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.

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1. ★★★★★ alvar05

   5.8y ago

   Thanks for a really simple and working plugin!!

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2. ★★★★★ Lindsey

   6.7y 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

   6.9y ago

   плагин шикарен, как и все творения Тома!

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4. ★★★★★ mediafluent

   7.0y ago

   to work with Gutenberg blocks.

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5. ★★★★★ Terry J

   7.1y 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

   7.4y 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

   7.5y 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

   7.8y 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

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

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).

• Admin Columns 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Column Shortcodes 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag D
• ACF Quick Edit Fields 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C
• Genesis Columns Advanced 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag C
• P PixCodes 8K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• Gridable 4K+ installs · 3.4★ · 1 shared tag B

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Lightweight Grid Columns: 10K+ active installs, 4.9★ (42 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/lightweight-grid-columns