10 Best Genesis Widget Column Classes Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Genesis Widget Column Classes has 5,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Genesis Widget Column Classes
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Bootstrap Shortcodes
Closest match5.0 (23) 4,000+ active installsWordpress plugin to add shortcodes for Twitter Bootstrap 3.3
Shares the bootstrap, grid tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated March 10, 2026.
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5.0 (29) 7,000+ active installsAn advanced version of the Genesis - Featured Page widget. Allows you to add a custom image, custom content, page excerpt, and more.
Shares the genesis, widget tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since June 23, 2024.
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4.9 (41) 10,000+ active installsEasily equalize the height of columns or any collection of elements.
Shares the column tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated March 10, 2026.
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4.7 (195) 7,000+ active installsA clean and simple contact form with flexible CSS framework support.
Shares the bootstrap tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.0 (49) 6,000+ active installsEasy Bootstrap Shortcode enable you to add bootstrap 3.0.3 styles in your pages, post and custom post in simplest manner.
Shares the bootstrap tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.8 (26) 10,000+ active installsThis plugin modifies the output of the popular Contact Form 7 plugin to be styled in compliance with themes using the Bootstrap CSS framework.
Shares the bootstrap tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since May 24, 2018.
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5.0 (28) 10,000+ active installsBootstrap Gutenberg Blocks for WordPress. This plugin adds Bootstrap components and layout options as Gutenberg blocks.
Shares the bootstrap tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated May 23, 2026.
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5.0 (22) 5,000+ active installsUse a shortcode to display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page.
Shares the grid tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated November 24, 2025.
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Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks – PostX
4.8 (262) 40,000+ active installsDesign professional blogs with advanced Gutenberg blocks, premade templates, dynamic post grids, and smart filters.
Shares the grid tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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4.7 (83) 9,000+ active installsVersatile plugin specially designed to create beautiful posts layouts. Fully compatible with Gutenberg and Elementor. Comes with advanced features suc …
Shares the grid tag on WordPress.org. About 1.8 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
Switching from Genesis Widget Column Classes: common questions
What is the best alternative to Genesis Widget Column Classes?
Bootstrap Shortcodes is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 4,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Genesis Widget Column Classes alternative has the most users?
Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks, with 40,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Genesis Widget Column Classes alternative is rated highest?
Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 262 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Genesis Widget Column Classes alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Genesis Widget Column Classes score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Genesis Widget Column Classes on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Bootstrap Shortcodes is the closest match to Genesis Widget Column Classes by the data we track, and Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks has the widest reach with 40,000+ active installs. Contact Form Clean and Simple shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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