Essential Grid

Showing a lot of visual content in an orderly way can be hard with standard WordPress tools. Essential Grid gives you a builder where you arrange photo, video or audio galleries, portfolios and blog content into grids. You pick a layout, choose or edit a template, and adjust the look of each item with the skin editor. The grids adapt to desktops, tablets and smartphones.

The plugin can also pull content in from outside sources such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Vimeo, and it keeps that content updated. Grids, skins and metadata can be exported and imported between themes or WordPress installations. That makes it a practical fit for creatives, agencies, designers and developers who build galleries for their own sites or for clients.

Features

• Drag-and-drop grid builder: Build galleries and grids visually without writing code. You arrange items in the builder and see how the layout comes together as you work.
• Over 50 ready-made templates: Start from more than 50 plug-and-play templates and customize them to suit your project, so a gallery does not need to begin from a blank page.
• Visual skin editor: Create and adjust skin variations for your grid items, so galleries can match the look of your brand.
• Even, masonry and cobble layouts: Choose an even, masonry or cobble grid, or mix them, to present your portfolio or gallery in the arrangement that fits your content.
• Responsive on every device: Grids are fully responsive and display properly on desktops, tablets and smartphones.
• Automatic content import: Source and update content from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Vimeo, so galleries stay current without manual uploads.
• Deep linking and pagination: Deep linking and pagination features are built for galleries, helping visitors reach and share specific items in a larger grid.
• Watermark and right-click protection: Built-in watermark and right-click protection help guard your images and other work against unauthorized use. Grids, skins and metadata can also be exported and imported.

Best for

• Photographers and artists showing portfolios online
• Agencies building gallery sites for clients
• Bloggers and designers needing flexible content grids