How to create custom category pages?

[ogvzhan]

Hi,

I want to create custom category pages with “The Grid” plugin. How do I do that?

[ruenel]

Hello Oğuzhan,

Thanks for writing in!

Have you installed the “TheGrid” plugin already? You can get it in X > Validation > Extensions. To learn more about this plugin, please check it here: https://theme.co/docs/the-grid

To create a custom page, simply do the following:
1.) Once TheGrid plugin is installed, kindly create your custom grid and filter it out so that only the selected category will display. You can check this documentation if you are not sure how you can display the posts items using the category filter: https://theme-one.com/docs/the-grid/#source_settings
2.) Take note of the of the shortcode of the grid.
3.) Go to Pages > Add New to create your custom category page.
4.) Edit your page via Gutenberg and insert the grid shortcode.

Please be advised that you cannot override the default WordPress category URL like: https://example.com/category/{the-category-name}.

With the steps laid out above, you can only have a page url like this: https://example.com/{the-category-name}

Hope this explains it briefly.