Fancy Grid Portfolio
Plugin Features: Responsive Portfolio Grid Category Filtering with Animation Beautiful Overlay on Hover with Project Title and Description Lightbox Popups Drag/Drop Sort to Quickly Reorder Portfolio Items Shortcode…
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Fancy Grid Portfolio shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 24/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (20+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 7 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Fancy Grid Portfolio stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| filterable portfolio | >100 |
| portfolio | >100 |
| portfolio gallery | >100 |
| projects portfolio | >100 |
| responsive portfolio | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Fancy Grid Portfolio
From the official readme · v2.0.2Description
Plugin Features:
- Responsive Portfolio Grid
- Category Filtering with Animation
- Beautiful Overlay on Hover with Project Title and Description
- Lightbox Popups
- Drag/Drop Sort to Quickly Reorder Portfolio Items
- Shortcode Support with several options
- Set Crop Width and Height
- Set Number of Columns – 2, 3, or 4 Columns
- Simple and Intuitive Interface for Quick Portfolio Setup
- Hide Category Filters (both globally and per instance via shortcode)
- New – Specify number of posts via shortcode
- Credits: MixItUp, Lightbox2, jQuery
Installation
- Add plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Create Portfolio.
- Add shortCode
[fgp_portfolio]to page or post to display the Portfolio.
Usage
- Add Portfolio Items – Title, Description, Image, and Category(s)
- Create page, menu item and include shortcode in page
[fgp_portfolio] - You can override “Hide Filter Categories” setting in shortcode by using “hide_filters” attribute (see example below)
- Reorder your portfolio items using Drag and Drop Sort
Shortcode Options: hide_filters, count, num_columns
Shortcode examples:
[fgp_portfolio hide_filters=1](hide filters)[fgp_portfolio count=3 num_columns=3 hide_filters=1](limit to 3 posts to showcase Recent Work)
Changelog
Tested on WordPress 4.7 and minor bug fix - see Changelog
version 2.0.2
Tested on WordPress version 4.9.8
version 2.0.1
Tested on WordPress version 4.7.1
Added CSS namespace for description overlay color getting overwritten by some theme’s CSS
version 2.0
- Complete new code base – change from procedure programming to object oriented programming using WordPress best practises.
- New feature – added shortcode option to specify number of posts
- Bug fix – featured image not displaying over https in admin
- Bug fix – drag drop reorder admin not displaying correct order
version 1.1.0
- New feature – added Hide Category Filters (both globally and per instance via shortcode)
version 1.0
- Initial release
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FAQ
Fancy Grid Portfolio: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 2, 2026
Is Fancy Grid Portfolio free?
Yes. Fancy Grid Portfolio is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Fancy Grid Portfolio safe to use in 2026?
Fancy Grid Portfolio shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 24/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Fancy Grid Portfolio?
Fancy Grid Portfolio is active on 20+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 3,498 times since it launched in September 2016. It was downloaded 99 times in the last 30 days.
Does Fancy Grid Portfolio work with WordPress 7.1?
Fancy Grid Portfolio is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.33, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Fancy Grid Portfolio last updated?
The latest version, 2.0.2, was released on October 21, 2018 (8 years ago).
Who makes Fancy Grid Portfolio?
Fancy Grid Portfolio is developed and maintained by Laith Sinawi.
What are the best alternatives to Fancy Grid Portfolio?
The most popular alternatives to Fancy Grid Portfolio are Radius Portfolio (7K+ installs), Responsive Filterable Portf… (1K+ installs) and Portfolio Grid (800+ installs).
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