Footer Mega Grid Columns – For Legacy / Classic / Old Widget Screen
Footer Mega Grid Columns register a footer widget area for theme and allow you to add and display footer widgets in grid view with multiple columns.
4.5(10 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Footer Mega Grid Columns is a WordPress mega footer plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 90K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 8% this week.
4.5/510 reviews
2.0K+active installs
90K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Important Note : This plugin work better with WordPress older version till 5.7.
It still works with latest version of WordPress 5.8 or above but you need to enable Legacy / Classic / Old Widget Screen. For this you need to add following code in your theme/child theme functions.php file:
function fmgc_theme_setup() {
remove_theme_support( 'widgets-block-editor' );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'fmgc_theme_setup' );
OR
// Disables the block editor from managing widgets.
add_filter( 'use_widgets_block_editor', '__return_false' );
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Nice plugin – needs an exporter
by kmp2·2 years ago
This is a great plugin. It took me a lot of work though to get my footer precisely the way I want it. Now, I’m afraid to switch themes to test something, in case something happens to my footer. Would be a good idea to add an “Export/Import footer” option to the plugin.
Nice!
by mickdom·5 years ago
Exactly what I’ve been searching for. Easy to use and works well. Good work!
Not Working With Twenty Nineteen
by gbacofc·6 years ago
Followed directions and it didn’t work at all with Twenty Nineteen
doesn’t work at all for me :(
by a004·7 years ago·2 replies
3 h and I can’t find out, wenn I ad a Instagram carousel in mega grid, it shows it only when I also have a content in columns. And if I have content in columns, it show all my instagram picts as well in one raw…
why?
- This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by a004.
good work
by immus·7 years ago
i appreciate you to consume my time
thanks for share your knowledge.
Download Trends
Today: 8Yesterday: 5This week: 55Period total: 6K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.4
79.0%
v1.1
14.8%
Other
6.2%
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.4.3 (14, May 2025)
- [*] Check compatibility with WordPress version 6.8.1
Contributors
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