Best columns plugins for WordPress
The most popular columns plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Admin Columns leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Column Shortcodes (60K+) and ACF Quick Edit Fields (30K+). All 92 plugins tagged “columns” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 columns plugins
- 1.Admin Columns
The most installed columns plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,652 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Column Shortcodes60K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 134 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 3.
ACF Quick Edit Fields30K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 43 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 4.
Lightweight Grid Columns10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 42 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 5.
Genesis Columns Advanced10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 25 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 6.PixCodes
8K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.Gridable
4K+ active installs. Rated 2.9 from 10 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
Columns3K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 22 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 9.Genesis Easy Columns
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 11 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 10.
Grid Shortcodes2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 92 plugins tagged “columns”
Admin Columns
#336by Codepress12 days ago
Take control of your WordPress admin list tables. Add, remove, and reorder columns for posts, users, media, and more - no coding needed.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.7K)
- Downloads
- 2.1K/day

Column Shortcodes
Up in the last 7 days:1#659by Tobias Schutter4 years ago
Adds shortcodes to easily create columns in your posts or pages.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.8(134)
- Downloads
- 82/day

ACF Quick Edit Fields
#1,029by podpirate1 year ago
Enable Columns, Filters, Quick Edit and Bulk Edit for ACF Fields in WordPress List Tables
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.5(43)
- Downloads
- 230/day

Lightweight Grid Columns
Up in the last 7 days:8#1,874by Tom7 years ago
Easily add desktop, tablet and mobile friendly columns to your content using an easy to use shortcode.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(42)
- Downloads
- 25/day

Genesis Columns Advanced
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,150by Nick Diego2 years ago
Adds shortcodes to easily create up to 42 different columned layouts.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(25)
- Downloads
- 28/day
PixCodes
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,463by pixelgrade2 months ago
PixCodes offers a Classic Editor interface for inserting Pixelgrade shortcodes.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Gridable
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,591by pixelgrade2 months ago
Gridable adds row and column layout controls to the WordPress Classic Editor.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 2.9(10)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Columns
Up in the last 7 days:19#3,941by Konstantin Kovshenin9 years ago
This WordPress plugin boosts your website with... you guessed it, columns!
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.1(22)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Genesis Easy Columns
Down in the last 7 days:2#4,734by Code969 years ago
Easily add Genesis column shortcodes to your WordPress editor.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.4(11)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Grid Shortcodes
#5,037by WP Darko9 months ago
A responsive and easy-to-use tool for dividing your content in your posts/pages. This ultra-lightweight plugin allows you to put your content in colum …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 15/day

Manage User Columns
Up in the last 7 days:12#5,205by Deepak Khokhar4 months ago
This plugin allows you to manage columns under the users page in the WordPress admin area.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Three Column Screen Layout
Down in the last 7 days:22#5,515by Chad Hovell10 years ago
Three, four and five column screen layouts for the post editor.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.8(16)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Dashboard Columns
Up in the last 7 days:3#5,799by Polygon Themes6 months ago
Easily change the number of dashboard columns from Screen Options.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WPC Admin Columns
Up in the last 7 days:5#5,893by WPClever7 days ago
WPC Admin Columns offers a listing of columns in the admin dashboards for different post-types.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 63/day
Rescue Shortcodes
Up in the last 7 days:10#6,313by Rescue Themes10 months ago
A lightweight WordPress shortcodes plugin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 13/day

Block Editor Bootstrap Blocks
Up in the last 7 days:3#6,938by kubiq10 months ago
Fully responsive Bootstrap 5 blocks, components and extends for Gutenberg
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 19/day

Posts Columns Manager
Up in the last 7 days:38#7,434by Serhiy Zakharchenko3 years ago
Did you ever want to add some custom columns to the posts overview page?
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WEN Responsive Columns
Down in the last 7 days:39#7,543by WEN Themes2 years ago
Easily display columnized content in your pages or posts.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.7(9)
- Downloads
- 7/day

Block Editor
Up in the last 7 days:17#7,761by Mickaël Larguier2 months ago
Adds a "Reverse on Mobile" option to the Columns, Row, Stack and Media & Text blocks in Gutenberg.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Magazine Columns
Up in the last 7 days:23#8,401by bandicootmarketing11 years ago
Divides your post or page content into two or more columns, like a magazine article.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.0(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Easy Widget Columns
Down in the last 7 days:4#9,596by Alexis J. Villegas6 years ago
Easily display widgets in rows of columns.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Add Dashboard Columns
Up in the last 7 days:18#9,653by Sergio6 years ago
Enable Dashboard Columns in WordPress 3.8 or later
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Slug Search and Admin Columns
Up in the last 7 days:93#11,303by Code and core13 days ago
Enhance your WordPress admin with powerful slug search, sortable ID and Slug columns, and flexible settings for better content management.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 17/day
DivUp Content
Down in the last 7 days:13#11,563by Themeover4 years ago
Wrap divs around classic editor content using divup shortcodes. Also works for Gutenberg, but you may prefer to use the group block.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Bootstrap's Columns Controller
Up in the last 7 days:20#12,684by veradeveloper9 years ago
With "Bootstrap's Columns Controller" you can easily use colums to customize your content
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Widgets in Columns
Down in the last 7 days:64#12,924by shazdeh12 years ago
Using this plugin you can show your widgets in desired columns and rows. You can also display an icon beside the widget.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(8)
- Downloads
- 6/day

PixGridder
Down in the last 7 days:38#13,712by manuelmasia11 years ago
A simple page grid composer that splits your pages into ordered grids, a builder for rows and columns
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.6(21)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Columnize
Up in the last 7 days:12#13,794by darrinb12 years ago
Easily create multiple columns within posts and pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Advanced Columns Block
#13,908by Evolve1 month ago
The professional plugin for creating responsive layouts in WordPress.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Two Column Admin
#16,740by ImTheirWebGuy12 years ago
Provides the ability to select from the classic 1 or 2 column setup on your dashboard in wp-admin.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Plugin Columns
#16,761by Roger Grimstad6 years ago
Plugin Columns adds several columns to the plugins list (Categories, dates, counters). Useful if you have a lot of plugins installed to filter by cate …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flavor Block Visibility
Up in the last 7 days:38#16,911by Vlad Zelinskyi1 month ago
Hide any block on Mobile, Tablet or Desktop, and set a different Columns order per device. Lightweight, CSS-first, native editor UI.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Content Manager Light
Down in the last 7 days:45#17,918by OTWthemes4 years ago
Build your custom Responsive page layout and fill it with ready to use content items. Easy, no coding.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Columnizer
Down in the last 7 days:61#19,208by TristanChambers14 years ago
Wordpress Plugin to columnize content automatically
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
byBrick Columns
Down in the last 7 days:96#19,358by davidpaulsson14 years ago
A plugin that enables for column based shortcodes.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Responsive Block Controls
Up in the last 7 days:21#19,926by Specia1ne1 day ago
Add responsive layout and spacing controls to native Gutenberg blocks — no custom blocks or builder lock-in.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
CSS Columns
#20,088by redwerks14 years ago
Provides a [columns] shortcode that gives a section of post content multiple columns using css3's column properties.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Foundation Columns
Down in the last 7 days:9#22,324by tormorten11 years ago
Use the Zurb Foundation-grid and block grid in all your posts, pages and custom post types.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Uplink CSS Columns
#24,623by Stephen Walker1 month ago
Add CSS Multi-column layout, rules, spanning, and fragmentation controls to core WordPress blocks.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wp Loop
Down in the last 7 days:276#24,661by mimo10 years ago
Creates a Widget to display a Masonry, Infinite scroll, filterable loop of posts or whatever custom post type you have. Includes 1-20 columns layout.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Grid Block
#25,756by digitalapps2 months ago
Create responsive 12-column layouts with per-breakpoint column widths.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

New Custom Shop Order Columns
Up in the last 7 days:426#26,037by yakacj1 month ago
Add new custom order columns to admin shop order list in WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Columns
#26,061by Jesper van Engelen10 years ago
Use icons instead of text labels in column headers on post, user, media and other admin pages. Extension for Admin Columns.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Columns
#26,253by Florian Palme12 years ago
Create Custom Columns for your Post Types easily
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gallery Columns
Down in the last 7 days:287#26,959by Safirul Alredha15 years ago
Force and overwrite the current number of [gallery] columns without altering or tampering its original options.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Perfect Columns
Down in the last 7 days:105#27,152by moto_48512 years ago
Add shortcodes to easily create up to 12 equal columns in your pages and posts
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ACF Flexible Columns
Down in the last 7 days:222#27,806by imageDESIGN8 years ago
Replace the regular single content editor with responsive multiple column editors.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mimo Carousel
Up in the last 7 days:48#28,392by mimo10 years ago
Create Custom Carousels with no code knowledge. Choose Columns, show/hide arrows/dots and a lot of options, display any taxonomy.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

L7 Display Posts
Down in the last 7 days:78#28,650by Jeff10 years ago
Efficiently show posts by tag or category using a simple shortcode. Utilizes caching for greater speed and fewer database calls.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Hide Admin Columns
Up in the last 7 days:170#31,234by Bishoy.A2 years ago
Hide columns in the WordPress admin list tables for custom post types.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day