4.0Essential Grid 4.0 is here — see what’s new

Upgrade to 4.0

Your way to Essential Grid 4.0.

4.0 is a free update for every site, however you got Essential Grid. Find your case below for your steps and, with a CodeCanyon or one-time licence, your offer; your grids keep their look.

Yearly licence

Your yearly licence is active

Nothing to buy

Update from your dashboard: 4.0 is free, as for every site. Your licence keeps the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support, and your grids keep their look.

  1. Update Essential Grid from your WordPress dashboard.
  2. Keep your licence active for the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support.
  3. Your grids keep their look. Switch them to the new front end when you are ready.

Sign in to your account

Expired licence

Your licence has run out

Update for free

4.0 and every update are free, with or without a licence. Renew your licence to get the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support back on the same sites.

  1. Update Essential Grid from your WordPress dashboard; it is free.
  2. For the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support, sign in to your account and renew your licence.
  3. Your sites, grids and settings stay as they are.

Renew your licence

Bundled with a theme

It came with your theme

Update for free

4.0 and every update are free for copies that came with a theme, too. Register your copy for free in the plugin. For the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support of your own, choose a yearly plan.

  1. Register your copy for free in the plugin.
  2. Update Essential Grid from your WordPress dashboard: 4.0 and every update are free.
  3. For the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support of your own, choose a yearly plan.

Register Essential GridHow registration works

CodeCanyon buyers

You bought on CodeCanyon

50 % off your first year

Bought on CodeCanyon? Your licence keeps working for Essential Grid 3, add-ons included. On Essential Grid 4 the plugin and every update are free, but the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support need a yearly licence; premium add-ons and templates already installed on a site registered under Essential Grid 3 keep working, and new premium downloads need a yearly licence. Import your purchase code for 50 % off the first year of a yearly licence, once per licence; the offer is open for six months from the 4.0 release.

  1. Import your purchase code in your essential-grid.com account.
  2. Choose a yearly plan at 50 % off the first year for new premium add-ons, premium templates and support. What is already installed on your sites keeps working.
  3. With or without a yearly licence, update to Essential Grid 4 from your WordPress dashboard; the update itself is free.

Import your purchase codeHow to import a CodeCanyon licence

One-time licences

You have a one-time licence

50 % off your first year

Bought a one-time licence on essential-grid.com? It keeps working for Essential Grid 3, add-ons included. On Essential Grid 4 the plugin and every update are free, but the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support need a yearly licence; premium add-ons and templates already installed on a site registered under Essential Grid 3 keep working, and new premium downloads need a yearly licence. Sign in to your account for 50 % off the first year of a yearly licence, once per licence; the offer is open for six months from the 4.0 release.

  1. Sign in to your essential-grid.com account.
  2. Choose a yearly plan at 50 % off the first year for new premium add-ons, premium templates and support. What is already installed on your sites keeps working.
  3. With or without a yearly licence, update to Essential Grid 4 from your WordPress dashboard; the update itself is free.

Sign in to your account

Slider Revolution customers. Same family, one shared runtime, one account. Each plugin has its own licence, and your licence stays as it is.

Will my grids change? No.

Essential Grid 4.0 ships the new front end next to the classic one. Nothing you have built moves until you decide.

Same look, same front endGrids made before 4.0 keep their look and run on the classic front end until you switch them.
Preview before you switchYou switch each grid yourself, with a preview first. Nothing switches automatically.
Custom code keeps workingGrids made before 4.0 keep the classic front end, so the code written for them keeps working.
Add-ons come alongThe add-ons get their 4.0 releases together with 4.0, the premium ones with a yearly licence. Their current versions keep working with classic grids.

Questions, answered.

Do all plans have the same features?

Yes. Every plan has every premium add-on, the whole template library with its 13 skin presets, and ticket support; every layout, effect and core feature and the other add-ons are free for every site. Plans differ only in the number of sites: 1, 3 or up to 250.

Do I need a licence for 4.0?

No. Essential Grid 4 and every update are free for every site, licensed or not: CodeCanyon, one-time and theme-bundled copies too. New to Essential Grid? Download it with a free account. A yearly licence brings the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support.

Will my existing grids change with 4.0?

No. Grids made before 4.0 keep working and keep their look. The new front end is there when you want it.

I bought Essential Grid on CodeCanyon. What now?

Your licence keeps working for Essential Grid 3, add-ons included. On Essential Grid 4 the plugin and every update are free, but the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support need a yearly licence; premium add-ons and templates already installed on a site registered under Essential Grid 3 keep working, and new premium downloads need a yearly licence. Import your purchase code for 50 % off the first year of a yearly licence, once per licence; the offer is open for six months from the 4.0 release.

I have a one-time licence from essential-grid.com. What now?

Your licence keeps working for Essential Grid 3, add-ons included. On Essential Grid 4 the plugin and every update are free, but the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support need a yearly licence; premium add-ons and templates already installed on a site registered under Essential Grid 3 keep working, and new premium downloads need a yearly licence. Sign in to your account for 50 % off the first year of a yearly licence, once per licence; the offer is open for six months from the 4.0 release.

Essential Grid came with my theme. Can I get 4.0?

Yes, for free: 4.0 and every update are free for theme-bundled copies too. Register your copy for free in the plugin, then update from your dashboard. For the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support of your own, choose a yearly plan.

Which page builders does it work with?

Essential Grid works as a Gutenberg block, an Elementor widget, a Divi 4 and 5 module, a WPBakery element and a shortcode.

Not sure yet? Try the examples.

Open any of the 106 examples and see how your content would look.