Any list on your site. Any source.
Posts, pages and custom post types, WooCommerce products, the media library, and feeds from Instagram, Flickr, YouTube and more. One grid engine and one way of designing for all of them.
WordPress content
Built in and free.
Posts and pagesYour posts and pages, filtered by category, tag or any taxonomy.
Custom post typesEvents, recipes, properties, courses: any post type, with its custom fields in the card.
WooCommerceProducts with their price and an add-to-cart button in the card.
Custom gridsItems you put together by hand from the media library: images, videos and your own text.
Social and video feeds
With the free Social Media and Video Playlists add-ons.
InstagramYour posts as a living wall. Needs an Instagram professional account.
FacebookPosts and albums of your Facebook page.
FlickrPhotos from your Flickr account, with your own API key.
BehanceProjects from your Behance profile.
YouTubeA playlist, a channel or a list of playlists, with your own API key.
VimeoVideos of a user, group, album or channel.
Media plugins
With the free NextGEN and Real Media Library add-ons.
NextGEN GalleryGalleries, albums and tags from NextGEN.
Real Media LibraryFolders and collections from Real Media Library.
Extras for your content.
Add-ons extend what a grid can show and how. Team, Portfolio and Related Posts are premium and come with a yearly licence; the others are free. Install them from the plugin’s dashboard.
WordPress galleries as gridsTurn the classic gallery and the gallery block into Essential Grid grids.
Team and PortfolioReady post types for team members and portfolio items, with skins and demo content.
Related postsA grid of related posts under each single post.
WatermarksText or image watermarks on the images of a grid.
Media filtersInstagram-style filters on grid images.
Google FontsFonts for your skins and navigation, loaded from Google or hosted on your own site.
Examples, source by source.
Feed examples show your own feed once you connect your account; on this site they show a picture of the template.
Browse the gallery by source
More of what Essential Grid does
- Layouts
- Motion
- Filters and search
- Skin editor
- SourcesYou are here
- Performance and accessibility
- Integrations
- 4.0What’s new in 4.0
Make every list worth a look.
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