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Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy

Build a list or grid layout of any post type (posts, products, pages + more).

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Tested up to WordPress 6.9
Current version1.5.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.9
Minimum stackWP 6.5 · PHP 7.2
Directory statusactive
Last directory update29 Dec 202510mo ago
Active installations3K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 25 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy version 1.5.1 as active, updated 10mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.9.

Overview

About this plugin

Build a list or grid layout of any post type (products, pages, posts + more).

The visual editing experience makes creating unique designs a breeze.

  • Design post templates (cards) using our drag and drop builder
  • Built for both Gutenberg users and non Gutenberg users (blocks + shortcodes available)
  • Query builder – select from multiple post types or restrict by tags, categories, taxonomies, authors and more
  • Works with any theme
  • No coding required
  • Responsive options

Links

  • Website
  • Examples
  • Documentation
  • Follow us for updates and tips

What can you make with this plugin?

  • Popular posts widget
  • Recent posts widget
  • A shop layout for listing products (*when combined WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads and other product plugins)
  • A post grid
  • A portfolio grid
  • Masonry layouts
  • Custom post type layouts

And much more…

Layout Editor

Build single column or grid based layouts using the visual editor.

  • Supports Masonry out of the box
  • Tons of design options to build the layout you want
  • Choose to add numbered Pagination ( ‘Load more’ and ‘Infinite scroll’ options are planned )
  • Powerful query builder
  • Responsive columns (choose how many columns to show for each device size – and set your own breakpoints)

Query Builder

Options include:

  • Multiple post type selection
  • Tag, category and custom taxonomy restriction
  • Single author or multiple author restriction
  • Ordering by – post title, published date (for recent posts), modified date, post ID, comment count (for popular posts), author
  • Posts per page
  • Offset
  • Ignore sticky posts

Template Editor

  • Design individual templates (cards) using our drag and drop editor – creativity is your only limit
  • Link them with your layouts to build beautiful designs
  • Hundreds of design options
  • Unique blocks for building templates + template editor
  • granular control over the blocks you add to your design – choose from a growing list
  • to re-arrange blocks, just drag and drop
  • each block has it’s own sidebar full of options such as spacing, colors (including gradients + alpha transparencies), font settings, borders, and more.
  • Currently available blocks: Post Title, Post Type, Post Excerpt, Post Author, Published + Modified Date, Custom Field, Taxonomies, Link, Basic Text (with shortcode support).

Find out more about our template blocks.

Gutenberg integration

  • Custom blocks for building layouts
  • Seamlessly integrates with our Template Editor
  • UI built using 90% Gutenberg components 👍
  • Experimental FSE Query block support (drop our Post Template block into the Query block…)
  • Works with the version of Gutenberg shipped in WP core, and the Gutenberg plugin (using the latest stable build)

Built for speed

  • At its base – loads only 1 css file and 1 javascript file on the frontend – total bundle size approx 15kb.
  • CSS file dynamically created, saving resources and requests per page load (+ avoiding inline CSS)
  • Caches posts + queries for optimum performance
  • Not jQuery dependant

Includes 7 sample templates

We’ve included a pack of templates ready for you to customise – check the installation tab for how to import these to your site.

Multilingual ready

Custom Layouts should support most multilingual plugins – we use a custom post type to store content that is not stored in the block editor.

* We’ve also added specific support for WPML’s Advanced Translation Editor.

Known Issues

  • Admin Template Editor only works on desktop computers (tablets + mobiles not supported)
  • Admin Template Editor does not work on IE, all other major browsers supported – ** the frontend of this plugin supports IE 11+, no sweat

Roadmap

  • Improve performance and load speed by providing an option to use CSS Grid for layouts + masonry
  • Support more CSS unit types in more places
  • Blocks for WooCommerce
  • Blocks for ACF
  • More template blocks (possibly use the block library)
  • Additional hover options
  • Additional font options.
  • Social/sharing blocks

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WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • post grid
  • product grid
  • recent posts
  • products
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.9

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.9.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.9
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.5 · PHP 7.2
Update activity29 Dec 202510mo ago

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