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- Image
Photo of the person being quoted. The photo should have the "circle crop treatment" - ask a designer to edit the headshot if there isn't one already. Simply cropping to a circle is okay for articles, but on webpages it should always have this treatment. - Title/Microtitle (optional)
60 characters or less. Automatically gets styled to uppercase- please still use sentence case when entering into the field. - Quote (optional, but recommended)
The quote. Do not include quotation marks, those are added automatically. Try to keep under 4 lines (~400 characters including spaces, or ~50 words). - Author and Author Link
- Author (optional, but recommended) - the name of the person, plus their grad year, if appropriate. Do not use a dash in front of the name.
- Author Link (optional) - This field appears after you add the Author's name. The URL to their profile, or maybe an article about them, spotlight, etc.
- Position/Title (optional)
"Position, Company" or their degree program or other important info. - Supporting Content (optional)
Any other additional info- keep this short. Text wraps to a new line after 80-90 characters. Keep under ~160 characters (~25 words) - Link (optional)
Link to relevant article, page, etc. - Swiper (optional)
If there is more than one testimonial in a block, a swiper will appear. You can turn off the swiper by checking the "Stack Testimonials" option in Configuration, which will stack the testimonials on top of each other instead.
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- Displaying an impactful testimonial from a student/alumni
- Spotlighting faculty/staff
- Displaying a testimonial from a corporate partner/business. You can use a photo of the person, or the logo of the business.
- Linking to a profile/spotlight
- (less common) Displaying bio information about faculty/staff, typically how they can support students.
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Standard Layout- Circle Crop headshot
- Dimensions: ~461x512 ~512x569px
- Ask designers to do the circle crop treatment to a headshot.
Company logos can just be placed as is.
Full-width Layout
- Dimensions: 1536px wide by any height
- Note that the width:height ratio will affect the height of the block. The taller the image relative to the width, the taller the block.
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See Anatomy section, above, for the list of fields.
Resources
Dev Notes
Previously known as "Testimonial - Person", the Testimonial block is used for both individual and company testimonials. The "name" field in the block.json file for the testimonial block remains "acf/testimonial-person" in order to prevent the breaking of existing blocks.
Old design (updated 6/2026)
Removed Features
The "Overlap" and "Stretch Link" options have been removed as of 4/3/24. To get the "overlap" effect, use a horizontal card instead.
