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Free widget

Post Grid Widget for Elementor Free

Show your latest posts in a responsive grid of cards.

Overview

What Post Grid does

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.

Live demo

See it in action

Features

What it can do

  • Works with posts, pages and other public post types.

  • Filter posts by one or more categories.

  • Order by date, last modified, title, comment count, menu order or random.

  • One to six columns, set separately for desktop, tablet and mobile.

  • Meta line with any mix of date, author, category and comment count.

  • Excerpt trimmed to a word count you choose.

  • Can leave out the post the visitor is currently reading.

  • Custom message when no posts match the query.

Use cases

When to use it

Latest from the blog

Show the six newest posts on the home page in three columns.

Related posts

Add the grid to a single post layout, pick a category and keep Exclude Current Post on.

Category blocks

Use several grids on one page, each limited to a different category.

Custom post types

List a public custom post type, such as projects, with the same card design.

Setup

How to set it up

A few steps from adding the widget to a finished result.

  1. Drag the Post Grid widget onto the page.

  2. In Query, choose the Post Type. For posts, pick Categories or leave the field empty for all.

  3. Set Number of Posts, Order By and Order.

  4. In Layout, set Columns for each device and the Gap between cards.

  5. Choose what each card shows: Featured Image, Meta, Excerpt and Read More.

  6. Set the Excerpt Length (words) and the Read More Text.

  7. Open the Style tab to style the card and its text.

FAQ

Questions and answers

Can the Post Grid show custom post types?

Yes. Post Type lists the public post types on your site that can appear in menus. The Categories filter applies to standard posts only.

Does it have pagination?

No. It shows a fixed number of posts, up to 48, without pagination.

How do I use it for related posts?

Place it on a single post layout, choose a category and keep Exclude Current Post on so the post being read is left out.

Can I change the number of columns on mobile?

Yes. Columns is a responsive control. The defaults are three on desktop, two on tablet and one on mobile.

Free forever

Post Grid is free

It is one of 51 widgets in the free Bright Addons plugin. Each widget loads its code only on pages that use it.