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Hero invitation card

A wedding hero that is the invitation itself: a full-bleed photograph under a light veil carrying a centred double-ruled card in the order a printed invitation keeps, the families line, the two names stacked around an italic ampersand, the invitation line, the date and time, the venue, a hairline and an RSVP button beside a text link.

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Takes your theme’s colours and type.

Twenty Twenty-Five·1280px

Manrope typefacergb(255, 255, 255) ground1280px viewport

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What to change first

  1. The photograph. Replace the cover image; the veil and card stay.
  2. The names, date and venue.
  3. The links. /rsvp-and-gifts/ and /our-day/.

The signature moment

The hero is the invitation itself, a double-ruled card in the wording and order a printed invitation keeps

The card is two nested bordered groups, an outer hairline and an inner rule inset 0.625rem inside it, so it reads as a printed card with a ruled border rather than a panel. Inside: "Together with their families", the two names stacked on three lines around an italic ampersand, "invite you to celebrate their marriage", the date and time in italic, the venue in two lines, a hairline, then the RSVP button and a text link. On a laptop the card is about 34rem wide with the photograph visible on all four sides; on a phone the card takes the width less a 1rem gutter and the photograph is a band of about 12rem above it.

Theme handoff

What comes from where

From your theme

  • Typeface.
  • Palette.
  • Buttons.

Set by this pattern

  • The names.
  • The date.
  • The card's width.

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 wedding website's opening section, made as the invitation the guests were posted. A full-bleed core/cover photograph under a light veil carries one centred card, and the card carries every word, in the order a printed invitation keeps them. It sits in the hero section beside hero-plate-on-paper (a card on the page, left-aligned), cover-plate and cover-lap (a plate from a corner or straddling an edge) and hero-statement (air, no card): none of those is centred, double-ruled or ordered as an invitation.

The signature moment: the hero is the invitation itself, a double-ruled card in the wording and order a printed invitation keeps

The card is two nested bordered groups, an outer hairline and an inner rule inset 0.625rem inside it, so it reads as a printed card with a ruled border rather than a panel. Inside: "Together with their families", the two names stacked on three lines around an italic ampersand, "invite you to celebrate their marriage", the date and time in italic, the venue in two lines, a hairline, then the RSVP button and a text link. On a laptop the card is about 34rem wide with the photograph visible on all four sides; on a phone the card takes the width less a 1rem gutter and the photograph is a band of about 12rem above it.

Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first

What to change first

  1. The photograph. Replace the cover image; the veil and card stay.
  2. The names, date and venue.
  3. The links. /rsvp-and-gifts/ and /our-day/.
Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast

What it inherits from your theme

  • Typeface. The base states no font family.
  • Palette. The card is your base colour with contrast type; both rules are currentColor. The veil is 30% of your contrast colour and carries no type: every word is on the card.
  • Buttons. The RSVP button is your theme's own button with padding for a 44px target; the second is a transparent underlined link.

What it decides for itself

  • The names. Display size, clamp(2.5rem, 1.6rem + 3.6vw, 4.5rem) at a 1.05 line height: about 40px on a phone, 72px on a laptop. Off the ladder, because their size is the composition.
  • The date. Italic at clamp(1.25rem, 1.05rem + 0.8vw, 1.75rem), off the ladder so a theme with a big large rung cannot squeeze it on a phone.
  • The card's width. 34rem, held by a constrained wrapper.
Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints

The Vow look

Part of the Vow Pattern Set, a couple's whole wedding website in one design language: wisteria white #f7f5fb ground, midnight #1f2240 ink, dusk #555a78 muted ink, card white #ffffff on a wisteria hairline #d9d3e6, peony #a8365a labels on light grounds and pale peony #f2b8c9 on the midnight slab. Names and headings are Didot at 400 with an italic ampersand; body, labels and buttons are Gill Sans. Buttons are square midnight rectangles or underlined peony links; cards and photographs are square. Every text pair is measured on the ground it is painted on. Take the base for your theme's colours, or the look's Use my theme chip.

Notes

  • Core blocks only: group, cover, heading, paragraph, separator, buttons, button.
  • The example photograph is from the WordPress.org Photo Directory (CC0).

Questions

Hero invitation card: common questions

Does Hero invitation card need a plugin?

No. It is built only from core WordPress blocks (button, buttons, cover, group, heading, paragraph and separator), so it pastes into the block editor with nothing to install.

Will Hero invitation card match my theme?

Choose by variation. Invitation card takes your theme’s palette; Vow brings its own colours.

How many variations does Hero invitation card have?

2: Invitation card and Vow. 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 invitation card free?

It is included with a subscription, with every Core Pattern and variation. 62 Core Patterns are free to copy without one.

The markup

7.6KB of core-block markup, 7 blocks (button, buttons, cover, group, heading, paragraph, separator), and nothing else: paste it into the block editor and it becomes editable blocks wearing your theme.

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