Post Grid Master — Post Grids & AJAX Filters

by Akhtarujjaman Shuvo

Description

Post Grid Master helps you create post grids with AJAX filters. You can create post grid layouts with taxonomy filters, AJAX pagination, load more buttons, infinite scroll, and more.

Post Grid Master includes a shortcode generator that lets you easily create shortcodes and display grids anywhere — even inside theme templates.

See the Live Demo
Watch the Video Demo on YouTube

Features of Post Grid Master

Post Grid Master offers you a lot of features that will help you create a post grid with AJAX filter easily. You can develop your custom theme templates easily by using the Post Grid Master shortcode. Here are some of the features that you will get with Post Grid Master.

Shortcode Generator
Post Grid Master has a shortcode generator that helps you generate the shortcode easily and use it anywhere to show the post grid. It includes a preview feature so you can preview the post grid before using it.

Pre-Built Grid Layouts
Post Grid Master has a few pre-built post grid layouts (more are coming) that you can use to create your post grid. It includes unique classes for easy custom layout creation via CSS.

Custom Post Type Support
You can create grids for default or custom post types.

Posts Per Page
Control how many posts appear per page — show all or a specific number.

Order By / Order
Order posts by date, title, random, comment count, author, etc., in ascending or descending order.

Excerpt Length
Control the excerpt length by word or character count. Choose to pull content from the excerpt or main content field.

Read More Button
Show or hide the “Read More” button, and customize its text.

Filter Styles
Includes 3 filter styles, or hide the filter entirely. Optionally remove the “All” button.

Custom Taxonomy Support
Create custom taxonomy filters and display grids by selected terms.

AJAX Pagination
Load the next page without reloading. Supports default or “Load More” pagination styles.

Load More Button
Load next posts via button click.

Infinite Scroll
Automatically load more posts as users scroll down.

Animate on Post Load
Add animation effects when posts load.

Grid Image Thumbnail Size
Choose from available image sizes for grid thumbnails.

Filter Heading Option
Display or hide filter headings with custom text.

Toggle Filter Items Option
Show/hide filter items by clicking on the filter heading.

Other Features

Works with Any Theme
Clean & Optimized Code for Performance
Fully Responsive
Cross Browser Compatible
Translation Ready
Well Documented
Essential Features Free of Cost

Still have questions?
If you have any questions or queries regarding Post Grid Master, please ask them in the support forum or contact us.

Pro Features

There are some pro features that you will get with the pro version of Post Grid Master. Here are some of the pro features.

Pro Filter Styles — Additional advanced styles
Pro Grid Layouts — More pre-built templates
Taxonomy Image and Color — Show taxonomy images and colors in filters or grids
Auto Select Taxonomy — Automatically select taxonomy on taxonomy pages
Custom Taxonomy Terms — Choose which terms to display
Initial Term on Page Load — Preload posts based on a term
Auto-Select Initial Term — Auto-selects term on term page
Allow Multiple Selection — Filter by multiple terms at once
Auto Post Type Selection — Auto-select post type on post type pages
Heading Tag — Change title heading tag (h1–h6, div, span, p)
Heading Font Size — Control title font size per device
Column & Row Gap Control — Adjust spacing
Post Items Per Row — Customize post columns per device
Slider Option — Display post grids in a slider with customizable options:
– Slides to Show
– Slides to Scroll
– Show Prev/Next Arrows
– Show Dots
– Enable Autoplay
– Autoplay Speed
– Pause Autoplay on Hover
– Infinite Loop Sliding
– Center Mode

More features coming soon…

Privacy Policy

Post Grid Master uses Appsero SDK to collect some telemetry data upon user confirmation. This helps us troubleshoot problems faster and make product improvements.

Appsero SDK does not gather any data by default. It starts collecting basic telemetry data only when a user allows it via admin notice.

Learn more about how Appsero collects and uses data.

Installation

Download and unzip the plugin. Upload the unzipped folder to the wp-content/plugins folder of your WordPress installation.
Activate the plugin from the WordPress Plugins page.
OR, go to Plugins Add New, and search for “Post Grid Master.”
Install and activate it.
From the dashboard, go to Post Grid Master Grid Builder and create your first post grid.

Screenshots

Backend Grid Builder/Shortcode Generator (Free/Pro)
Backend Preview (Welcome Page)
Key Features
Free Features Overview
Pro Features Overview
Post Grid Master Grid & Filter Style 1 (Free)
Post Grid Master Grid & Filter Style 2 (Free)
Post Grid Master Grid & Filter Style 3 (Free)

Faq

How to create a post grid?

Go to Post Grid Master Grid Builder. Configure filter type, grid style, post type, etc., then copy and paste the shortcode where you want the grid.

Will it work with my theme?

Yes, it works with any standard WordPress theme.

Will it work with any page builder?

Yes. Just paste the shortcode anywhere.

Can I use multiple post grids on the same page?

Yes.

Will it slow down my website?

No. It’s optimized for speed and performance.

Can I create a post grid with custom taxonomy?

Yes, Post Grid Master supports any taxonomy.

Can I hide the filter?

Yes, filters can be disabled.

Can I paginate with Load More Button or Infinite Scroll?

Yes, both methods are supported.

Can I change the Read More text?

Yes, it’s fully customizable.

I need a custom feature.

Email addonmasterwp@gmail.com for custom requests.

Reviews

Nice plugin and great support

By cohemelaqk on October 26, 2023

The free plugin covers all my needs, some things were not possible and I had to solve them with jQuery to achieve it.

The technical support responds quickly and takes your feedback into account to make the necessary improvements where possible.

I appreciate the help. Thank you!

Great Support and super flexible plugin

By thewizck on March 17, 2023

Been using the plugin for months and the devs were super supportive when I had a question. The plugin's flexible for my site's needs and was easy to use.

Best ajax post plugin by far!

By Chris.V (chrisv234) on February 9, 2023

This is by far the best ajax post plugin you can find in the wordpress repository. Easy to use and with good performance!

A Good Clean Attractive Layout

By jcomanda on September 10, 2022

This plugin displays a grid of post excerpts that allows end-users to filter on categories. Behind the scenes, it uses sophisticated coding. In terms of putting it on your website, it works with shortcodes that are simple to set and give you the ability to fine-tune the way filtering and pagination work. You can't change the layout without CSS, but the designer has chosen well. The plugin provides a 3-column desktop layout that is very clean and elegant, as well as responsive. The developer has a particularly good sense for how to design the layout, compared to other plugins I have worked with. By forcing images into the same size format and placing them at the top of each post above the title, the posts all line up well. In addition, I have found the developer to be responsive as well.

Can't use custom template for posts

By tuomio on June 3, 2022

Taxonomy filters are implemented as li elements, and everything is missing aria-labels. Could be better if you could overwrite templates with your own.

Easy & Simple Plugin

By pigavetta on February 24, 2021

Very simple instalation. Just input shortcode [am_post_grid], your post will displayed

Ingenious But can Still Improve

By digitaldesigndude on July 12, 2020

The plugin does exactly what it says it does and is simple to use but is missing some key features: Missing Features: - Post Grid Doesn't scroll back to the top row when you switch to the next paginated page. (Less convenient for users to scroll back up) - Uses full-sized images for thumbnails (Larger images will take longer to load. Easily remedied by switching it to 'thumbnails' in the plugin's code.) Other than that, the grid is not responsive for mobile but I easily fixed that with CSS and my own media queries. Though I couldn't figure out how to implement a scroll back to the top feature on my own. It would be ideal for mobile user-experience and when I have a lot of posts display on the screen at once.

Great Job !

By Phong Truong (passioncorners) on April 22, 2020

Thank you for this plugin, very strait forward and gets the job done !

Simple and Good

By Adnan Ahmed (adnanahmed237) on March 18, 2020

Yes, this simple plugin will serve the purpose. Thanks

I like this a lot....

By gfury on March 13, 2020

Great

Changelog

3.4.14

Fixed: Security issues
Compatible with WordPress 6.8.2
Fixed: Plugin Check (PCP) issues.

3.4.13

Fixed: Security issues
Compatible with WordPress 6.7.1
Text Domain: ‘ajax-filter-posts’ from ‘gridmaster’.
Fixed: Plugin Check (PCP) issues.

3.4.9

July 02, 2024
Fixed: Security issues
Compatible with WordPress 6.5.x

3.4.8

Mar 16, 2024
Fixed: Security issues
Added: Nonce checking on post grid
Compatible with WordPress 6.4.3

3.4.7

Mar 04, 2024
Added: Filter Heading Option
Added: Toggle Filter Items Option
Added: No Post Found Filter Hook (gridmaster-no-posts-found)
Fixed: Translatable “All” text
Fixed: Minor code changes.
Detailed Documentation: https://addonmaster.com/post-grid-master-wordpress-post-grid-plugin-updates-mar-04-2024/

3.4.6

Feb 14, 2024
Fixed: Minor code changes.
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.3
Minified CSS and JS

3.4.3

Oct 26, 2023
Added: Excerpt Type: Characters or Words
Fixed: Minor code changes.
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.2

3.4.2

Sep 22, 2023
Added: Thumbnail Function
Added: Submenu navigation
Added: View Demo Button for pro links
Fixed: Minor code changes.
Fixed: Minor CSS changes.
Fixed: Minor changes in admin panel.

3.4.1

Sep 09, 2023
Fixed: Cannot modify header information issue fixed.
Fixed: Minor code changes.

3.4.0

Aug 19, 2023
Rebrand: Post Grid with Ajax Filter to Post Grid Master
Rebuid the plugin from scratch
Added: Shortcode Generator
Old shortcode support
Clean & Optimized Code
Huge Code Refactor
Added: 2 Grid Layouts
Added: 3 Filter Layouts
Added: Backend Preview
Added: Filter Preview
Added: Pagination Preview
Added: Post Grid Preview
Added: Excerpt Control
Added: Excerpt Length Control
Added: Read More Button Text Control
and many more…

3.3.0

March 1, 2023
WordPress 6.1.1 Compatible

3.2.1

Sep 10, 2022
Added: Static Load on Page Load

3.1.5

Sep 06, 2022
Fixed: Loading Issue on page load
Tested up to WordPress 6.0.2

3.0.4

JUN 11, 2022
Fixed: Nonce fix
Tested up to WordPress 6.0

3.0.0

Nov 21, 2021
Added: Load More Button [See latest Shortcodes]
Added: Infinite Scroll
Added: Animation Effect on post load
Added: Posts restrictions by Terms
Fixed: Code issues

2.2.1

March 8, 2021
Added: Order Parameter
Added: Orderby Parameter

2.2.0

Feb 23, 2021
WordPress 5.6.2 Compatible
Added: Show/Hide Specific category terms
Added: Hide/Show Empty Category Terms

2.1.0

Feb 3, 2021
WordPress 5.6 Compatible

2.0.4

March 19, 2020
Issue Fixed: Draft posts are displayed

2.0.2

March 9, 2020
Ajax pagination
CSS Improvement
Ajax Improvement
Speed Improvement

2.0.0

Jan 22, 2020
Multiple grid support
Ajax Improvement
Speed Improvement
Shortcode Extended :
posts_per_page – for controlling number of posts
btn_all – Show/Hide “All” Button on filter
show_filter – Show/Hide the filter

1.0.4

Jan 21, 2020
Multiple grid support
Ajax Improvement
Speed Improvement
New Design Layout Added

1.0.4

Initial release.