Featured Categories section in WordPress

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During the work on the Appetite theme, a six-column layout section was needed with an image and title in each column.

This section represents Featured Categories on a WordPress website. It comes with two (2) layout variations, depending on a screen size:

  • Regular: six (6) columns layout
  • Mobile: two (2) columns layout

Also, the image has custom (rounded) style. The title includes a custom link.

Preview of the categories section in regular views, built with Appetite theme for WordPress.
Preview of the categories section in mobile views, built with Appetite theme for WordPress.

Our professional WordPress themes comes with support for native WordPress functionality. Thus, this layout can be built using core functionality, without a need to use additional plugins.

WordPress editor provides all building blocks for the section.

  1. Add Columns block.
  2. Use 3 as a value for columns number in Columns block.
  3. Change alignment to Wide with to increase a width of Columns block.

After, select first Column block inside Columns block. Each Column block will include two (2) blocks:

  • Image
  • Heading

In each Column block:

  1. Add new Columns block with two (2) columns layout.
  2. Make sure Stack on mobile option is disabled in the block.
  3. Add Image and Heading block to child block which is Column.

Remember to:

Then, repeat this process for other columns, to finish Featured Categories section for a WordPress website.