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What to change first
- The dishes and marks. Each dish is one paragraph; duplicate a course group to add a course.
- The photograph.
- The note at the foot.
The signature moment
A centred place-card menu where every course is a choice of two, divided by an italic "or"
Each course is a small label over two dishes with an italic "or" between them, centred down a card about 30rem wide, with a short centred rule between courses, so it reads as a printed card rather than a list. The last course swaps the "or" for "and" (pudding, and the cake). Dietary marks follow each dish and a key sits at the foot. The card is two nested bordered groups, an outer hairline and an inner rule inset 0.625rem. The photograph is a core/cover as a grid cell, so it stretches to the card's height on a laptop and becomes a band of at least 16rem above the card on a phone.
Theme handoff
What comes from where
From your theme
- Typeface.
- Palette.
Set by this pattern
- The heading.
- The card's width.
- The grid.
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 breakfast menu made as the card that sits on each place setting. A narrow double-ruled card stands beside a tall photograph of the table, and every course is a choice of two. It sits in the listings section beside menu-course-columns (three columns, prices on dotted leaders), menu-single-sheet (the weekday is the headline), menu-chalkboard (the board behind the counter) and price-list-treatments: none drops the prices for a paired choice.
The signature moment: a centred place-card menu where every course is a choice of two, divided by an italic "or"
Each course is a small label over two dishes with an italic "or" between them, centred down a card about 30rem wide, with a short centred rule between courses, so it reads as a printed card rather than a list. The last course swaps the "or" for "and" (pudding, and the cake). Dietary marks follow each dish and a key sits at the foot. The card is two nested bordered groups, an outer hairline and an inner rule inset 0.625rem. The photograph is a core/cover as a grid cell, so it stretches to the card's height on a laptop and becomes a band of at least 16rem above the card on a phone.
Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first
What to change first
- The dishes and marks. Each dish is one paragraph; duplicate a course group to add a course.
- The photograph.
- The note at the foot.
Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast
What it inherits from your theme
- Typeface. The base states no font family.
- Palette. The card is your
basecolour withcontrasttype, both rules and the short rulescurrentColor. Labels are on the label role. The photograph carries no veil and no type.
What it decides for itself
- The heading. The
x-largerung; the "or" thelargerung, italic. - The card's width. 30rem, held by a constrained wrapper.
- The grid.
minimumColumnWidth: 26rem: photograph and card side by side from 1000px wide, stacked below.
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.
- The example photograph is from the WordPress.org Photo Directory (CC0).
Questions
Menu place card: common questions
Does Menu place card need a plugin?
No. It is built only from core WordPress blocks (cover, group, heading, paragraph and separator), so it pastes into the block editor with nothing to install.
Will Menu place card match my theme?
Choose by variation. Place card takes your theme’s palette; Vow brings its own colours.
How many variations does Menu place card have?
2: Place 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 Menu place 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
Core block markup and nothing else. Copy it, then paste it straight into the block editor: WordPress reads the delimiters and rebuilds the blocks.
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Variation: Vow
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