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Free Plugin by solwininfotech v3.1.8

Blog Designer

Allows you to create and modify your blog page with 15 unique blog layouts. A quick and easy way to change blog page designs with so easy steps.

Blog Designer

The facts

Rating
4★ from 167
Active installs
10k+
Price
Free
Last updated
12 Aug 2024
Added
Jun 2015
Requires WP
5.6
Tested up to
WP 6.6.7
Requires PHP
7.0
Downloads
969,153

Our analysis

AI-assisted

Blog Designer is a WordPress plugin that allows you to create a responsive blog page for your website. It offers 15 different blog templates and a user-friendly admin panel, making it suitable for beginners who want to set up a blog without coding skills. You can modify various settings quickly and display your blog using a shortcode.

Best for: This plugin is suitable for beginners and those looking to enhance their WordPress blog's appearance.

What it does well

  • 15 different blog templates available
  • User-friendly admin panel for easy setup
  • Responsive design for various devices
  • Supports shortcode for easy display on pages
  • No coding skills required for use

Where it falls short

  • Limited to 15 templates in the free version
  • Pro version offers more features not available in free version

Verdict

Blog Designer provides a straightforward solution for creating and customizing blog pages. It is a practical choice for users who want a quick setup without technical expertise.

From the developer

solwininfotech's own description of Blog Designer, lightly tidied.

Blog Designer is a good handy and free solution for everyone who is looking for a responsive blog page with the website. Blog Designer provides you with a variety of 15 different blog templates to setup your blog page for any WordPress websites. Sometimes, we always stick with one blog layout as per theme, but it’s not easy to change or modify only blog layout very easily, only you can do it by modifying code and css files.

However, using Blog Designer plugin you can design your blog page as per your choice to give it a WOW factor. Also you can modify various settings very quickly from admin side as Blog Designer plugin has User Friendly Admin Panel. So, beginners can start blogging within 5 minutes, no coding skill required.

You can show your new blog page design with any page via below shortcode.

Shortcode : [wp_blog_designer] – To display blog on page

Live Demo: wpblogdesigner.net

Documentation: Blog Designer Documentation Link

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NOTE: We have updated Blog Designer plugin’s backend UI from new version 1.8.7 for better usability. So, kindly clear the browser cache if you are facing an any issue with backend design or layout settings after upgrading to newer version of plugin.

Blog Designer Plugin Features

  • Fully Responsive
  • Cross Browsers Support (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, etc.)
  • Page Selection option to show your blog posts with any page
  • Easily manage number of posts per page
  • Show/Hide Post category, tags, author, comment counts, etc.
  • Multiple Post Category Selection
  • 15 Default Blog Templates – Boxy-Clean, Classical, Crayon-Slider, Glossary, Light Breeze, Spektrum, Evolution, Timeline, News, Blog Carousel, Blog Grid, Media Grid, Sallet Slider, Ticker and Nicy
  • Alternative Background color selection for posts
  • Style your content with wide variety of options like text color, background color, font size, etc.
  • Maintain post content length with summary text
  • Manage your ‘Read More’ text
  • Custom CSS support
  • Square/Circle social share buttons
  • Translation Ready (.pot file attached)

Blog Designer Pro Features:

Pro version overcomes your limitations with lite version of blog designer.

Blog Designer PRO Plugin Features

  • 50 Default Blog Templates with 200+ option combinations and more coming soon!
  • 15+ Full-width/list style unique blog templates to showcase posts in good readable format
  • 10 Unique grid templates to showcase your stories in multiple columns
  • 5+ Unique timeline templates to showcase your stories in horizontal and vertical presentation
  • 3+ Magazine templates to represent you blog posts in newspaper style
  • 3 Unique slider templates to showcase your posts with big featured images
  • 3 Masonry templates to showcase your vertical featured images in good format with posts
  • Unlimited Blog, Archive and Single Layouts to design anything with blog
  • 40+ Category/Tag/Author/Date/Search Result Archive Layout page Design
  • 40+ Single Post Layout Design with number of features
  • Single Template override option to implement and make plugin compatible for any themes
  • Custom Post type support for Layouts
  • Template color preset for demo color of templates
  • Date Range post selection for Blog Layouts
  • Page Builder Support for WPBakery, Divi Builder, BE Page Builder, etc.
  • Support of ‘Co-Authors Plus’ plugin to showcase multiple post authors
  • Support of ‘Loco Translate’ plugin to make your blog multilingual
  • Easy to switch from free to PRO via ‘One Click’ option
  • Demo Install Layout Settings with Restore Default option
  • Grid layouts with ‘Media Query’ setting options for responsive screen
  • 5+ Date Format options to select any best date format
  • ‘Live Preview’ before create/modify Blog Layouts
  • Post like feature to add like with the specific blog
  • Multiple order by options – Published/Modified Date, Post ID, Post Title, etc.
  • Advanced Filter options for categories & tags to include and exclude posts for loop
  • Advanced Query: ‘Include/exclude’ categories and tags from the loop
  • Wide range of post title settings including link enable/disable
  • 4 Pagination type options including “Load More”
  • 5+ Pagination Templates for next posts link
  • 3 Template style to design Load More button
  • 25+ ‘Load Icon’ library to select any loader on next load process
  • Date/Taxonomy filterable option with selected templates
  • Blog Post Template color available with selected templates
  • Custom ‘Read More’ link option to target your external blog link
  • 10 Multiple social sharing button styles
  • Social Share counts available with different positions
  • Pinterest instant share button with featured image
  • Whatsapp, telegram, pocket, reddit social share buttons for instant mobile share
  • ‘Share via Email’ option to share your blog and learnings to your friends
  • Author Biography design available with Single Post Layout
  • Unlimited Author Layout possibilities to give new look to every authors
  • Related Posts with category and column selection
  • 600+ Font Awesome icons support
  • 800+ Google font-family support
  • Duplicate Blog and Archive Layouts via single click
  • Sidebar widget – Recent Posts
  • Media Settings Panel for image size selection
  • Import/Export Blog, Archive and Single Layouts
  • Isotop Filter Option on category and tags
  • Woocommerce Supported
  • Woocommerce single & archive page Supported
  • Easy digital download plugin supported
  • Action and filters for developers

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