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What you change first
Replace the portraits, names, roles and biographies. Duplicate a complete profile group to add a person, keeping text lengths reasonably similar. Image blocks retain their chosen aspect ratio when you replace the source.
The signature moment
Large index numbers anchor three portrait essays
Each horizontal essay begins with a large index number, then a square portrait, then a wider text column. The number and top rule mark the start of a profile before the reader reaches the face. The default Dark design inverts the theme’s base and contrast pair; the Section colours variant lets the surrounding section supply those colours.
Theme handoff
What comes from where
From your theme
The typeface, heading treatment and spacing scale belong to the host theme. Every colour uses a fallback chain. The default Dark design inverts base and contrast. The Section colours variant uses base and contrast in their ordinary roles. Body copy targets 4.5:1 contrast; large display text has a 3:1 minimum. WordPress render checks measure the actual theme colours.
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
Three numbered profiles set oversized index marks beside portraits and focused biographies on an inverted section ground.
The signature moment: large index numbers anchor three portrait essays
Each horizontal essay begins with a large index number, then a square portrait, then a wider text column. The number and top rule mark the start of a profile before the reader reaches the face. The default Dark design inverts the theme’s base and contrast pair; the Section colours variant lets the surrounding section supply those colours.
Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first
What you change first
Replace the portraits, names, roles and biographies. Duplicate a complete profile group to add a person, keeping text lengths reasonably similar. Image blocks retain their chosen aspect ratio when you replace the source.
Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast
What it inherits from your theme
The typeface, heading treatment and spacing scale belong to the host theme. Every colour uses a fallback chain. The default Dark design inverts base and contrast. The Section colours variant uses base and contrast in their ordinary roles. Body copy targets 4.5:1 contrast; large display text has a 3:1 minimum. WordPress render checks measure the actual theme colours.
Display type
Section headings use the x-large rung, names use large, and body copy uses medium, all with clamp fallbacks. Labels use a 0.875rem to 1rem clamp and 1.4 line height. The index numbers deliberately use a 4rem to 9rem display clamp because their scale anchors the composition.
Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints
What the buyer gets
Three numbered profiles set oversized index marks beside portraits and focused biographies on an inverted section ground. The section works without the companion plugin. Replace the example people, roles and copy directly in the block editor.
Responsive composition
Core columns stack below WordPress’s mobile breakpoint. Grid layouts use minimum widths and reduce their column count as space narrows. Each person’s photograph and name stay grouped. Review the full section at 1920, 1280, 820 and 390 pixels in serif and sans themes.
Included images
The portraits are generated examples and depict nobody real. Their public image URLs travel with the copied markup. Choose Replace to use your own people. Pasting a URL does not import a Media Library attachment. See image credits.
Dark and Section colours
The default Dark design is used in the library thumbnail and on first opening. Its inverted background and text remain paired, so Inherit section is intentionally unavailable in this version. These are theme colour chains, not hardcoded colours.
Select Section colours, then Colour → Inherit section, to remove the named background and text colours and use those of the surrounding section. Structural rules use currentColor in this variant and follow the inherited ink.
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: Section colours
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