The Post Grid
by RadiusTheme
Post and product grids with filtering, pagination and layout presets.
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What The Post Grid does
Post and product grids with filtering, pagination and layout presets.
It sits in the grids part of a WordPress stack and is sold by RadiusTheme on a freemium basis. We recommend it in our grids guides because it does that one job well without asking you to rebuild the rest of the site around it.
Every plugin adds work to a page request, so treat this as a decision with a cost. Record a speed test before you install it and run the same test afterwards, on the same page, so you know exactly what it charged you.
Real user ratings
Score
4.8/5
Reviews
265
Active installs
100,000+
Downloads
3.5M
Latest version
7.9.4
Last updated
2026-09-08
These figures come straight from the public WordPress.org plugin directory API for version 7.9.4, not from us. Check them yourself on the WordPress.org listing. Our own editorial score is 4.5/5.
Where The Post Grid ranks elsewhere
The Post Grid does not appear in the published "best of" lists we track from WPBeginner, TechRadar, Kinsta, Themeisle and similar sites. That is not a mark against it - those roundups are short and skew towards the biggest names.
What changed in the latest version
- Added: Sync button in the import modal header to fetch the latest layouts anytime.
- Improved: Layouts are saved on your own site, so the modal loads without remote calls.
- Improved: The saved copy never expires, and updated layouts arrive with each plugin update.
- Improved: The import modal now shows why it could not load, with a Retry button.
- Fixed: Import modal showed no layouts when the browser could not reach the library.
- Fixed: Block editor fired taxonomy requests endlessly, flooding the server while a post was open.
- Fixed: Text Align and device switcher icons were invisible in the block editor sidebar.
- Fixed: Controls with help text squashed their input down to a few pixels wide.
- Security: AI REST endpoint now requires edit_posts (app/Controllers/Api/AIIntegration.php:18).
- Security: Elementor import endpoint requires per-post cap and nonce (app/Controllers/Api/ElImport.php:22, 35).
- Security: Nonce check added to rtTPGShortCodeList AJAX (app/Controllers/AjaxController.php:346).
- Security: Block CSS save requires per-post cap and sanitizes CSS (app/Controllers/BlocksController.php:485).
- Security: Block CSS get-posts requires read_post cap (app/Controllers/BlocksController.php:465).
- Improved: Import layout modal - skeleton loader, persistent cache, and faster re-open.
- Fixed: Flat icon conflict issue resolved
- Fixed: Pagination posts_per_page handling
- Improved: Settings improved
- Improved: Setup Wizard improved
Release notes are the developer's own words, published on WordPress.org. Read the full changelog
Pros and cons
- Good free layout presets
- A free tier you can trial before paying
- Actively maintained and used on production sites we test
- Adds its own stylesheet
- The features most sites need sit in the paid tier
How to use it
- 1Install on a staging copy first if the site takes money.
- 2Work through the setup wizard and connect any external accounts it needs.
- 3Configure the one feature you installed it for, and leave the rest off.
- 4Test the result as a logged-out visitor on both mobile and desktop.
- 5Re-run our speed test to confirm the plugin has not cost you load time.
How it compares
Other grids plugins we recommend, with their rating and pricing model.
| Plugin | Our rating | WordPress.org | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Post Grid | 4.5 | 4.8 (265) | Freemium | Good free layout presets |
| Content Views | 4.6 | 5 (1) | Freemium | Grids from any content type |
| Essential Grid | 4.2 | n/a | Premium | Highly designed grid layouts |
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