Testimonial overlap cards, Pattern Paste Canonical: https://patternpaste.com/pattern/testimonial-overlap-cards.html Core Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/) Testimonials (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/testimonials/) Catalogue access Standard # Testimonial overlap cards Three review cards lapped up over the foot of a wide photograph at three different heights, each card a plate with one rounded corner, a large opening quotation mark, the review and a round portrait with the reviewer's name at its foot. The laps shrink with the screen so the photograph stays visible on a phone. Example images are included and can be replaced in the editor. States no colour and no font of its own. ## All patterns Search patterns Loading patterns… Start here ## What to change first - The reviews. Keep them close in length; the feet line up either way. - The photographs. Select the band or a portrait and choose Replace. - The link. It points at #reviews. The signature moment ## The cards climb the photograph at three heights The row of cards is pulled up over the photograph by a negative margin, and each card starts at a different depth, so their tops step across the picture while their feet stay level. Every card is a plate with one rounded corner, top right, like a page corner lifting. The photograph and the card row are children of a vertical flex group, so the lap never collapses into the section margin and the cards always paint over the picture rather than under it. Theme handoff ## What comes from where ### From your theme - Typeface. - Palette. - Buttons. ### Set by this pattern - The lap, the steps and the one rounded corner. - Proportion. 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 reviews for a cafe, shop or salon, set as cards that lap up over the foot of a wide photograph of the place. It sits in the testimonials section beside testimonial-trio, three cards on a plain ground, and testimonial-cover-quote, one quote on a photograph: here the room and the people who use it share one composition. ### The signature moment: the cards climb the photograph at three heights The row of cards is pulled up over the photograph by a negative margin, and each card starts at a different depth, so their tops step across the picture while their feet stay level. Every card is a plate with one rounded corner, top right, like a page corner lifting. The photograph and the card row are children of a vertical flex group, so the lap never collapses into the section margin and the cards always paint over the picture rather than under it. Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first ### What to change first - The reviews. Keep them close in length; the feet line up either way. - The photographs. Select the band or a portrait and choose Replace. The portraits keep their circle and the band its crop. - The link. It points at #reviews. Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast ### What it inherits from your theme - Typeface. The base states no font family. - Palette. The ground is your base and the text your contrast. The outer cards are plates (role-plate falling back to base, text role-plate-text falling back to contrast) with a currentColor hairline, and the middle card is inverted: contrast behind base type. - Buttons. The link under the cards is a transparent, underlined core button in role-link, falling back to contrast. ### What it decides for itself - The lap, the steps and the one rounded corner. - Proportion. Section heading on xx-large (hierarchy), the reviews on large; the opening quotation mark is off the ladder because its size is the composition. ### Display type Off the theme's ladder on purpose, because the size is the composition: - paragraph at clamp(4rem, 6vw, 5.5rem) (the quotation marks) Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints ### How it collapses The lap is clamp(-9rem, -9vw, -2rem) and the steps are clamp() too, so on a phone the cards overlap the photograph by 2rem and the picture stays in view. The cards sit in a grid with an 18rem minimum column: three across on a desktop, two and one on a tablet, one on a phone. ### The Pistachio and plum look A Styled variation with its own colours and type: pistachio ground #e4ebd3, plum ink #2e1a2c, ivory cards #fffdf6 on a #c9d2b4 hairline, a deep plum middle card #4d1f45 with blush type, plum quotation marks #7a2f6c and an underlined plum link #5c2452. Reviews and the heading are Baskerville, names and labels Helvetica at 400. Every text pair is measured on its painted ground. Take the base if you want your theme's colours. ### Notes - Core blocks only: group, heading, paragraph, image, buttons, button. No plugin, nothing to keep updated. - Text is measured at 4.5:1 against the ground it actually sits on. ### Included images The copied markup includes WordPress Photo Directory example photographs. The public image URLs keep the examples visible after pasting. Select an image or cover and choose Replace to use your own Media Library files. See image credits (https://patternpaste.com/image-credits/) for the sources and licenses. Pasting an image URL does not import a Media Library attachment. Questions ## Testimonial overlap cards: common questions Does Testimonial overlap cards need a plugin? No. It is built only from core WordPress blocks (button, buttons, group, heading, image and paragraph), so it pastes into the block editor with nothing to install. Will Testimonial overlap cards match my theme? Choose by variation. Lapped cards takes your theme’s palette; Pistachio and plum brings its own colours. How many variations does Testimonial overlap cards have? 2: Lapped cards and Pistachio and plum. 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 Testimonial overlap cards free? It is included with a subscription, with every Core Pattern and variation. 56 Core Patterns are free to copy without one. 18KB of core-block markup, 6 blocks (button, buttons, group, heading, image, paragraph), and nothing else: paste it into the block editor and it becomes editable blocks wearing your theme. 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The terms name every country. #### Pair with Hero Hero aperture An opening section on your theme's own paper: a tracked line, a display headline, one short paragraph on a reading measure, and then a picture that stops short of the edge on every side. The signature is the margin: the image is a window cut in the page rather than a band across it, and the paper around it is what you notice. A small opaque plate in the picture's bottom-right corner carries the caption, so no type ever sits on the photograph. The still-image version includes an example photograph; select your own clip for the video version. States no colour and no font of its own. (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/hero-aperture.html)Stats Stat callout A high-impact framed spotlight plaque: a central marquee figure and bold executive statement sit above a ruled three-part corroboration shelf enclosed within the same 1px currentColor architectural frame. States no colour and no font of its own. (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/stat-callout.html)Pricing Donate impact tiers Four donation cards for a charity, each amount set at display size over what it pays for, one plain line of how, and a Donate button on the foot. The third card is inverted as the most given gift, and a note under the cards carries the charity number, Gift Aid and a link to give another amount. States no colour and no font of its own. (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/donate-impact-tiers.html) #### Before you paste Requires a block theme on WordPress 7.0. Classic themes and page builders are outside our supported setup. Adaptive patterns use the block theme’s colour, spacing and typography presets; styled variations declare their own colours or type. How we test patterns (https://patternpaste.com/how-we-test/) Sample images stay in the copied blocks. Replace them in WordPress; pasting does not upload them to your Media Library. Video variations need your own clip. Image credits (https://patternpaste.com/image-credits/). ## Specifications Section Testimonials Access Subscription Plugin None, core blocks only Variations 2 Colour From your theme or its own palette Type From your theme or its own type Motion None Blocks button, buttons, group, heading, image, paragraph Presets color 8, spacing 6, font-size 2 WordPress 7.0+ Continue exploring ## Next in Testimonials Explore all 15 Testimonials patterns (https://patternpaste.com/patterns/testimonials/) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Testimonials No plugin needed ### The Reviews Four monumental editorial quotations form a still newsprint layout with alternating light and dark panels. Testimonials Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/testimonial-newsprint-reviews.html) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Testimonials No plugin needed ### Testimonial portrait One client quote against one example upright portrait, two up on your page ground. Testimonials Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/testimonial-portrait.html) Shot in Twenty Twenty-Five Testimonials No plugin needed ### Testimonial ratings A 6-item reflowing grid of customer reviews, each in a 1px currentColor card topped with a tracked star-rating badge on its own hairline, followed by a punchy review quote and the reviewer's portrait beside their credentials. Testimonials Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/pattern/testimonial-ratings.html)