10 Best Grid Shortcodes Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Grid Shortcodes has 2,000+ 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 Grid Shortcodes
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4.4 (32) 4,000+ active installsEasily create filterable responsive grids for your posts, pages or custom post types
Shares the grid tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 19 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 4.5 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.8 (33) 4,000+ active installsA powerful and flexible plugin to filter and display posts, custom post types, and other content in beautifully designed grid layouts.
Shares the grid tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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5.0 (23) 4,000+ active installsWordpress plugin to add shortcodes for Twitter Bootstrap 3.3
Shares the grid, shortcode, shortcodes tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated March 10, 2026.
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4.7 (94) 3,000+ active installsBuild lists the Query Loop can't: posts grouped by year, category or author, term lists and user directories — via block, shortcode or widget.
Shares the shortcode tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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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 20 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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4.8 (134) 60,000+ active installsAdds shortcodes to easily create columns in your posts or pages.
Shares the columns, shortcode, shortcodes tags on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, no update since October 11, 2022.
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4.1 (22) 3,000+ active installsThis WordPress plugin boosts your website with... you guessed it, columns!
Shares the columns, shortcode tags on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.8 (25) 10,000+ active installsAdds shortcodes to easily create up to 42 different columned layouts.
Shares the columns, shortcode tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since June 23, 2024.
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Smart Post
Paid version availableSmart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News
4.7 (209) 20,000+ active installsDisplay posts in Grid, Carousel, Slider, Timeline, List & Live Filter layouts with Gutenberg Blocks & Ready Patterns - Elementor, Divi, & Shortcodes.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
Switching from Grid Shortcodes: common questions
What is the best alternative to Grid Shortcodes?
WP Ultimate Post Grid is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 4,000+ active installs with a 4.4 out of 5 rating.
Which Grid Shortcodes alternative has the most users?
Column Shortcodes, with 60,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Grid Shortcodes 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 Grid Shortcodes 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 Grid Shortcodes 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 Grid Shortcodes 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
WP Ultimate Post Grid is the closest match to Grid Shortcodes by the data we track, and Column Shortcodes has the widest reach with 60,000+ active installs. W4 Post List 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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