66
Post Grid
Stunning layouts that require a steady hand and a backup plugin.
HealthyDeclining
66/100
Powerful customization is offset by a steep learning curve and reports of breaking site layouts during updates.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.3★
163 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-46%
Declining fast
235 → 126 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 46% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -46% in the last year
235/day a year ago→126/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPost Grid (ComboBlocks) is a capable and customizable post grid plugin with a loyal user base, but it is held back by a steep learning curve, inconsistent support quality, and reports of breaking sites on update.
What people like
- +Highly customizable grid layouts with many appearance options×4
- +Support team praised for being responsive, patient, and effective at resolving setup issues×6
- +Useful for displaying posts filtered by category on different pages×2
- +Works well as a free plugin for improving blog page appearance
Common complaints
- −UI is not intuitive and the plugin has a steep learning curve×3
- −Documentation is inadequate and unhelpful, especially for upgrades or advanced setups×3
- −An update broke existing grids and caused site pages to stop working, with no clear migration path×2
- −Support becomes unresponsive for some users, particularly with complex or unresolved issues×3
- −Pro version reported as non-functional with Elementor Pro, with the developer acknowledging incompatibility
- −Caused broken permalinks and 404 errors on custom posts for at least one user
- −Lacks automatic excerpt generation, noted as a missing feature
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.36★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.30★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 29% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-12-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 163 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2024-12-09★★★★★Useless product and no supportSharperApex
- 2024-10-10★★★★★Excellent product, very good support!bloos1-shot
- 2024-10-07★★★★★ComboBlocksNayon Islam
- 2024-02-19★★★★★meeeeessssssqueeneve
- 2024-01-30★★★★★Combo Blocks – Post GridBig Geek Daddy
- 2023-12-30★★★★★great supportJeroen
- 2023-11-27★★★★★Support On Setup Helpfulumdiecker
- 2023-03-25★★★★★Post Grid Combo fills the gapsureshiyengar
- 2023-02-22★★★★★Messed up all my permalinks, resulting in 404 errorsM. Ali Saleem
- 2023-01-19★★★★★Easy and intuitive plugin to usemiguelapps
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
124
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
117
Prior 7-day baseline
102
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
317
Mean release-day peak (30d)
128
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+6.0%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
29%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.17
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
77%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.31 → 4.36★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered