Portfolio Masonry

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The Portfolio Masonry widget allows you to display portfolio items in a dynamic masonry grid layout using Elementor. Unlike standard grid layouts, masonry arranges items based on available vertical space, creating a visually balanced and modern portfolio display.

This layout is particularly useful when portfolio images have varying heights, allowing projects to fit together seamlessly without leaving empty spaces.

General Overview

 
The Portfolio Masonry widget helps you showcase portfolio items with full control over:
  • Portfolio post queries and filtering
  • Masonry column layout
  • Number of portfolio items displayed
  • Content elements shown within each portfolio item
  • Metadata placement
  • Read more button customization
  • Image behavior and overlay effects

Widget Controls


The widget settings are divided into several sections inside the Content tab in Elementor.


1. General Section

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  • Extra Class: Add a custom CSS class for additional styling or advanced customization.

2. Query Section

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  • Excerpt Length: Controls how many words are displayed in the portfolio excerpt.
  • Author: Filter portfolio items by selecting specific authors.
  • Categories: Select categories to include in the portfolio grid.
  • Exclude Categories: Select categories that should not appear in the portfolio grid.
  • Include Posts: Manually select specific portfolio posts to display.
  • Exclude Posts: Remove selected posts from the grid.
  • Order By: Sort portfolio items by ID, title, date, or other available options.
  • Order: Choose ascending or descending order.

3. Layout Section

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  • Post Items: Drag-and-drop layout builder to enable or disable portfolio elements such as feature image, title, excerpt, read more button, categories, tags, and author.
  • Post Overlay Items Options: Enable or disable elements that appear in the overlay when hovering over an accordion item.
  • Post Overlay Items: Configure which elements appear inside the overlay.
  • Top Meta: Configure metadata displayed above the portfolio content such as categories, author, or date.
  • Bottom Meta: Configure metadata displayed below the portfolio content.
  • Post Heading Tag: Choose the HTML heading tag used for portfolio titles (H1–H6).

4. Read More Section

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  • Read More Text: Customize the label for the read more button.
  • Icon: Add an icon to the read more button.
  • Icon Position: Choose whether the icon appears before or after the text.
  • Icon Spacing: Adjust the spacing between the icon and the button text.

5. Image Section

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  • Thumbnail: Choose the image size used for portfolio thumbnails.
  • Image Behavior: Control how the portfolio image behaves when hovered.
  • Overlay Options: Configure overlay effects and hover behavior for portfolio images.

Styling Options

 
All elements of the Portfolio Masonry widget can be styled using Elementor’s Style tab.  
  • Typography and color controls for titles and excerpts
  • Masonry grid spacing and column gaps
  • Image borders, radius, and hover effects
  • Overlay background styling and animations
  • Metadata styling for categories, tags, and author
  • Read more button styling including hover effects and typography

Summary


The Portfolio Masonry widget provides a visually dynamic way to display portfolio projects in Elementor. It supports:

  • Flexible masonry grid layouts
  • Advanced portfolio query filtering
  • Drag-and-drop control of portfolio elements
  • Customizable metadata placement
  • Image overlays and hover effects
  • Full styling control through Elementor

This widget is ideal for photography portfolios, creative agencies, design studios, and project galleries where images have varying heights.

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