Lightweight Grid Columns

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 2.8 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ alvar05

   6.0y ago

   Thanks for a really simple and working plugin!!

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2. ★★★★★ Lindsey

   6.8y ago

   The admin bar breaks upon installation and activation of this plugin. If you’re having similar issues, deactivate to troubleshoot.

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3. ★★★★★ bazilio07

   7.1y ago

   плагин шикарен, как и все творения Тома!

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4. ★★★★★ mediafluent

   7.2y ago

   to work with Gutenberg blocks.

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5. ★★★★★ Terry J

   7.2y ago

   The plugin does exactly what it is designed to do. Does it without all the bloat too. I use the classic editor and absolutely love this plugin:) Seems many are trying to make it over complicated. Just follow the instructions folks… I do no use Gutenburg and will not until it matures. Maybe at that time this plugin would make a great block for Gutenburg. Thank you Tom for sharing it with us!

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6. ★★★★★ jingiz

   7.6y ago

   Great Plugin, I recently started using Gutenberg and if you could turn this into a Block that would be awesome. Maybe for Generatepress, as a feature.

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7. ★★★★★ AL Guevara

   7.7y ago

   Baffled Tom by the Ui. How about a simple button on UI for “column amount” choices? Instead of the percentages thingee?

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8. ★★★★★ Matt Lovett

   7.9y ago

   Love this plugin works really well. One really small point would be great if the button for columns showed up when editing a Toolset template, some kind of integration with Toolset. Its not a massive thing as you learn the code you can just manually write it but would be a nice little time saving update if it was integrated! 🙂

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.0 Move custom class value to the parent container Code cleanup 1.0
2. — Version 0.7 Fix weird scroll behavior caused by transitions and matchHeight Only load matchHeight on pages where columns are present with it enabled 0.7
3. — Version 0.6 Fix column class bug causing some columns not to work 0.6
4. — Version 0.5 Move margin-bottom setting to inner element so style attribute can overwrite it Adjust lgc_columns_helper function to fix issue with and tags around the shortcode Add jQuery matchHeight to match the height of columns for 0.5
5. — Version 0.4 Show TinyMCE icon on all post types 0.4
6. — Version 0.3 Fix bug where TinyMCE icon wasn’t showing up if SiteOrigin Page Builder and Black Studio TinyMCE Widget were activated together Add IE 7 & 8 compatibility 0.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 9 languages, 8 at 90% or more

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-01-30 20K+ → 10K+ down after 7 days in tier
2. 2024-01-23 10K+ → 20K+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2024-01-21 20K+ → 10K+ down after 2151 days in tier
4. 2018-03-02 10K+ → 20K+ up after 302 days in tier
5. 2017-05-04 9K+ → 10K+ up after 32 days in tier
6. 2017-04-02 8K+ → 9K+ up after 30 days in tier
7. 2017-03-03 3K+ → 8K+ up after 272 days in tier
8. 2016-06-04 1K+ → 3K+ up

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Lightweight Grid Columns: 10K+ active installs, 4.9★ (42 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/lightweight-grid-columns