps the foot of the arch. It sits in the hero section beside hero-column-portrait, whose picture is a plain column, and hero-plate-on-paper, which frames the whole hero as a card. ### The signature moment: the badge sits on the doorstep of the arch The photograph is rounded fully across the top and square at the foot, an arch rather than a rounded rectangle, and a disc half on and half off its foot stamps the year. The arch is a per-corner radius on the image, so any photograph a buyer drops in is cut the same way. The badge is a plain-colour cover with an aspect ratio of one and a 50% radius, lapped up over the arch by a negative top margin on the second child of a vertical flex group, so the lap never collapses into the column above it. Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first ### What to change first - The photograph. Select it and choose Replace; the arch stays. - The badge. Click into it and type your own year or a rating. - The links. #visit and #plants. Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast ### What it inherits from your theme - Typeface. The base states no font family. - Palette. The ground is your base and the text your contrast. The badge is your contrast behind base type, with a base ring that parts it from the photograph. The eyebrow tries role-label and the link role-link, both falling back to contrast; the rule over the opening hours is currentColor. - Buttons. The first action is your theme's button with a stated padding for a 44px target; the second is a transparent, underlined core button. ### What it decides for itself - The arch. 999px top corners, which WordPress and every browser scale down to exactly half the photograph's width, so the top is a true semicircle at every width. Square bottom corners. - The headline size. Off the ladder on purpose: the headline and the arch are the composition. The lead is capped at 34rem so it keeps a readable measure. ### Display type Off the theme's ladder on purpose, because the size is the composition: - heading at clamp(2.625rem, 5.2vw, 4.75rem) (the headline) - paragraph at 2rem (the year in the badge) Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints ### The Peony and fern look A Styled variation with its own colours and type: pale peony ground #f7e6df, deep fern ink #1d3326, a fern badge #2e6a45 with peony type and a peony ring, and a pill-shaped deep fern button that echoes the arch. The headline and the year are Palatino, everything else Avenir Next at 400. Every text pair is measured on its painted ground. Take the base if you want your theme's colours. ### Notes - Core blocks only: group, columns, column, heading, paragraph, image, cover, buttons, button. No plugin, nothing to keep updated. - Text is measured at 4.5:1 against the ground it actually sits on. ### 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 ## Hero arch: common questions Does Hero arch need a plugin? No. It is built only from core WordPress blocks (button, buttons, column, columns, cover, group, heading, image and paragraph), so it pastes into the block editor with nothing to install. Will Hero arch match my theme? Choose by variation. Arch and badge takes your theme’s palette; Peony and fern brings its own colours. How many variations does Hero arch have? 2: Arch and badge and Peony and fern. Each is its own markup; choose one in the toolbar above the preview before you copy. 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 Hero arch free? It is included with a subscription, with every Core Pattern and variation. 56 Core Patterns are free to copy without one. 9.2KB of core-block markup, 9 blocks (button, buttons, column, columns, cover, 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, £119 a year (https://patternpaste.com/account/#plan) What you copy is yours forever. Cancel whenever. Back to Core Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/) Catalogue access ### £119 a year All patterns, variations and theme downloads. What you copy is yours forever. Cancel whenever. Subscribe, £119 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. 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. #### Pair with Features Feature alternating Four feature rows, each a 4:3 frame set against its copy, with the seam flipping side to side down the page. The hairline that closes each row runs only under the text half, so the rule changes sides with the picture and the section never squares up on one edge. Example images are included and can be replaced in the editor. States no colour and no font of its own. (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/feature-alternating.html)Stats Stat callout A high-impact framed spotlight plaque: a central marquee figure and bold executive statement sit above a ruled three-part corroboration shelf enclosed within the same 1px currentColor architectural frame. States no colour and no font of its own. (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/stat-callout.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. 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 Hero Access Subscription Plugin None, core blocks only Variations 2 Colour From your theme or its own palette Type From your theme or its own type Motion None Blocks button, buttons, column, columns, cover, group, heading, image, paragraph Presets color 6, spacing 4, font-size 1 WordPress 7.0+ Continue exploring ## Next in Hero Explore all 23 Hero patterns (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/hero/) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Hero No plugin needed ### 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. Hero Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/hero-aperture.html) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Hero No plugin needed ### Hero column portrait An opening section whose photograph stands as a column rather than a band: a tracked eyebrow, a display headline, a lede held to a 30rem measure and two actions on the left, and on the right a single portrait cover taller than everything beside it, carrying nothing but one tracked caption on an opaque plate at its foot. Hero Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/hero-column-portrait.html) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Hero No plugin needed ### Hero cover rail A full-bleed hero on your own photograph, with a 1px hairline running down the middle of the picture to divide the statement from the facts. Hero Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/hero-cover-rail.html)