ProWoos Posts Grid
Lightweight WordPress shortcode plugin that displays posts in a responsive card grid with featured images, titles, excerpts, and dates. Works with any theme and page builder including Elementor Free.
by Rafael Minuesa · github.com/prowoos-devs/prowoos-posts-grid
Install
No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:
wp plugin install https://github.com/prowoos-devs/prowoos-posts-grid/archive/refs/heads/main.zipA lightweight shortcode plugin that displays WordPress posts in a responsive card grid with featured images, titles, excerpts, and dates.
Description
ProWoos Posts Grid provides a simple [prowoos_posts_grid] shortcode that outputs a responsive card-style post grid. It works with any theme and page builder, including Elementor Free.
Drop the shortcode into any page, post, or widget area to display a grid of your latest blog posts — no premium page builder widgets needed.
Usage
Basic
[prowoos_posts_grid]Displays 6 posts in a 3-column grid (2 on tablet, 1 on mobile).
With Options
[prowoos_posts_grid posts="9" columns="3" category="blog" excerpt_length="15"]All Available Attributes
| Attribute | Default | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| posts | 6 | Any number | Number of posts to display |
| columns | 3 | 1–4 | Desktop columns |
| columns_tablet | 2 | 1–3 | Tablet columns (mobile is always 1) |
| category | (all) | Any category slug | Filter by category slug |
| excerpt_length | 20 | Any number | Number of words in excerpt |
| orderby | date | date, title, rand, modified | Sort field |
| order | DESC | ASC, DESC | Sort direction |
| offset | 0 | Any number | Skip this many posts |
| show_date | yes | yes, no | Show or hide post date |
| show_excerpt | yes | yes, no | Show or hide excerpt |
| show_readmore | yes | yes, no | Show or hide "Read More" link |
| readmore_text | Read More → | Any text/HTML | Custom read more link text |
Using with Elementor
- Add an HTML or Shortcode widget to your page.
- Paste the shortcode.
- Save and preview.
Examples
Show 4 posts in 2 columns, no excerpt:
[prowoos_posts_grid posts="4" columns="2" show_excerpt="no"]Show posts from "tutorials" category, sorted by title:
[prowoos_posts_grid category="tutorials" orderby="title" order="ASC"]Show 12 posts in 4 columns with short excerpts:
[prowoos_posts_grid posts="12" columns="4" excerpt_length="10"]Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release.