Grid Shortcodes

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Jan

   4.6y ago

   Easy to use an very simple to configure.

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2. ★★★★★ ramallogg

   6.9y ago

   Trabaja con los bloques de Gutenberg y acepta html. Fantastico

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3. ★★★★★ UomoMacchina

   7.1y ago

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

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4. ★★★★★ bobdempsey83

   7.7y 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.

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5. ★★★★★ adrianogiannacco

   8.6y ago

   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.

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6. ★★★★★ oakhillman

   8.7y ago

   This plugin is absolutely brilliant. Sometimes all you need is a simple way to divide the content area and that’s what this plugin does. I will say that it would be even more brilliant if you added parameters to set the background color and the text color. And btw, I ran it through the tenon.io accessibility analyzer and it came out with zero errors, so that’s a bonus.

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7. ★★★★★ PLR Videos

   9.8y ago

   Simple, lightweight and responsive

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8. ★★★★★ Gnomag

   9.9y ago

   So easy to use and works very well. Just press a button, select style and then it populates with code and shows where to add your comments. No conflicts at all. Very simple little plugin. SEO friendly. Well done developers.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.1.1 Fixed minor vulnerability issue 1.1.1
2. — Version 1.1 Stripping out paragraphs and new lines between columns (thanks @makbeta). 1.1
3. — Version 1.0 Initial release 1.0

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Grid Shortcodes <= 1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-03-25 CVE-2024-29797 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1 Patched in 1.1.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2023-05-15 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2023-05-14 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2023-05-13 3K+ → 2K+ down after 4 days in tier
4. 2023-05-09 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2023-05-08 3K+ → 2K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Column Shortcodes 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags D
• Bootstrap Shortcodes 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• Gridable 4K+ installs · 3.4★ · 3 shared tags B
• Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements 400K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• Meks Flexible Shortcodes 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
• C Contact Form 7 Shortcode Enabler 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C

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Grid Shortcodes: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/grid-shortcodes