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What you change first
Replace the images and the copy, then set the action URLs. Duplicate or remove a complete person or story group where needed.
The signature moment
An offset still life balances a quiet editorial masthead
An editorial hero with an offset object photograph, copy, a second small still and native story disclosure. The base carries this composition through scale, image placement and rules. The styled variation restores the Designed kind’s palette and its system face while keeping every block editable.
Theme handoff
What comes from where
From your theme
The base inherits colour and typeface. Body text uses a medium rung and aims at 4.5:1 contrast; display text at 3:1. The stated variation sets both ground and text.
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
An editorial hero with an offset object photograph, copy, a second small still and native story disclosure.
The signature moment: an offset still life balances a quiet editorial masthead
An editorial hero with an offset object photograph, copy, a second small still and native story disclosure. The base carries this composition through scale, image placement and rules. The styled variation restores the Designed kind’s palette and its system face while keeping every block editable.
Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first
What you change first
Replace the images and the copy, then set the action URLs. Duplicate or remove a complete person or story group where needed.
Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast
What it inherits from your theme
The base inherits colour and typeface. Body text uses a medium rung and aims at 4.5:1 contrast; display text at 3:1. The stated variation sets both ground and text.
Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints
What the buyer gets
The Designed kind’s example copy and reviewed public images. Replace the examples in the editor, along with placeholder action URLs.
Responsive composition
The columns stack on a phone, keeping images with their text. Review the 1920, 1280, 820 and 390 pixel sheets.
Included images
The exact image URLs from the Designed kind are in the reviewed registries under assets/. Pasting a URL does not import an attachment. See image credits.
Questions
Editorial still life: common questions
Does Editorial still life need a plugin?
No. It is built only from core WordPress blocks (button, buttons, column, columns, details, group, heading, image, paragraph and separator), so it pastes into the block editor with nothing to install.
Will Editorial still life match my theme?
Choose by variation. Editorial still life takes your theme’s palette; Editorial still life styled brings its own colours.
How many variations does Editorial still life have?
2: Editorial still life and Editorial still life styled. 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 Editorial still life free?
It is included with a subscription, with every Core Pattern and variation. 50 Core Patterns are free to copy without one.
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…Variation: Editorial still life styled
Fetching the markup…
