Adds shortcodes to easily create columns in your posts or pages.
As of April 2026, Column Shortcodes is a WordPress column plugin with 60K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 134 reviews. It has been downloaded 894K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 10% this week. Top alternative: Make Column Clickable for Elementor.
Adds shortcodes to easily create columns in your posts or pages.
Sometimes you just need to divide your page into different columns. With this plugin you just select a column shortcode and it will add the column to the page. You can also change the padding of each individual column from the UI.
There are 10 different column widths available from which you can make all combinations:
A preset stylesheet is included, which you can also overwrite to you liking in your theme’s stylesheet.
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I only use this because it’s what my client already had installed and they’ve been using it for years. When I asked why I can’t align content vertically within a column I was simply told, “it can’t do that and we won’t be adding this”. Seems lazy, but what do I know?
Perfect plugin! Thanks a lot.
Simple and easy to use, that is the reason I like it.
Easy to use, best result, perfect!
I’ve been using this plugin for ages now. I’m so glad it exists!
| WordPress | 4.8+ requiredTested up to 6.0.11 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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