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Grid Shortcodes

A responsive and easy-to-use tool for dividing your content in your posts/pages. This ultra-lightweight plugin allows you to put your content in colum …

By WP Darko·Grid·Free
5(10 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 months ago
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As of April 2026, Grid Shortcodes is a WordPress grid plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 24K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Layout Grid Block.

5/510 reviews
2.0K+active installs
100%resolved
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

A responsive and easy-to-use tool for dividing your content in your posts/pages. This ultra-lightweight plugin allows you to put your content in columns of various widths. What you see is what you get, and it’s totally free.

Usage example

1. Create rows using [GDC_row]

[GDC_row][/GDC_row]

2. Add columns using [GDC_column]

[GDC_row]

[GDC_column size="third"]
Your content here
[/GDC_column]

[GDC_column size="third"]
Your content here
[/GDC_column]

[GDC_column size="third"]
Your content here
[/GDC_column]

[/GDC_row]

Available sizes

  • half
  • third
  • two-thirds
  • quarter
  • three-quarters

See more code examples on the documentation page.

Support

Find help in our forums for this plugin (we’ll answer you fast, promise).

Read full description on WordPress.org

Screenshots

Ratings & Reviews

510 reviews
5 ★
10
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Recent Reviews

Nice Plugin
by Jan·4 years ago

Easy to use an very simple to configure.

Excelente
by ramallogg·6 years ago·1 reply

Trabaja con los bloques de Gutenberg y acepta html. Fantastico

Great idea!
by UomoMacchina·6 years ago·1 reply

Finally someone has developed this simple and very useful plugin.
Thank you so much, dev!

Awesome & Lightweight
by bobdempsey83·7 years ago

I’ve been looking for a grid plugin that works with WordPress 5. This plugin is perfect for the job. Very lightweight, with ample documentation and examples. Awesome.

Clean, responsive, simple, useful
by adrianogiannacco·8 years ago·1 reply

I searched for a plugin like this for almost years.
It does exactly what it says, in a solid and simple approach.
Sometimes simplicity is difficult to find.
Thank you very much for this plugin.

Download Trends

Today: 8Yesterday: 2This week: 43Period total: 2K

Compatibility

WordPress3.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.1
92.3%
v1.0
7.7%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1.1

  • Fixed minor vulnerability issue
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

WP DarkoWP Darko
Plugin Info
Version
1.1.1
Last Updated
Jan 29, 2026
WP Requires
3.6+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
2.0K+
Downloads
24K+
Added
Jun 11, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

gridrowscolumnsshortcodeshortcodes

Developer

W
WP Darko
8 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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