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Filter buttons or menus with counts, search, sorting, load more or pages, and links that open the grid already filtered. All inside the grid, without a page load.

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Try every control. Live.

A real grid of our examples. Filter by use case or layout, search, sort and page through. Pick a use case and look at the address bar: the filter is now part of the link.

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The whole kit, in every grid.

Turn on what the list needs. Each control is a grid setting, styled by the grid’s navigation skin.

Filter buttons and menusFilter by category, tag, any taxonomy or custom field, as a row of buttons or as drop-down menus.
CountsEach filter can show how many items it holds, so visitors know before they click.
Match all or anyCombine several filters so items must match all of them, or any one of them.
SearchA search field inside the grid. With extended search it also finds categories, tags and other terms.
SortLet visitors sort by date, title and more, in either direction.
Load more or pagesShow the first items, then load more with a button or on scroll, or page through with numbers.
Deep linksAdd # and a filter’s slug to a link and the grid opens with that filter selected.
Filters outside the gridPlace the filters somewhere else on the page, in a sidebar widget or with a shortcode.

New in 4.0

Filters that work for everyone.

In new 4.0 grids every control is a real button, every result is announced, and the filter, search and page live in the address.

  • Real buttons. Filters, sort, pages and load more are buttons that keyboards and screen readers understand, with their state.
  • Results announced. After a filter or a search, screen readers hear what changed.
  • State in the link. The chosen filter, search and page are kept in the address, ready to share or bookmark.
  • Cache-friendly. Load more, pages and search fetch items with plain requests that page caches can keep.

Proof

Our example gallery is an Essential Grid.

Use case buttons with counts, layout and source menus, search, sort and load more across 106 examples. Every control there is the plugin’s own.

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More of what Essential Grid does

Make every list worth a look.

Pick an example, import it in one click and make it yours.

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