6 Best Layout Grid Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Layout Grid has 200,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 6 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 6 closest alternatives to Layout Grid
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Spectra Legacy
Closest matchSpectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks
4.7 (1,870) 1 million+ active installsGutenberg blocks for existing Spectra websites. Maintained, stable, and fully supported — no action needed on your part.
Shares the block, blocks tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.6 (21) 100+ active installsA simple page grid composer that splits your pages into ordered grids, a builder for rows and columns
Shares the grid, layout tags on WordPress.org. 100+ installs against 200,000+, no update since June 17, 2015.
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4.1 (90) 30,000+ active installsStyle your WordPress site visually. Discover the most popular front-end design plugin! Try live demo.
Shares the design tag on WordPress.org. 30,000+ installs against 200,000+, last updated 15 days ago.
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4.9 (22) 1,000+ active installsAdd outline around Gutenberg blocks while editing
Shares the blocks, layout tags on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 200,000+, last updated February 2, 2026.
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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 a quarter of 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 blocks, grid tags on WordPress.org. 9,000+ installs against 200,000+, last updated 7 days ago.
Switching from Layout Grid: common questions
What is the best alternative to Layout Grid?
Spectra Legacy is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 1 million+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Layout Grid alternative has the most users?
Spectra Legacy, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Layout Grid 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 Layout Grid 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 Layout Grid 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 Layout Grid 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
Spectra Legacy is the closest match to Layout Grid by the data we track, and Spectra Legacy has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. WP Blog Post Layouts shipped the most recent release, on August 31, 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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