General Settings

General settings control what content the grid pulls from and how it’s queried.

Post Type

Choose any public post type registered on your site — post, page, or any custom post type. The default is post.

Shortcode: post_type="post"

Posts Per Page

How many posts to display initially and how many to append each time the “Load More” button is clicked. The default is 9.

Shortcode: posts_per_page="9"

Excerpt Length

The number of words to show in each post’s excerpt. The plugin generates a custom excerpt trimmed to this word count. The default is 20 words.

Shortcode: excerpt_length="20"

Order By

The field used to sort posts. Options:

• Date — Publish date (default)
• Title — Alphabetical by title
• Modified — Last modified date
• Random — Random order on each load
• Menu Order — Custom order set in page attributes

Shortcode: orderby="date"

Order

Sort direction: Descending (newest first) or Ascending (oldest first). The default is DESC.

Shortcode: order="DESC"

Include Terms

Limit the grid to specific taxonomy terms by providing their IDs as a comma-separated list. When empty, all terms are included. In WPBakery, this field has autocomplete search across all public taxonomies.

Shortcode: include_categories="5,12,18"

Taxonomy

The taxonomy slug used for filtering and the category display. If left empty, the plugin auto-detects the appropriate taxonomy for the selected post type (category for posts). Set this when working with custom post types that use custom taxonomies.

Shortcode: taxonomy="genre"