We, the team here at Shindiri Studios, are a group of highly experienced web developers, and we’re going to do a review of our most popular plugin – uSquare – an interactive, versatile grid created jQuery plugin.

We know that every webmaster is proud of its plugin base, and we think that uSquare would be a great addition. It was launched in 2012, and its main purpose is presenting content, products or services, members of your team, whatever you desire, in a checkerboard-like grid, with expandable tiles. Two squares connected form a unit, and the left one is usually reserved for a picture, while the square on the right is used to host a short description of the picture. The grid can be arranged in the way you are most comfortable with, suiting the style and needs of your website. A mouse click on the picture opens a longer description, with attractive transition effects, and clicking outside it will close the expanded view. In the expanded box, you can put longer descriptions and it will automatically create a scroll bar if there is a need for it.

The grid can have as many smaller squares as you want, and it is, in essence, unlimited, but have in mind that too many squares can overload outdated browsers and older computers, as they have limited resources, especially RAM and CPU power, especially when creating more than 100 squares on a single page. This plugin is made to be lightweight and its use won’t decrease the performance of your website.

We’re very proud of the customization options this plugin is offering, as everything can be adjusted - from background images, colors, fonts, to size and transition effects. An endless color palette is at your disposal when choosing the desired hue. Anything can be recolored, from headlines, description texts, background, as well as all the labels. This plugin is also adjusted to work on all platforms from PC to mobile phones, Android and iOS, making your content accessible everywhere.

Furthermore, it is important to note that all the social sharing buttons can be implemented in the upper part of the expanded view. This includes buttons such as Share, Like, +1, Pin or email, with icons that are part of the theme, but you can change them if you want. It is extremely important to implement these, as they are vital for sharing that specific “square” on social networks, where people can post their opinions - which is a free advertisement, but it also generates traffic on your website. In this area, other links can be inserted, so that users could quickly navigate to other parts of your website, or to external links that might be related.

Before you start using this plugin, we’ve made a live presentation for you to check out. Here, on our site, you can find all the updates we’re planning, as well as changelogs. This plugin was among the Top 20 Most Popular plugins, and the number of purchases is rising every day. We believe that the pricetag is affordable, especially once you take into consideration the versatility, efficiency and visual improvement of your website after you start using it.

uSquare is a great, small plugin that can greatly increase the visual aspect of your website, and, at the same time, it can present a lot of data in an organized way. The options in the backend allow you all the freedom to customize it as you see fit, and possibilities are constantly being upgraded and fine-tuned. It can be used across many platforms. You’ll only need a few minutes to initially set it up, so think about adding this plugin to your plugin base - many already did.