Variable width masonry items

Hey @originalpiratematerial

We’re actually looking at dropping that masonry script and replacing it with a pure CSS based approach instead (CSS Grid, probably)…

Re the wider items, I’ve wanted to do something like that for a while, just need to make the switch and then figure out how how we can do that with CSS grid.

It’s not going to be a quick addition (there is a lot of work to be done in the next major update, first) and then we’ll surely get to this.

Actually I do have one idea: to add a WP hook (for layouts) so that you can add a custom class to certain elements (the ones that need the extra width class).

I’m not 100% on it, but its something I might be able to drop in quite easily (need to double check on that)… do you think that would give you the flexibility you need to implement the above?

Best
– Ross

• This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by Code Amp.

Thanks for the detailed feedback! If the hook could pull through an ACF field per item that could work.

Based on the existing UI I’d love to be able to reference a single or multi value ACF field (or a core taxonomy) in Post template > Advanced > Additional CSS classes

Hey @originalpiratematerial

Apologies for the super late reply to this.

Every time I’m about to add this I hesitate and end up not adding the feature.

The thing is, we’re going to be changing a lot of the underlying code, so I can’t guarantee in the next major update, this won’t be removed… which leads me to think it’s not a smart choice to add it in right now.

I’d rather wait until we’ve restructure the plugin a little, and then add this feature in properly if that’s possible with the new architecture.

Sorry my update is not more positive right now, hopefully we can some traction on this a little further down the line.

Best