Columns WordPress Plugin
This WordPress plugin boosts your website with... you guessed it, columns!
Create a column group with the [column-group] shortcode, then add columns to the group with the [column] shortcode, like this:
[column-group]
[column]This is my first column[/column]
[column]This is my second column[/column]
[/column-group]
You can also span columns, like this:
[column-group]
[column span="2"]This is my first column spanned across two columns.[/column]
[column]This is my second column[/column]
[column]This is my third column[/column]
[/column-group]
The first column will be twice as large as the second or third.
Styles are in columns.css. If you'd like your own margins and stuff, dequeue the columns.css style during wp_enqueue_scripts with a priority of 11 or more.
columns
shortcode
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Usage of Columns over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 2 344 to 1 577 — down 767 (-32.7%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 1 577 | -59 |
| June 2024 | 1 636 | -10 |
| May 2024 | 1 646 | +5 |
| April 2024 | 1 641 | -24 |
| March 2024 | 1 665 | -161 |
| February 2024 | 1 826 | -34 |
| January 2024 | 1 860 | -227 |
| December 2023 | 2 087 | -113 |
| November 2023 | 2 200 | +2 |
| October 2023 | 2 198 | -39 |
| September 2023 | 2 237 | -76 |
| August 2023 | 2 313 | -18 |
| July 2023 | 2 331 | -13 |
| June 2023 | 2 344 | — |
Themes used with Columns
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis |
| 2 | Twentytwelve |
| 3 | Twentyeleven |
| 4 | Divi |
| 5 | Responsive |
| 6 | Avada |
| 7 | Twentythirteen |
| 8 | Cherryframework |
| 9 | Twentyfourteen |
| 10 | Canvas |
| 11 | Dynamik-gen |
| 12 | Customizr |
| 13 | Generatepress |
| 14 | Avada-child-theme |
| 15 | Thematic |
| 16 | Enfold |
| 17 | Headway |
| 18 | Twentytwelve-child |
| 19 | Twentyeleven-child |
| 20 | Responsive-child |
Sites running Columns
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