How to set up and style the Post Grid widget in Elementor.
Post Grid lists posts, pages or other public post types as cards with a featured image, meta, title, excerpt and a read more link. Use it for a blog section on the home page, a related posts area or a news archive block.
Part of: Bright Addons (free).
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Post Type | The type of content to list. Media, landing pages and saved templates are not offered. |
| Categories | Limits the grid to the chosen categories. Shown for the post type Post only. |
| Number of Posts | How many posts to show, from 1 to 48. |
| Order By | Sorts by date, last modified, title, comment count, menu order or random. |
| Order | Descending or ascending. |
| Offset | Skips this many posts from the start of the results. |
| Exclude Current Post | Leaves out the post or page being viewed. |
| Ignore Sticky Posts | Stops sticky posts from being moved to the front. |
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Columns | One to six columns, per device. |
| Gap | The space between cards, per device. |
| Featured Image | Shows the featured image on each card, linked to the post. |
| Image Size | The WordPress image size used for the featured image. |
| Title Tag | The HTML tag used for post titles. |
| Meta | Which details to show above the title: Date, Author, Category and Comments. |
| Excerpt | Shows a short text from the post. |
| Excerpt Length (words) | The number of words in the excerpt, from 5 to 100. |
| Read More | Shows a text link to the post after the excerpt. |
| Read More Text | The label of the read more link. |
| Nothing Found Message | The text shown when no posts match. Leave it empty to show nothing. |
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These sections are in the Style tab.
background color, border, border radius, box shadow, hover box shadow, content padding and image height.
color and typography for the title, meta, excerpt and read more link, with hover colors for the title and the read more link.
Yes. Post Type lists the public post types on your site that can appear in menus. The Categories filter applies to standard posts only.
No. It shows a fixed number of posts, up to 48, without pagination.
Place it on a single post layout, choose a category and keep Exclude Current Post on so the post being read is left out.
Yes. Columns is a responsive control. The defaults are three on desktop, two on tablet and one on mobile.
Check the troubleshooting guide, or contact support with the page address and what you expected to happen.
Troubleshooting guide