Use cases

Common uses

• Blog sections: Grid or Masonry with Load more and optional live search
• News rooms: News layout for a featured homepage desk (Styles 1 to 5, about 3 to 8 stories), or News Portal / Magazine with Featured first lead mode
• Mobile homepages: Featured + list with 2 overlay featured articles and a compact list below
• Portfolios: Overlay or Mosaic with lightbox and strong images
• Dense directories: Compact or List with meta and custom fields
• Timelines: Timeline layout for chronologies and project histories
• Home strips: Carousel with a fixed Count and no pagination
• Squared demos: Brutal or Outline theme with radius 0

Content planning tips

• Use clear category names if you enable category pills
• Add consistent intro images for polished grids and overlay featured cards
• Keep intro text short for card grids; use Safe HTML only when you need styled blurbs. Leave Strip Content Plugin Syntax on unless you have a reason to show raw plugin codes
• Add a Category Blog menu item (Display in Menu = No) for short article URLs

With Smart Content Filter

Use Easy Articles Grid for layout-led showcases. Use Smart Content Filter when visitors need rich Ajax filtering (tags, date, multiple custom field filters, sticky toolbars). Both can live on the same site.