Pattern Paste
Subscribe

Core Patterns Listings

Catalogue accessStandard

Menu place card

A wedding breakfast menu set as a place card: a narrow double-ruled card centred beside a tall photograph of the table, a heading, then each course as a small label over two dishes divided by an italic or, dietary marks after each dish, and a key and note at the foot.

No prices. On a phone the photograph sits above the card as a band.

All patterns

Loading patterns…

Theme
Preview size
Look

Takes your theme’s colours and type.

Twenty Twenty-Five·1280px

Manrope typefacergb(255, 255, 255) ground1280px viewport

Start here

What to change first

  1. The dishes and marks. Each dish is one paragraph; duplicate a course group to add a course.
  2. The photograph.
  3. 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

  1. The dishes and marks. Each dish is one paragraph; duplicate a course group to add a course.
  2. The photograph.
  3. 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 base colour with contrast type, both rules and the short rules currentColor. Labels are on the label role. The photograph carries no veil and no type.

What it decides for itself

  • The heading. The x-large rung; the "or" the large rung, 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

16KB of core-block markup, 5 blocks (cover, group, heading, paragraph, separator), and nothing else: paste it into the block editor and it becomes editable blocks wearing your theme.

Subscribe to copy it, £119 a yearWhat you copy is yours forever. Not for you? We refund within 14 days.

Back to Core Patterns