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What to change first
- The dishes. Replace each photograph, name, price and note.
- The word. Today can be This week, or a weekday.
- The link.
#menu.
The signature moment
Today is the headline
The band leads with one word, Today, at display size, in the same row as the three dishes it introduces. The word takes a narrow first column and the dishes three equal columns beside it, all between two full-width rules, so on a laptop and a tablet the band reads left to right like the counter itself; on a phone it stacks, Today first. Each price sits on its own line under the dish name, so a narrow column never breaks it.
Theme handoff
What comes from where
From your theme
- Typeface.
- Palette.
- Buttons.
Set by this pattern
- Today.
- Dish names and prices.
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 band for a café or bakery home page: between two rules, the word Today at display size with a line and one action, then three dishes, each a landscape photograph with its name, price and a note. It sits in the call-to-action section: the ask is the day's food, not a form.
The signature moment: today is the headline
The band leads with one word, Today, at display size, in the same row as the three dishes it introduces. The word takes a narrow first column and the dishes three equal columns beside it, all between two full-width rules, so on a laptop and a tablet the band reads left to right like the counter itself; on a phone it stacks, Today first. Each price sits on its own line under the dish name, so a narrow column never breaks it.
Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first
What to change first
- The dishes. Replace each photograph, name, price and note.
- The word. Today can be This week, or a weekday.
- The link.
#menu.
Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast
What it inherits from your theme
- Typeface. The base states no font family.
- Palette. Your
baseground andcontrasttext; the two rules tryrole-ruleand the labelrole-label, falling back tocontrast. - Buttons. Your theme's button with a stated padding.
What it decides for itself
- Today. Off the ladder on purpose:
clamp(3.5rem, 7vw, 6rem). - Dish names and prices. The
largerung.
Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints
The Crumb look
Part of the Crumb Pattern Set, one café's whole site in one design language: oat ground #f4ecdf, espresso ink #2b1d16, muted cocoa #5c4a3f, milk cards #fbf7f0 on oat hairlines #dccfbf, terracotta #b3462d labels and peach #e8a27c on the espresso slab. Headings are Georgia at 400, body, labels and buttons Helvetica; buttons are espresso pills or underlined links, cards and photographs rounded at 14px. 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, heading, paragraph, image, buttons, button. No plugin, nothing to keep updated.
- The root group sets headings and links to
currentColor, so every heading, paragraph and link inherits the group's text colour in any theme; only role-bearing text (labels, rules, plates) carries its own chain.
Included images
The copied markup includes WordPress Photo Directory example photographs. The public image URLs keep the examples visible after pasting. Select an image and choose Replace to use your own Media Library files. See image credits for the sources and licenses. Pasting an image URL does not import a Media Library attachment.
Questions
Specials today band: common questions
Does Specials today band need a plugin?
No. It is built only from core WordPress blocks (button, buttons, column, columns, group, heading, image and paragraph), so it pastes into the block editor with nothing to install.
Will Specials today band match my theme?
Choose by variation. Today takes your theme’s palette; Crumb brings its own colours.
How many variations does Specials today band have?
2: Today and Crumb. 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 Specials today band free?
It is included with a subscription, with every Core Pattern and variation. 56 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: Crumb
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