6 Best Lightweight Grid Columns Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Lightweight Grid Columns has 10,000+ 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 Lightweight Grid Columns
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4.9 (1,651) 100,000+ active installsTake control of your WordPress admin list tables. Add, remove, and reorder columns for posts, users, media, and more - no coding needed.
Shares the columns tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 6 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 tag on WordPress.org. About 6 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 tag on WordPress.org. About a third of 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 tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since June 23, 2024.
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4.5 (43) 30,000+ active installsEnable Columns, Filters, Quick Edit and Bulk Edit for ACF Fields in WordPress List Tables
Shares the columns tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since January 11, 2025.
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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 columns tag on WordPress.org. 100+ installs against 10,000+, no update since June 17, 2015.
Switching from Lightweight Grid Columns: common questions
What is the best alternative to Lightweight Grid Columns?
Admin Columns is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 100,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which Lightweight Grid Columns alternative has the most users?
Admin Columns, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Lightweight Grid Columns alternative is rated highest?
Admin Columns, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 1,651 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Lightweight Grid Columns 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 Lightweight Grid Columns 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 Lightweight Grid Columns 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
Admin Columns is the closest match to Lightweight Grid Columns by the data we track, and Admin Columns has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Admin Columns shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 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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