Using “Post Magazine Grid Widget” you can create dynamic post magazine layouts for your WordPress posts on your Elementor website. By listing posts in a space-saving grid layout, each post takes up less amount of space and you can highlight certain posts more than others. It also supports the advanced options like connected widgets, post pagination and ajax filtering.
Let’s look at each of the options in the “Post Magazine Grid” below.
Install Post Magazine Widget for Elementor #
This widget requires Unlimited Elements PRO version installed and activated on your WordPress website.
- Go to Unlimited Elements Widget Library
- Search in the search bar for “Post Magazine”
- Hover over the widget in the search results and click install
- Add your “Post Magazine” widget to any Elementor Page
General Settings #
Post List Image Size
Select the desired size for post list image.
- Medium Large
- Large
- Medium
- Thumbnail
- Full Size
- Woocommerce Thumbnail
- Woocommerce Single
- Woocommerce Gallery Thumbnail
- Shop Catalog
- Shop Single
- Shop Thumbnail
Grid Columns
Set the number of columns you want to display.
Grid Gap
Set the gap between grid items.
Intro Number of Characters
Set the number of characters to display as intro.
Button Text
Type the custom text for button.
Responsive Breakpoint
Set the breakpoint to change the layout to responsive.
Responsive Number of Columns
Set the number of columns you want to display in responsive layout.
Show Empty Message
It shows the empty message when no posts answer the query.
Empty Message
Type the custom text for empty message.
Layout Settings #
Show or hide elements in Post Magazine Grid.
Show Categories
Show/Hide the categories of posts.
- No
- All Categories
- Only Main Category
Show Title
Show/Hide the title element.
Show Intro
Show/Hide intro in magazine grid.
Show Button
Show/Hide the button.
Meta Data
Show/Hide the meta data of posts.
- Hide
- After Intro
- Before Intro
Show Date (Meta Data)
Show/Hide the date meta data.
Date Icon
Choose an icon to display as date icon.
Show Author(Meta Data)
Show/Hide the author name.
Author Icon
Choose an icon for author.
Grid Settings #
Set the column and row span for each item.
Post Query Setting #
Select the exact posts you want to show on your Post Magazine Grid.
Posts Source
Choose any of the below options for your post source.
- Current Query Post
- Custom Posts
- Related Posts
- Manual Selection
Post Types
Choose the type of post you want to display.
Include By
Include the posts from different options given below
- Include Sticky Posts
- Get Only Sticky Posts
- Author
- Date
- Post Parent
- Post Meta
- Most Viewed
- ID's from PHP function
- ID's from Post Meta
- ID's from Dynamic Field
Include By Terms
Choose specific posts that you would like to include from your selection by adding rules.
- Include By Terms Relation
- Include Terms Children
Exclude By
Choose specific posts that you would like to exclude from your selection by adding rules.
- Terms
- Current Posts
- Author
- Post Without Featured Image
- Posts with current category
- Posts with current tags
- Offset
- Avoid Duplicates
- ID's from Dynamic Field
To know more about post query setting, please visit our article on Advanced Post Selection
Post Pagination and Ajax Filtering #
Pagination
Display the pagination for your post grid
- None
- Numbers
- Using Pagination Widget
Enable Post Filtering
When turned on you can use all the post-filter widgets like tab filters, load more and infinite scroll.
Filters Behaviour
- Ajax
- Ajax and URL change - Will change the URL each time the filter changes and add the possibility to use browser back navigation.
Learn more about the diffrent Ajax filters that can work with the Post Magazine Grid in the links bellow:
Post Magazine Grid Widget Styling #
Every aspect of the widget’s design can be controlled through different styling options. Choose colors that complement the style of your website. You can modify the text, icons, fonts, and layout to make the widget look and work the way you want.
Item Styling #
Set the item background, height, shadow, border, and radius.
Image Styling #
In this section, set the image opacity, positioning, and blend styling.
Image Overlay Styling #
You can set the image overlay color and image.
Content Styling #
In this section, set the content padding, margin, background, alignment and border.
Category Styling #
Style the color, background, typography, and padding of the post category.
Title Styling #
Here, you can style the color, typography, spacing, etc. of the title.
Meta Data Styling #
You can style the color, typography, spacing, width, and alignment of the metadata.
Intro Styling #
Set the intro color, typography, and spacing.
Grid Styling #
Style the grid background, padding, border, and radius.
Button Styling #
You can style the padding, radius, color, background, spacing, border, typography etc. of the button.
Button Hover Styling #
This section lets you set the button hover typography, color, background, and hover effect.
Empty Message Styling #
Style the typography, color, background, radius, padding, margin etc. of the empty message item.
Usage Examples #
Here are some live use cases for the Post Magazine Grid Widget.
Post Magazine Grid with Post Pagination.
