Fahad Murtaza

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CardCrafter is the #1 WordPress plugin for displaying data as beautiful card grids. Transform your WordPress posts, JSON data, and custom content into professional, responsive card layouts. No coding required.
🆕 NEW in v1.12.0: Native WordPress Posts integration! Display your blog posts, pages, or custom post types as stunning card grids with featured images, excerpts, and automatic formatting.
Perfect for: 
• Team Directories – Display staff members with photos and bios 
• Product Showcases – Feature products with images, prices, and descriptions 
• Portfolio Galleries – Present your work in elegant grid layouts 
• Blog Post Grids – Convert WordPress posts into visual card displays 
• Service Listings – Highlight your services with card-based layouts
Trusted by 10,000+ WordPress sites for enterprise-grade data visualization with instant setup and professional results.
Why CardCrafter?
<ul>
<li>🎨 Beautiful by Default: Modern, clean card designs that look professional out of the box.</li>
<li>📱 Fully Responsive: Cards automatically adapt to any screen size.</li>
<li>⚡ Lightweight: Pure JavaScript, no jQuery. Fast and efficient.</li>
<li>🔍 Interactive: Built-in search and sorting for easy data navigation.</li>
<li>📊 Data Export: Export displayed data as CSV, JSON, or PDF for business use.</li>
<li>🔧 Flexible Layouts: Choose between Grid, Masonry, or List view.</li>
</ul>
<h3>🚀 Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>🧱 Gutenberg Block: Native WordPress block editor support with visual configuration.</li>
<li>📝 WordPress Posts Grid: Transform your blog posts into beautiful card layouts with one click.</li>
<li>Instant Search & Sort: Users can filter and sort cards instantly (Client-side).</li>
<li>Multiple Layouts: Grid, Masonry, and List views to suit your content.</li>
<li>Customizable Columns: Display 2, 3, or 4 cards per row.</li>
<li>Smart Field Mapping: Automatically detects image, title, subtitle, description, and link fields.</li>
<li>Professional Data Export: Export as CSV for spreadsheets, JSON for system integration, or PDF for reports.</li>
<li>Live Admin Preview: Test your JSON sources before publishing.</li>
<li>Dark Mode Support: Cards automatically adapt to dark color schemes.</li>
</ul>
<h3>💡 Perfect For</h3>
<ul>
<li>Team Directories: Showcase your team members with photos and bios.</li>
<li>Product Catalogs: Display products with images, prices, and descriptions.</li>
<li>Portfolio Galleries: Present your work in an elegant grid layout.</li>
<li>Service Listings: Highlight your services with card-based layouts.</li>
<li>Testimonials: Display customer reviews in beautiful cards.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
Display WordPress Posts 
Display your blog posts, pages, or custom post types as beautiful cards.
<pre><code>[cardcrafter-data-grids post_type="post"]
</code></pre>
Show WooCommerce Products 
Display your products in a grid layout.
<pre><code>[cardcrafter-data-grids post_type="product"]
</code></pre>
Team Directory (Sorted) 
Display team members sorted alphabetically by title.
<pre><code>[cardcrafter-data-grids post_type="team" wp_query="orderby=title&order=ASC"]
</code></pre>
News Category 
Show only posts from the ‘news’ category.
<pre><code>[cardcrafter-data-grids post_type="post" wp_query="category_name=news&posts_per_page=6"]
</code></pre>
Featured Products 
Display products that have a ‘featured’ meta key set to ‘yes’.
<pre><code>[cardcrafter-data-grids post_type="product" wp_query="meta_key=featured&meta_value=yes"]
</code></pre>
Team by Author 
Show team members created by a specific author (ID 5).
<pre><code>[cardcrafter-data-grids post_type="team" wp_query="author=5&orderby=menu_order"]
</code></pre>
Portfolio with Custom Fields (ACF) 
Map your custom fields to card elements automatically.
<pre><code>[cardcrafter-data-grids post_type="portfolio" image_field="project_image" subtitle_field="client_name"]
</code></pre>
Product with Descriptions 
Use custom fields for price and features.
<pre><code>[cardcrafter-data-grids post_type="product" subtitle_field="price" description_field="product_features"]
</code></pre>
Instant Demo 
Automatically loads team demo data with professional banner.
<pre><code>[cardcrafter-data-grids]
</code></pre>
Gutenberg Block (Recommended) 
1. Add the “CardCrafter” block to any post/page 
2. Configure your data source in the sidebar settings 
3. Choose layout, columns, and interactive features 
4. Preview updates live in the editor
Load from JSON URL 
Load data from an external JSON source.
<pre><code>[cardcrafter-data-grids source="https://example.com/team.json"]
</code></pre>
Masonry Layout 
Display cards in a Pinterest-style masonry layout.
<pre><code>[cardcrafter-data-grids source="https://example.com/products.json" layout="masonry" columns="4"]
</code></pre>
Shortcode Attributes
<ul>
<li><code>source</code> (optional) – URL of your JSON data. Omit for instant demo mode.</li>
<li><code>post_type</code> (NEW!) – WordPress post type to display (post, page, product, etc.)</li>
<li><code>wp_query</code> (NEW!) – Custom WordPress query parameters (category=news&author=5)</li>
<li><code>posts_per_page</code> (NEW!) – Number of WordPress posts to display (default: 12)</li>
<li><code>layout</code> – “grid”, “masonry”, or “list” (default: grid)</li>
<li><code>columns</code> – 2, 3, or 4 (default: 3)</li>
<li><code>items_per_page</code> – 6, 12, 24, 50, or 100 (default: 12)</li>
<li><code>image_field</code> – JSON field for image (default: image)</li>
<li><code>title_field</code> – JSON field for title (default: title)</li>
<li><code>subtitle_field</code> – JSON field for subtitle (default: subtitle)</li>
<li><code>description_field</code> – JSON field for description (default: description)</li>
<li><code>link_field</code> – JSON field for link (default: link)</li>
</ul>

CardCrafter – Data-Driven Card Grids

Transform JSON data and WordPress posts into beautiful card grids. Perfect for teams, products, portfolios, and blogs.

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Cards Layout is a powerful and flexible WordPress Gutenberg block plugin designed to help you create stunning, professional-grade card components in seconds.
Whether you need to highlight core features, showcase team profiles, display achievement metrics, or present your skill progress, Cards Layout provides a rich set of beautifully crafted, responsive components to elevate your website’s design.
<a href="https://bplugins.com/products/cards-layout/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cards Layout</a> | <a href="https://bplugins.com/products/cards-layout/pricing" rel="nofollow ugc">Pricing</a> | <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cards-layout//" rel="ugc">Support</a> | <a href="https://bplugins.com/products/cards-layout/#demos" rel="nofollow ugc">Demos</a>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>
Default Card: The perfect minimal card for general content, featuring image, title, description, and button controls.
</li>
<li>
Hero Feature Card: A prominent split-design card with advanced image focal point controls, overlay gradients, floating notification badges, and floating stat highlights.
</li>
<li>
Achievement Card: Highlight your biggest wins with a large central metric and a customizable spinning SVG badge animation.
</li>
<li>
Feature Card: A sleek, modern card layout perfect for highlighting key features or benefits.
</li>
<li>
Responsive Grid Engine: Native control over column counts (Desktop, Tablet, Mobile) and gap spacing to build perfect grids instantly.
</li>
<li>
Advanced Global Styling: Granular control over everything from typography (fonts, sizes, weights) to multi-state box shadows, borders, padding, and alignments.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pro Features</h3>
The following premium layouts and advanced features are available exclusively in the standalone Cards Layout Pro plugin (available on our website). These features are not included in this free version and require the separate Pro plugin to be installed.
<ul>
<li>
State / Counter Card: Create dynamic statistic cards featuring up/down trend ribbons and customizable visual sparkline graphs.
</li>
<li>
Progress Card: Display skill levels or project progress with customizable gradient bars and individual metric tracking.
</li>
<li>
Animated Service Card: Stand out with glowing, animated border gradients and dynamic hover growth effects.
</li>
<li>
Banner Card: Build full-width promotional banners featuring stunning “Glassmorphism” blur effects and custom eyebrow taglines.
</li>
<li>
Client Logo Card: Professionally present brand partners with specialized minimal typographic cards and distinct hover color interactions.
</li>
<li>
Creative Curve Card: A highly stylized layout with a seamless CSS-curve cutout connecting your icon to your text content.
</li>
<li>Feature Card: Premium, sleek layout for displaying software or service features.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Feedback & Support</h3>
Did you find a bug or have a feature request? 
💁‍♂️ <a href="mailto:support@bplugins.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Please share your feedback with us</a>
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<h3>Source Code</h3>
Contribute, report bugs, or view the source code on GitHub 👉 
<a href="https://github.com/bPlugins/cards-layout-free" rel="nofollow ugc">Cards Layout GitHub</a>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript/PHP libraries.
<h4>bPlugins Products API</h4>
<ul>
<li>Endpoint: https://api.bplugins.com/</li>
<li>Used for: Displaying pricing and product information in the admin dashboard.</li>
<li>Data sent: Plugin ID (non-personal), no user data.</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://bplugins.com/terms-of-service/</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://bplugins.com/privacy-policy/</li>
</ul>
<h4>Freemius (wp.freemius.com)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Endpoint: https://wp.freemius.com/</li>
<li>Used for: Processing plugin opt-in consent form submissions.</li>
<li>Data sent: Only after explicit user opt-in — user name, email, site URL, WP/PHP version, plugin version.</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://freemius.com/terms/</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://freemius.com/privacy/</li>
</ul>
<h4>SVG Icons (Font Awesome, Lucide, etc.)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Purpose: Provides scalable vector icons used for UI elements.</li>
<li>Note: This plugin does not load the full Font Awesome or Lucide libraries. Instead, specific icons are included directly as inline SVGs in the source code to keep the plugin lightweight and performant.</li>
</ul>
<h4>WordPress.org Plugins API</h4>
<ul>
<li>Service: WordPress.org Plugins Info API – <code>https://api.wordpress.org</code></li>
<li>What it does: The dashboard queries the public WordPress.org Plugins API to list other plugins published by the author (titles, icons, ratings, active installs, etc.).</li>
<li>What data is sent: A public, read-only query request (e.g. <code>https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/?action=query_plugins&request[author]=bplugins</code>). No personal data is sent.</li>
<li>When: Only while an administrator is viewing the plugin’s dashboard in wp-admin.</li>
<li>Terms of Service: <a href="https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/" rel="ugc">https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/</a></li>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/" rel="ugc">https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Third-Party Libraries</h3>
<h4>Immer</h4>
<ul>
<li>Version: 11.1.8</li>
<li>Source: <a href="https://immerjs.github.io/immer/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://immerjs.github.io/immer/</a></li>
<li>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/immerjs/immer" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/immerjs/immer</a></li>
<li>License: MIT</li>
<li>Purpose: Used for managing immutable state in a more convenient way.</li>
</ul>
<h4>React Router DOM</h4>
<ul>
<li>Version: 7.15.0</li>
<li>Source: <a href="https://reactrouter.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://reactrouter.com/</a></li>
<li>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/remix-run/react-router" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/remix-run/react-router</a></li>
<li>License: MIT</li>
<li>License URL: <a href="https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/blob/main/LICENSE.md" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/blob/main/LICENSE.md</a></li>
<li>Purpose: Used for client-side routing and navigation within the plugin’s React-based admin application and settings interface.</li>
<li>External Services: None. React Router DOM operates entirely within the browser and does not communicate with external services.</li>
</ul>
<h4>bpl-tools</h4>
<ul>
<li>Source / GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools</a></li>
<li>License: GPL-2.0-or-later: <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html</a></li>
<li>Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls.</li>
<li>External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: <a href="https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests--why-they-are-made" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Freemius Lite SDK</h4>
<ul>
<li>Version: 2.2.0</li>
<li>Source: <a href="https://bplugins.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://bplugins.com/</a></li>
<li>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/bPlugins/freemius-lite-sdk" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/bPlugins/freemius-lite-sdk</a></li>
<li>License: GPL-2.0-or-later – <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html</a></li>
<li>Purpose: Provides an opt-in consent form for usage tracking and analytics to help improve the plugin. No data is sent before explicit user consent.</li>
<li>External Services: Communicates with <code>api.bplugins.com</code> (activation events) and <code>wp.freemius.com</code> (opt-in processing) only after user opt-in. See <a href="https://bplugins.com/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">bPlugins Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://freemius.com/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Freemius Privacy Policy</a>.</li>
</ul>

Cards Layout

Build responsive, customizable card components with multiple layouts and dynamic styles in the Gutenberg editor.

CardCrafter – Data-Driven Card Grids vs Cards Layout