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Essential Grid

Essential Grid is a premium WordPress plugin for responsive galleries and post grids built from images, videos, audio and social feeds.

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It is sold on CodeCanyon and through its own site.

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Who it's for

Photographers, agencies and designers who need custom galleries and post grids

  • Photographers and artists with gallery sites
  • Agencies building portfolio grids for clients

Best Essential Grid features

  • Drag and drop builder

    Build grids without writing code.

  • 50+ templates

    Plug and play templates with a visual skin editor.

  • Grid layouts

    Even, masonry and cobble layouts, with mixed grids.

  • Multiple content sources

    Posts, pages, WooCommerce, galleries and social media.

  • Auto-updating social content

    Pulls content from social sites without logging in to WordPress.

  • Export and import

    Move grids, skins and metadata between sites.

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  • 50+ ready-made templates
  • Pulls content from social media feeds automatically
  • Visual skin editor for custom styles
  • Current price could not be confirmed from the vendor or CodeCanyon pages
  • Premium only, with support for the paid license

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