Post Tiles
Post Tiles gives the ability to display posts as tiles. The tiles are color coded by category. The appearance is similar to windows 8 (Windows Metro).
4.5(23 reviews)
·400 active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, Post Tiles is a WordPress shortcode plugin with 400 active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 23 reviews. It has been downloaded 36K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes….
4.5/523 reviews
400active installs
36K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
Post tiles allows you to use the shortcode [post-tiles] on any page or post and displays a grid of posts in a tile format. (Live Preview)
By default 8 posts are displayed. To change the amount of posts to display on the page, use the posts=’ ‘ attribute in the shortcode. Example: [post-tiles posts=’10’]
By default all post categories are called for the tiles. To specify the categories use the categories=’ ‘ attribute separating them by commas. Example: [post-tiles categories=’1,2,4′]
By default the tiles use the excerpt trimmed to 20. You can specify your excerpt length with the excerpt=’ ‘ attribute. Example: [post-tiles excerpt=’18’]
NOTE: The category id numbers are listed below, next to the category names. You can…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.523 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.0.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.4.6
- Thanks to alfred_j_kwack’s PR, added text color picking and slide transparency via the admin.
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