Every list on your site, designed.
Posts, products, galleries and feeds as grids that filter, sort and move. Designed card by card, ready for any WordPress site.
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Corrimore Full-Width Blog Post GridOpen example
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Dunhallow Masonry WordPress Post GalleryOpen example
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Peak Motion Photography Portfolio GridOpen example
- Active on 80,000+ WordPress sites
- 4.7/5 from 1,300+ ratings
- Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi
One grid, eleven looks.
The same twelve cards in eleven new UI styles, from Neumorphism to Glassmorphism. Pick one.
How do you want to start?
Start from a template
Pick one of 100+ ready-made grids, import it in one click and swap in your own content.
Browse templates Option 2
Follow the quick start guide
Choose a source, a layout and a skin. The guide takes you from an empty page to a working grid, step by step.
Open the guide Option 3Start with a blank grid
Set the source and the columns per breakpoint, then design your own skin from layers.
Read the docsWhat will you build?
Portfolios, shops, magazines, galleries, teams and social walls. One plugin, one way of working, a grid for every list.
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Glenvarra News Post Magazine GridOpen example
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Kestrelby Variable Columns GalleryOpen example
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Pixel & Prism Graphic Design Portfolio GridOpen example
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Peak Motion Photography Portfolio Grid
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Case studies and client work in a grid that filters by discipline and opens each project in style.
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Felix Ambersley Multi-Purpose GridOpen example
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Mistlecombe Multimedia Blog Post GalleryOpen example
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Corrimore Full-Width Blog Post GridOpen example
New in 4.0
Version 4.0 rebuilds the grid from the inside.
A new front end, a new admin, a new lightbox and accessibility built in. Grids made before 4.0 keep working and keep their look.
Three layouts. No layout shift.
New grids arrive from the server in their final layout, every item in place from the first paint. Switch the layouts and watch the same items re-arrange.
All three layouts
Entrances, hovers and re-layouts.
Entrances by item, column or row, hover effects on every layer of a card, and animated re-layouts when visitors filter. Visitors who ask for less motion get none of it.
More about motion
Hover a tile to zoom it. Press an order to replay the entrance.
Real images. Only what a grid needs.
Real <img> tags with srcset, video that loads nothing until a visitor plays it, and only the modules a grid uses. New 4.0 grids load no jQuery (classic grids keep theirs), and their columns follow the container, not the window.
- core
- layout
- filter
- not loaded: lightbox
- not loaded: video
- not loaded: motion
Built for keyboards and screen readers.
WCAG 2.1 AA as the standard for new grids. Filters and pagination are real buttons, overlays are reachable by keyboard, results are announced, and the lightbox is new.
Accessibility in detail
- Visible focus on every control
- Keyboard-reachable overlays and lightbox
- Reduced motion means instant changes
Your grids keep their look.
Grids made before 4.0 keep working exactly as they are. Update for free when you are ready.
Filter, search, load more. Live.
Filter buttons with counts, a search that answers as you type, and load more, right in the grid. Visitors find what they want; the grid re-arranges without a page load. Try it.
Design every card, layer by layer.
The skin editor gives each card its layers: image, overlay, category, title, text and button. Style them, set the hover, and every item in the grid follows. 30+ skins to start from.
Layers
FoodFive makers, five cups, one slow hour before the shop opens.
Read storyStyle
Any source. Any builder.
Pull content from WordPress, WooCommerce, your media library or social feeds, and place the grid wherever you build pages.
Sources
- Posts & pagesWordPress
- Custom post typesAny CPT
- WooCommerceProducts
- Media libraryCustom grids
- InstagramSocial
- FacebookSocial
- YouTubePlaylists
- VimeoVideos
- FlickrPhotos
- BehanceProjects
- NextGEN GalleryGalleries
- Real Media LibraryFolders
Page builders
- GutenbergBlock
- ElementorWidget
- Divi 4 & 5Module
- WPBakeryElement
- ShortcodeAnywhere
Better together
Better together with Slider Revolution
Essential Grid 4.0 and Slider Revolution share one ThemePunch runtime: use both, and the page loads it once. Slider Revolution modules play inside a grid’s lightbox and in the content a grid loads.
Who is Essential Grid for?
Whether you design sites, run them for clients, sell online or write the code, the grid fits how you work.
Every card, exactly as you drew it.
Start from 30+ skins or a blank card. Layers, hover states and spacing are yours, and the grid keeps them consistent across hundreds of items.
- A layered skin editor for every card
- Even, Masonry and Cobbles layouts
- Hover and come-in effects per layer
One licence for up to 250 client sites.
The Scale plan covers up to 250 sites. Start each project from a ready-made template and use the builder your client already has.
- Up to 250 sites with the Scale plan
- 100+ ready-made grid templates
- Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, WPBakery or shortcode
Products that are easy to browse.
Show WooCommerce products in a designed grid with category filters, sorting and add to cart, so customers find the right thing faster.
- WooCommerce as a source
- Filters with counts, search and sort
- Load more or pagination
Clean output, hooks and a shortcode.
The 4.0 front end renders CSS grid on the server and loads only the modules a grid needs. Extend it with essgrid_* hooks and place it with a shortcode.
- Server-rendered, no layout shift
- Real <img> tags with srcset
- essgrid_* filters and actions
Active on 80,000+ WordPress sites
4.7/5 from 1,300+ ratings
“Absolutely outstanding support. They went above and beyond to help me figure out how to do something even though it wasn't built in to the basic mechanics of the plugin. I highly recommend this. As far as gallery plugins go, I don't think they come any better!”
“I've been using both Essential Grid and Revolution Slider on my clients websites for years. The support has always been top notch!”
“I had some particular functions that I was interested in for a cobble grid and Irfan was super helpful in helping these come to fruition. I would highly recommend Essential Grid for its flexibility as well as their customer support!”
Every feature, every plan.
Essential Grid 4 and every update are free: download it with a free account. A plan brings the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support; choose by the number of sites.
Yearly prices, without VAT.
Already a customer? 4.0 is a free update for every site, with any licence or none. CodeCanyon and one-time licences get an offer on a yearly licence.
See upgrade pathsMake every list worth a look.
Pick an example, import it in one click and make it yours.