by Justin Tadlock 4.8 (22 reviews)

Grid Columns

Name: Grid Columns
Rating: 4.8 (22 reviews)
Author: Justin Tadlock

A [column] shortcode for creating columnized content.

Grid Columns ranks #6,875 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #796 of 8,554 in the Customization category, a 4.8/5 rating from 22 reviews, and was last updated Oct 4, 2013. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.7 (Current: 7.1)

v0.2.0 Current Version v0.2.0

Updated 12 years ago Last Update on 04 Oct, 2013

Refreshed 16 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#796 of 8,554 in Customization Top 10% by installs No update in over a year

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Review 4.8 out of 5

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Plugin Details

Version: 0.2.0
Last Updated: Oct 04, 2013
Requires WP: 3.4+
Tested Up To: 3.7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Justin Tadlock

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 22
Support Threads: 0
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress theme and plugin developers, as well as site owners, who want to add columnized layouts to their content. It solves the problem of themes bundling many redundant column shortcodes by providing a single, simple [column] shortcode instead.

[column] shortcode
Columnized content layout
Usable in post content editor
Usable anywhere shortcodes allowed

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Grid Columns

Many theme developers add several column shortcodes to their themes (note: this isn't allowed on WordPress.org). Essentially, the theme developers are doing a few things wrong: They lock users into using their themes forever. They create 20+ shortcodes for what is possible for one. This makes it look like their themes have more "features". They remove core WordPress filters that other plugins rely on. The code is just poorly developed altogether (most likely because they all copied from the same, bad source). This plugin allows you to switch between any theme (no lock-in to your current theme). It was also developed with WordPress standards and usability in mind.

You can find more detailed instructions in the plugin's docs/readme.html file. Everything is based on a grid. By default, this grid is "4". So, you can set up four columns like so: [column grid="4" span="1"]Some content[/column] [column grid="4" span="1"]Some content[/column] [column grid="4" span="1"]Some content[/column] [column grid="4" span="1"]Some content[/column] You'll notice that each "span" is equal to the number of columns in the grid. So, if the span is "1", it's equal to one column. If the span is "2", it's equal to two columns. You can only have as many spans/columns as the grid allows. Therefore, grid="4" means you can only have four columns.

If you need a more detailed guide, see readme.html, which is included with the plugin. It has a few examples and explains everything.

Most likely, it's because you either have too many spans or not enough spans for your grid. Make sure each span argument for your [column] shortcode equals exactly the grid argument. But, I did everything right. If you're absolutely sure you're math is correct, it could be a conflict with your theme. It'd be impossible for me to know without seeing it in use on your site, so you'll either need to ask on my support forums or get your theme developer to help.

Yes. Absolutely. Just make sure each grid has the correct number of columns before starting a new one.

No. This is a limitation of how WordPress handles shortcodes.

Yes, you can. However, keep in mind, that I can't guarantee that your plugin developer knows what he's doing and created his shortcode correctly. But, yes, you can do this with properly-coded shortcodes.

It's possible, but you'll probably break something. I recommend against attempting this.