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Blog Designer Pack — WordPress Post Grid Plugin

Blog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News

by InfornWeb · WordPress.org page · Website

v4.0.12 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 5.4+ Paid version available

Blog Designer Pack has 30,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 927,547 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 27, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Blog Designer Pack at a glance

Active installs
30,000+
Total downloads
927,547
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Blog Designer Pack well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1
One-star reviews
4%
3 of 79 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Limit: limit=”10″ (i.e. Display 5 blog posts on your website and then pagination. To show all posts use limit=”-1″)
  • Display by Category category=”category_ID” OR category=”category_slug” (i.e. Display blog posts by their category ID OR Slug)
  • Design: design=”design-1″ (Select design for blog post. There are 2 designs. design-1 and design-2)
  • Show Blog Author: show_author=”false” (Show blog post author or not. Values are true or false)
  • Show Blog Category: show_category=”false” (Show blog post category or not. Values are true or false)
  • Show Blog Date: show_date=”false” (Show blog post date or not. Values are true or false)
  • Show Blog Content: show_content=”false” (Show blog post content or not. Values are true or false)
  • Content Words Limit: content_words_limit=”40″ (Set blog post content words limit.)
  • Media Size: media_size=”large” (Set media size for post. Values are thumbnail, medium, medium_large, large, full)
  • Show Read More: show_read_more=”true” (Show read more button of blog post. Values are true or false)
  • Post Order: order=”DESC” (Designates the ascending or descending order of the ‘orderby’ parameter. Defaults to ‘DESC’. Values are “DESC” and “ASC”)
  • Post Order by : orderby=”post_date” (Sort retrieved posts by parameter. Defaults to ‘date’ (post_date). One or more options can be passed. ‘none’, ID’…

Blog Designer Pack reviews and ratings

79 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.7 out of 5

79 reviews

5★
70
4★
4
3★
0
2★
2
1★
3

  • amazing plugin

    I cannot but highly recommend this plugin, in short i would give it 10 stars if i could. and i believe their support is also excellent. I have beautified many sites with this plugin, which is thoughtful, adaptable, with every single option you would want, whether you are a beginner or an experienced manager.

    eddierosenthal

  • great plugin and 5* support

    Does exactly what it says on the tin! But, the real benefit is the reactive support - always responding within an hour, always helping, sending or altering codes I've used - can't fault their proactive support

    chrislime06

  • GOOD!

    Useful plugin!

    nanystudio

  • Great Customer Support/Great Plugin

    Harpreet has been amazing always ready to help and answer my questions love the plugin he created my blog for me, and I will be having him do work. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

    jeffsober

  • Highly Recommend

    I am pleased with the plug in. I think the website looks great. The support I received from Harpreet greatly exceeded my expectations.

    efhaas

  • Amazing support team!

    Thank you guys! You rock!!! Keep up like this ;)

    catachivu

Where Blog Designer Pack ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Blog Designer Pack appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Post Grid Plugins #9 by tag, #14 in search #7 –
Best Related Posts Plugins #58 in search, not tagged #100 –

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Details

News & Blog plugin for post grid, post slider, post carousel, post filter, masonry, ticker & list category posts using shortcode, Elementor & Divi.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • blog
  • news
  • post carousel
  • post grid
  • post slider

More from InfornWeb

Version
4.0.12
Last updated
Aug 27, 2026
First published
Apr 6, 2018
Requires WordPress
5.8
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
5.4
Pricing
Free, paid version available

Blog Designer Pack FAQ

What does Blog Designer Pack do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Blog Designer Pack offers Limit: limit=”10″ (i.e. Display 5 blog posts on your website and then pagination. To show all posts use limit=”-1″), Display by Category category=”category_ID” OR category=”category_slug” (i.e. Display blog posts by their category ID OR Slug), Design: design=”design-1″ (Select design for blog post. There are 2 designs. design-1 and design-2), Show Blog Author: show_author=”false” (Show blog post author or not. Values are true or false) and Show Blog Category: show_category=”false” (Show blog post category or not. Values are true or false).

How many active installs does Blog Designer Pack have?

WordPress.org reports 30,000+ active installs for Blog Designer Pack as of September 7, 2026.

Is Blog Designer Pack still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 27, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Is Blog Designer Pack free?

Blog Designer Pack is free to install from WordPress.org. The developer lists it as commercial, so a paid version or paid add-ons exist.

Where does Blog Designer Pack rank among Post Grid Plugins?

Blog Designer Pack is #7 in the WordPress.org "post-grid" ranking as of today.