Footer Mega Grid Columns – For Legacy / Classic / Old Widget Screen

Important Note : This plugin work better with WordPress older version till 5.7.

It still works with latest version of WordPress 5.8 or above but you need to enable Legacy / Classic / Old Widget Screen. For this you need to add following code in your theme/child theme functions.php file:

function fmgc_theme_setup() {
    remove_theme_support( 'widgets-block-editor' );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'fmgc_theme_setup' );

OR

// Disables the block editor from managing widgets.
add_filter( 'use_widgets_block_editor', '__return_false' );

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Is your footer stuck in the default “1 or 2 columns” that came with your theme?

Footer Mega Grid Columns is a free plugin which allows you to create footer areas in grid depending upon the requirement of your theme.

Footer Mega Grid Columns – Register a footer widget area for your theme and allow you to add and display footer widgets in grid view with multiple columns.

The site footer is a valuable piece of site real estate, often containing important lead generating items such as mailchimp and social. A well designed footer can be a tremendous benefit.

How to display footer grid

Add the following code in your footer.php

<?php if( function_exists('slbd_display_widgets') ) { echo slbd_display_widgets(); } ?>

Features

• Add a Footer widget ie Footer Mega Grid Columns .
• Display all widgets in grid 1,2,3,4 etc under Footer Mega Grid Columns.
• Can be used with most of the themes.
• Third party widget can be added.

How to install :

1. Upload the ‘footer-mega-grid-columns’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
2. Activate the “Footer Mega Grid Columns” list plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. Check you Widget section for widget name Footer Mega Grid Columns.
4. Add the following code in your footer.php file under <footer> tag.

 if( function_exists('slbd_display_widgets') ) { echo slbd_display_widgets(); }

How to install :

1. 

   Widget

2. 

   Footer with 3 col

3. 

   Footer with 4 col

1.4.3 (14, May 2025)

• [*] Check compatibility with WordPress version 6.8.1

1.4.2 (23, Aug 2024)

• [*] Check compatibility with WordPress version 6.6.1

1.4.1 (07, June 2022)

• [*] Updated plugin name, readme and added FAQ for better usage.

1.3.3 (11, Feb 2022)

• [*] Tested up to: 5.9

1.3.2 (15, Nov 2021)

• [*] Update – Add some text and links in Readme file.

1.3.1 (16, Sep 2021)

• [*] Tested up to: 5.8.1
• [*] Updated demo link.

1.3 (18, Aug 2021)

• [*] Updated all external links
• [*] Tweak – Code optimization and performance improvements.

1.2 (31, May 2021)

• [+] Added new language code.
• [*] Tested up to: 5.7.2
• [*] Tweak – Code optimization and performance improvements.

1.1.3 (12, Dec 2020)

• [*] Tested up to: 5.6

1.1.2 (14, July 2020)

• [+] Added getting started page for better user experience.

1.1.1 (28-10-2017)

• [+] Added support for 5 columns

1.0.1 (31-01-2017)

• [+] Added ::after and ::before to .footer-mega-col class
• [+] Added .footer-mega-col-wrap new class under footer-mega-col class

1.0

• Initial release.