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The Post Grid · Version history

The Post Grid changelog and version history

Latest version
7.9.9
Nov 3, 2026 (6 days ago)
Releases
91
since 2022
In the last year
12
about one every 32 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 202222 releases
  • 202322 releases
  • 202421 releases
  • 202515 releases
  • 202611 releases

202611 releases

  1. The Post Grid 7.9.9Latest

    • Security: Contributors can no longer read password protected posts via block CSS loader. Thanks to Aaron – WellKnown.

  2. The Post Grid 7.9.8

    • Added: Shortcode video thumbnails with play mode, fallback image and player control settings.
    • Security: Escaped filters, pagination, templates, widget titles and Elementor data attributes by context.
    • Security: Isotope URL filter now accepts only the grid’s own filters, never post content markup.
    • Security: Password protected content and private post types no longer leak to contributors or visitors.
    • Security: Removed unused Elementor import route and limited AI writer use to enabled providers.
    • Security: Heading tags, excerpt more text and share tooltips now accept only safe values.
    • Security: Added permission checks, uploads-only image resizing and direct file access protection.
    • Security: Author filters now list only users with published posts instead of every user.
    • Fixed: Author filter now filters correctly, keeps the selection and shows post counts.
    • Fixed: Show all pagination, isotope search with special characters and rating order errors.
    • Fixed: Shortcode preview now excludes all listed post IDs and uses the correct padding.
    • Fixed: Elementor image width default no longer forces inherit, so thumbnails fill their box.

  3. The Post Grid 7.9.7

    • Added: Keep HTML Tags option keeps lists, line breaks and formatting inside the excerpt.
    • Added: Keep HTML Tags is available in shortcode, Gutenberg, Elementor and Divi layouts.

  4. The Post Grid 7.9.6

    • Security: Section title link target could add extra attributes to the link and run scripts.
    • Security: Post link target from grid settings is now checked against the allowed link targets.
    • Security: Image alt text and source are escaped, so a post title cannot break the markup.

  5. The Post Grid 7.9.5

    • Security: Contributors could store iframe, style and input elements WordPress would normally strip.
    • Security: Grid shortcode accepted any post ID and rendered that post’s settings unescaped.
    • Security: Grid colors, filters and data attributes are escaped before they reach the page.
    • Security: Settings, block CSS and plugin install requests are now properly checked and namespaced.
    • Security: Deactivating the plugin from a link now needs confirmation, so it cannot be forced.
    • Improved: Block names now start with the layout, so /grid and /list find them first.
    • Improved: Elementor pagination now points to the Display Per Page field it depends on.
    • Fixed: Collapsable filter wrapped onto several lines when another plugin restyled it.
    • Added: Pagination Items setting limits how many page numbers show, per grid.
    • Added: Elementor and Divi layouts can now use five or six columns.
    • Fixed: Five columns on tablet or mobile rendered six columns instead.
    • Fixed: Pagination range passed by a layout was ignored, so only the global setting applied.
    • Fixed: Plugin header was missing the License line required by WordPress.org checks.
    • Fixed: Setup wizard hid admin notices on other screens when its flag was in the URL.
    • Fixed: Several admin strings used the wrong text domain and stayed untranslated.

  6. The Post Grid 7.9.4

    • Added: Sync button in the import modal header to fetch the latest layouts anytime.
    • Improved: Layouts are saved on your own site, so the modal loads without remote calls.
    • Improved: The saved copy never expires, and updated layouts arrive with each plugin update.
    • Improved: The import modal now shows why it could not load, with a Retry button.
    • Fixed: Import modal showed no layouts when the browser could not reach the library.
    • Fixed: Block editor fired taxonomy requests endlessly, flooding the server while a post was open.
    • Fixed: Text Align and device switcher icons were invisible in the block editor sidebar.
    • Fixed: Controls with help text squashed their input down to a few pixels wide.
    • Fixed: Dimension inputs and the link button now line up at the same height.
    • Fixed: Enable Border & Box Shadow select showed no value until you picked one.
    • Fixed: Text fields were taller than the number fields sitting next to them.
    • Fixed: Taxonomy select boxes were taller than the other fields around them.
    • Fixed: Start and End Date calendar opened too wide and spilled outside the sidebar.
    • Fixed: Editor locked up for up to fifteen seconds on pages with several blocks.
    • Fixed: Category widget caused a fatal error when a chosen category no longer existed.

  7. The Post Grid 7.9.3

    • Security: AI REST endpoint now requires edit_posts (app/Controllers/Api/AIIntegration.php:18).
    • Security: Elementor import endpoint requires per-post cap and nonce (app/Controllers/Api/ElImport.php:22, 35).
    • Security: Nonce check added to rtTPGShortCodeList AJAX (app/Controllers/AjaxController.php:346).
    • Security: Block CSS save requires per-post cap and sanitizes CSS (app/Controllers/BlocksController.php:485).
    • Security: Block CSS get-posts requires read_post cap (app/Controllers/BlocksController.php:465).
    • Improved: Import layout modal — skeleton loader, persistent cache, and faster re-open.
    • Fixed: Flat icon conflict issue resolved

  8. The Post Grid 7.9.2

    • Fixed: Pagination posts_per_page handling
    • Improved: Settings improved
    • Improved: Setup Wizard improved
    • 7.9.1 (Apr 26, 2026) * Fixed: WordPress 6.9 compatibility issue * Fixed: Gutenberg metabox resize issue * Updated: Gutenberg block API version updated

  9. The Post Grid 7.9.1

  10. The Post Grid 7.9.0

    • Fixed: Resolved layout issues with TranslatePress
    • Fixed: wpautop not applying correctly to the first post
    • Added: Option to disable post view count
    • Updated: Refined plugin settings for improved usability.
    • Integration: Added ChatGPT and Gemini integration for content writing assistance.
    • Added: Introduced a setup wizard guide to help new users get started.
    • Fixed: Resolved pagination issue in Elementor taxonomy builder

  11. The Post Grid 7.8.9

    • Fixed: Resolved CSS conflicts in the Divi Editor
    • Fixed: Corrected Elementor popup visibility issues
    • Updated: Improved plugin settings

202515 releases

  1. The Post Grid 7.8.8

    • Improved: Enhanced settings UI with a cleaner design.
    • Fixed: Shortcode thumbnail blocked by Jetpack block.

  2. The Post Grid 7.8.7

    • Compatibility: Added Event Query compatibility.
    • Updated: Updated all Gutenberg layouts.

  3. The Post Grid 7.8.6

    • Fixed: transient_tpg_cache removed
    • Fixed: Post link not work when external link enable on the shortcode

  4. The Post Grid 7.8.5

    • Updated: All readme video updated
    • Fixed: Gutenberg block primary and secondary color issue
    • Fixed: Gutenberg pagination notice wrong

  5. The Post Grid 7.8.4

    • Fixed: SVG icon conflict issue.
    • Removed: Unused files and code.
    • See changelog for all versions.

  6. The Post Grid 7.8.3

  7. The Post Grid 7.8.2

  8. The Post Grid 7.8.1

  9. The Post Grid 7.8.0

  10. The Post Grid 7.7.22

  11. The Post Grid 7.7.21

  12. The Post Grid 7.7.20

  13. The Post Grid 7.7.19

  14. The Post Grid 7.7.18

  15. The Post Grid 7.7.17

202421 releases

  1. The Post Grid 7.7.16

  2. The Post Grid 7.7.15

  3. The Post Grid 7.7.14

  4. The Post Grid 7.7.13

  5. The Post Grid 7.7.12

  6. The Post Grid 7.7.11

  7. The Post Grid 7.7.10

  8. The Post Grid 7.7.9

  9. The Post Grid 7.7.8

  10. The Post Grid 7.7.7

  11. The Post Grid 7.7.6

  12. The Post Grid 7.7.5

  13. The Post Grid 7.7.4

  14. The Post Grid 7.7.3

  15. The Post Grid 7.7.2

  16. The Post Grid 7.7.1

  17. The Post Grid 7.7.0

  18. The Post Grid 7.6.1

  19. The Post Grid 7.6.0

  20. The Post Grid 7.5.0

  21. The Post Grid 7.4.3

202322 releases

  1. The Post Grid 7.4.2

  2. The Post Grid 7.4.1

  3. The Post Grid 7.4.0

  4. The Post Grid 7.3.1

  5. The Post Grid 7.3.0

  6. The Post Grid 7.2.11

  7. The Post Grid 7.2.10

  8. The Post Grid 7.2.9

  9. The Post Grid 7.2.8

  10. The Post Grid 7.2.7

  11. The Post Grid 7.2.6

  12. The Post Grid 7.2.5

  13. The Post Grid 7.2.4

  14. The Post Grid 7.2.3

  15. The Post Grid 7.2.2

  16. The Post Grid 7.2.1

  17. The Post Grid 7.2.0

  18. The Post Grid 7.1.0

  19. The Post Grid 7.0.2

  20. The Post Grid 7.0.1

  21. The Post Grid 7.0.0

  22. The Post Grid 6.0.0

202222 releases

  1. The Post Grid 5.0.5

  2. The Post Grid 5.0.4

  3. The Post Grid 5.0.3

  4. The Post Grid 5.0.2

  5. The Post Grid 5.0.1

  6. The Post Grid 5.0.0

  7. The Post Grid 4.2.3

  8. The Post Grid 4.2.2

  9. The Post Grid 4.2.1

  10. The Post Grid 4.2.0

  11. The Post Grid 4.1.5

  12. The Post Grid 4.1.4

  13. The Post Grid 4.1.3

  14. The Post Grid 4.1.2

  15. The Post Grid 4.1.1

  16. The Post Grid 4.1.0

  17. The Post Grid 4.0.5

  18. The Post Grid 4.0.4

  19. The Post Grid 4.0.3

  20. The Post Grid 4.0.2

  21. The Post Grid 4.0.1

  22. The Post Grid 4.0.0

Questions about The Post Grid’s releases

What is the latest version of The Post Grid?

7.9.9, released on Nov 3, 2026 (6 days ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is The Post Grid updated?

12 releases in the last year, about one every 32 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from May 2022.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in The Post Grid’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.