Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy vs Related Posts by Taxonomy

Build a list or grid layout of any post type (products, pages, posts + more). The visual editing experience makes creating unique designs a breeze. Design post templates (cards) using our drag and drop builder Built for both Gutenberg users and non Gutenberg users (blocks + shortcodes available) Query builder – select from multiple post types or restrict by tags, categories, taxonomies, authors and more Works with any theme No coding required Responsive options Links Website Examples Documentation Follow us for updates and tips What can you make with this plugin? Popular posts widget Recent posts widget A shop layout for listing products (*when combined WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads and other product plugins) A post grid A portfolio grid Masonry layouts Custom post type layouts And much more… Layout Editor Build single column or grid based layouts using the visual editor. Supports Masonry out of the box Tons of design options to build the layout you want Choose to add numbered Pagination ( ‘Load more’ and ‘Infinite scroll’ options are planned ) Powerful query builder Responsive columns (choose how many columns to show for each device size – and set your own breakpoints) Query Builder Options include: Multiple post type selection Tag, category and custom taxonomy restriction Single author or multiple author restriction Ordering by – post title, published date (for recent posts), modified date, post ID, comment count (for popular posts), author Posts per page Offset Ignore sticky posts Template Editor Design individual templates (cards) using our drag and drop editor – creativity is your only limit Link them with your layouts to build beautiful designs Hundreds of design options Unique blocks for building templates + template editor granular control over the blocks you add to your design – choose from a growing list to re-arrange blocks, just drag and drop each block has it’s own sidebar full of options such as spacing, colors (including gradients + alpha transparencies), font settings, borders, and more. Currently available blocks: Post Title, Post Type, Post Excerpt, Post Author, Published + Modified Date, Custom Field, Taxonomies, Link, Basic Text (with shortcode support). Find out more about our template blocks. Gutenberg integration Custom blocks for building layouts Seamlessly integrates with our Template Editor UI built using 90% Gutenberg components 👍 Experimental FSE Query block support (drop our Post Template block into the Query block…) Works with the version of Gutenberg shipped in WP core, and the Gutenberg plugin (using the latest stable build) Built for speed At its base – loads only 1 css file and 1 javascript file on the frontend – total bundle size approx 15kb. CSS file dynamically created, saving resources and requests per page load (+ avoiding inline CSS) Caches posts + queries for optimum performance Not jQuery dependant Includes 7 sample templates We’ve included a pack of templates ready for you to customise – check the installation tab for how to import these to your site. Multilingual ready Custom Layouts should support most multilingual plugins – we use a custom post type to store content that is not stored in the block editor. * We’ve also added specific support for WPML’s Advanced Translation Editor. Known Issues Admin Template Editor only works on desktop computers (tablets + mobiles not supported) Admin Template Editor does not work on IE, all other major browsers supported – ** the frontend of this plugin supports IE 11+, no sweat Roadmap Improve performance and load speed by providing an option to use CSS Grid for layouts + masonry Support more CSS unit types in more places Blocks for WooCommerce Blocks for ACF More template blocks (possibly use the block library) Additional hover options Additional font options. Social/sharing blocks Reviews help us improve (and climb the plugin rankings)

Quickly increase your readers’ engagement by adding related posts in the sidebar or after post content with a widget or shortcode. Posts with the most terms in common will display at the top! This plugin is capable of finding related posts in multiple taxonomies and post types. Include or exclude terms from the search for related posts. Change the look and feel by using your own templates in a (child) theme. plugin documentation Plugin features: Widget and Shortcode. Display related posts as post thumbnails, links, excerpts or full posts. Small Footprint. Doesn’t slow down your site! Automatic display of related posts after the post content. Exclude or include terms and posts. Search for related posts in single or multiple taxonomies and post types. Limit the search for related posts by date, number or post meta. Use your own HTML templates for display of the related posts. Extensive plugin documentation. Follows WordPress coding standards and plugin best practices. Highly Adjustable! For the following features you need to be somewhat familiar with WordPress hooks. The plugin documentation has many examples to help you along. Extended features: Use a persistent cache for the related posts query. (opt-in feature) Use the WordPress REST API to get related posts. (opt-in feature) Load related posts after the whole page has loaded (with Ajax). (opt-in feature) Use plugin functions in your theme templates to display related posts yourself. Use Filters to change the default behavior of the plugin. Follow this plugin on GitHub. Search the code reference See the FAQ to have related posts automatically display after the post content without using the shortcode or widget. Default usage for the shortcode is: [related_posts_by_tax] Attributes for the shortcode are: post_id taxonomies post_types posts_per_page order orderby before_shortcode after_shortcode title show_date before_title after_title include_terms include_parents include_children exclude_terms exclude_posts format gallery_format image_size columns caption link_caption limit_posts limit_month meta_key meta_value meta_compare meta_type public_only include_self post_class Example to show 10 related posts instead of the default 5. [related_posts_by_tax posts_per_page="10"] See the documentation for more information about these attributes. Translations Dutch French (by Annie Stasse) Spanish (by Ludobooks – Cuentos personalizados) Catalan (by Ludobooks – Cuentos personalizados) Polish (by koda0601)