Content Views is the most popular grid plugin to create stunning Blogs, News, Personal, Portfolio, Business, and Shop sites. Easy to display posts, pages, custom post types, images, and taxonomy terms in attractive grid, list, slider, accordion, pinterest, timeline, overlay, and more. Show recent po
PricingFree downloadThe WordPress.org download is free. Pro versions, add-ons or external services may cost extra.
CompatibilityRequires WordPress 5.0 and PHP 5.6.
SourceWordPress plugins · Nov 4, 2026
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Content Views is the most popular grid plugin to create stunning Blogs, News, Personal, Portfolio, Business, and Shop sites.
Easy to display posts, pages, custom post types, images, and taxonomy terms in attractive grid, list, slider, accordion, pinterest, timeline, overlay, and more.
Show recent posts, category posts, tag posts, author posts, posts by keyword, posts by custom field, posts by date, etc. effortlessly.
See Live Demo | Content Views Pro | Documentation | Support
🏆 SHORTCODE FOR CLASSIC EDITOR AND PAGE BUILDERS
Content Views provides a powerful shortcode feature to work with the Classic editor and page builders in 2 simple steps:
Step 1: Create a View Start by creating a View where you can query and sort any posts, pages, custom post types by category, tag, taxonomy, custom field, post ID, post title, date, author, etc. You can select from 20 layouts that fit your needs, customize and style them with many options. You can also choose and import from our library of 76 stunning pre-made designs ( read more ).
Step 2: Add Shortcode Add the created view shortcode to the Classic editor, page builder, widget, or anywhere you want to display your post grid.
🏆 BLOCKS & PATTERNS FOR BLOCK EDITOR
Content Views extends the Block Editor with 16 advanced blocks and 76 prebuilt patterns to help you build WordPress websites faster and more professionally:
💎 16 GUTENBERG POST BLOCKS
Content Views adds 16 amazing and feature-rich blocks to help you display WordPress posts, pages, custom post types stunningly. Using our awesome Gutenberg blocks plugin, you can build and show website content with endless customization options:
Different blocks for different kinds of content/sections/websites
Various post block layouts to provide you more design choices
Advanced post query filters to control block content
To save your time and help you to build faster in the WordPress Block editor, we created a collection of 76+ stunningly designed Gutenberg block patterns and templates that you can explore and import to the Block editor with just a few clicks. You can customize these post block patterns & templates easily in the way you want with numerous block options. You can use our pre-designed post block templates to build a complete page in just a few minutes. You also can combine the post block patterns in your own way to create unique design for your WordPress website.
🏆 WIDGETS FOR ELEMENTOR PAGE BUILDER
If you use the Elementor page builder, our plugin will enhance your Elementor experience with 16 advanced widgets for Elementor to showcase your posts, pages, custom post types, media files in stunning layouts (grid, list, slider, timeline, and many more).
Each of our widgets for Elementor is a different way to show your content. All widgets are fully customizable with many useful and friendly options (to control what to show, and how to show):
Powerful query controls for each widget
Many layout and display options to completely control the output
Advanced style settings to customize typography, color, padding, border, etc.
With our plugin, you can build websites with the Elementor page builder so much faster and easier.
🏆 TOP FEATURES
💎 MULTIPLE LAYOUTS FOR ANY KIND OF WEBSITES
We provide various attractive & responsive layouts for different types of websites and purposes. Pick one from our beautiful grid, list, slider/carousel, pinterest, masonry, timeline, glossary, accordion layouts that fits your need, and then customize it as you want with many flexible settings and options.
Content Views is proud of helping bloggers, business/shop owners, companies, religious communities, universities, and government departments to show and build their WordPress websites content amazingly and efficiently.
💎 POWERFUL QUERY FILTERS
Our shortcodes/blocks/widgets provide many options to help you query, filter, search, and sort any posts, pages, custom post types easily.
Post Type Select one or multiple post types in your website including post, page, custom post types, media/attachment.
Taxonomy Filter posts by categories, tags, custom taxonomy terms easily.
Common Include, exclude specific posts by post ID or post title. You also can set post offset, and amount of posts to show.
Sort/order By default, it sorts posts by published date to show recent posts or latest posts. You can change it to sort posts by modified date, post title, post ID, random order, menu order, and more.
Filter posts by keyword Easy to find your posts by custom keyword that appears in post title, post content, post excerpt.
Filter posts by author Find posts created by or not created by specific post authors and current logged-in author.
Filter posts by status Display published posts, scheduled posts, private posts, or posts with another status easily with this feature.
Filter posts by published date Display posts published today, yesterday, this week/month/year, within a custom date range.
Filter Sticky Post (PRO) Hide sticky posts, show them at top, or show only sticky posts.
Restrict posts by membership (PRO) Help you to show posts to only allowed members of membership plugins such as Members, MemberMouse…
Filter posts by custom field (PRO) Filter your posts by one or multiple custom fields easily & quickly. It supports ACF, Meta Box, and other custom field plugins.
💎 ADVANCED FRONT-END FILTER (PRO)
If you are looking for a truly powerful front-end filter or faceted search for your website, then this feature is for you. You can help your website visitors to find any posts, pages, custom post types easily by showing category, tag, custom taxonomy, custom field as filtering options in various formats such as dropdowns, checkboxes, radios, date ranges, number sliders, buttons.
Also, you can show text search field, and sorting options by post date, post title, custom field. Furthermore, you can customize style of these filters, change their appearance order, etc. And you can show the filters above or beside the post grid.
See Front-End Filter Demo
💎 AJAX & NORMAL PAGINATION
Our plugin provides both normal and AJAX pagination. AJAX pagination will retrieve posts without reloading the page, using 3 different pagination styles including ajax numeric pagination, ajax load more, and ajax infinite scroll. It is easy to enable/disable pagination in our post grid.
See Pagination Demo
💎 REPLACE THEME LAYOUT (PRO)
Our special Replace Layout feature will help you to display beautiful grid/another layout for posts on below WordPress pages easily, without changing the theme, and no coding required:
✔️ Blog page ✔️ Category page ✔️ Tag page ✔️ Search page ✔️ Author page ✔️ Date page ✔️ Taxonomy, term page
💎 3RD-PARTY INTEGRATIONS & COMPATIBILITY
Content Views seamlessly integrates with a wide range of plugins:
WooCommerce : show products in beautiful layouts. Easily filter products by price, categories, tags, attributes, visibility. And show sale, best-selling, featured, top-rated products with one single click ( see demo ).
The Events Calendar : filter events by categories, tags, start/end date, etc. and show events & their information in grid/list easily ( see demo ).
Advanced Custom Fields, Meta Box, Pods : filter posts by custom fields, and show custom field for each post in the post grid ( see demo ).
Change the html tag, length of post title in the post grid
Change post content/excerpt source, length
Change post image size, styles in shortcodes, blocks, and widgets
Lazy loading for images in the post grid
Show post comment count
Show post author name, avatar
Show post category, post tag, post taxonomy in custom position
Show post date in custom format
Post meta field selection, position and styling
Change the post link target attribute
Social sharing buttons for each post in the post grid
SEO and speed optimization for all shortcodes, blocks, and widgets
Display advertisements between posts in the post grid
Reusing the shortcode with extra parameters
Right to Left (RTL) support
Customizable output with many hooks
🏆 LIST OF SHORTCODE LAYOUTS, GUTENBERG BLOCKS, AND WIDGETS FOR ELEMENTOR
All shortcodes/blocks/widgets support posts, pages, custom post types, media files and come with a lot of options to customize. Here is the key feature of each layout/block/widget:
Grid Post – This post grid displays your posts in a beautiful standard grid layout
List Post – This post list displays your posts in a list with post image on the left/right
Pinterest – This post layout displays your posts in a modern stacking grid that looks like Pinterest.com
Collapsible Post – This post layout displays your posts in a layout that can expand or collapse post content. It is a perfect choice for FAQ page or a narrow section
Scrollable Post – This post layout displays your posts in a carousel/slider layout with navigation, indicator and autoplay to explore more posts easily
Timeline – This post layout displays your posts in a classic Timeline layout like Facebook
Big Post 1 – This post layout displays one big post above other small posts. Big post and small posts can be customized separately
Big Post 2 – This post layout displays one big post beside other small posts. Big post and small posts can be customized separately
Post Over
See it in action
Screenshots & previews.
Advanced query filters for Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks, and Widgets for ElementorDynamic filter settings for ShortcodePowerful display settings for ShortcodeAdvanced post grid blocks (for Gutenberg block editor)75+ ready-to-use block patterns (for Gutenberg block editor)16 widgets for the Elementor page builderPowerful controls for each widget (for Elementor)Advanced typography options, font, color, background, border, and so on
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Gettingstarted.
Using The WordPress Dashboard
01Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
02Search for ‘Content Views’
03Click ‘Install Now’
04Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard
Uploading in WordPress Dashboard
05Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
06Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
07Select content-views-query-and-display-post-page.zip from your computer
11Extract the content-views-query-and-display-post-page directory to your computer
12Upload the content-views-query-and-display-post-page directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
13Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
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Frequently asked questions.
How to use Content Views with the Classic Editor?
In the WordPress Admin menu, click Content Views > Add New, adjust options as you want, and save. Then copy the generated shortcode and add it to the Classic editor of your post, page.
How to use Content Views with the Gutenberg Block Editor?
Create a new page and click the ‘+’ sign, search for Content Views, or scroll to the CONTENT VIEWS section, you will find all our 16 Gutenberg blocks there. Click on the block you want to insert in your page and start displaying your posts stunningly with our blocks.
How to use Content Views with the Elementor page builder?
Create a new page with Elementor, find our widgets for Elementor under the CONTENT VIEWS section, click on the widget you want to use, and customize it as you want.
Can I use Content Views without Gutenberg block editor?
Sure, you can create and use our shortcode in Classic editor, without enabling Gutenberg block editor.
Can I use Content Views without Elementor page builder?
Sure, you can use our shortcode (for any themes and page builders) or blocks (for block themes and the Gutenberg block editor).
Can I use Content Views with any WordPress theme?
Sure, Content Views is compatible with any WordPress theme.
Can I use Content Views with any page builders?
Sure, Content Views can be used with any page builders (Elementor, SiteOrigin, Beaver Builder, Divi, WPBakery, and so on) using our shortcode feature. With the Elementor page builder, you can also use our widgets.
Where can I get help?
If you encounter any difficulties or if you have questions about Content Views, you can create a ticket on our support forum . Also, feel free to check our demo to find out more about the features and our documentation for many guides, manuals, tutorials.
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