# Portfolio

The **Portfolio Widget** is used to display Portfolio posts on your website in different views.

### Using Portfolio widget

Go to your site and start editing the page with Elementor.

### Step 1:

Select the **Portfolio** widget from the menu bar on the left-hand side of your screen then drag and drop it into the selected area.

![](/files/xgH0KcMtai3J1sLoA29g)

### Step 2:

You will get a window with the basic setting options under the **Content** tab. It will give you three options: General, Query, and Layout. 

In **General settings**, you can select variations (Masonry and List views), number of the columns, and enable pagination:

![Masonry view](/files/9lcsORcB2C1Fy0hrO7EK)

In the **Query** section, you can set the number of the posts to display on the page, select the portfolio category to display selected posts, and order them.

![List view](/files/IMewcNAg6YlTD97SayuU)

In the Layout section, you can select elements to display in Portfolio list cards.

![](/files/0RnmvUE7UbUM78VhAghQ)

### Step 3:

Now, by clicking on the Style Tab you can customize the text color, typography, margin, padding, border, and many more for Used elements in Portfolio widget:

![](/files/y4baHBYDziaUVtKh5HMg)

### Step 4:

If you want to add motion effects, background, or make the page responsive, click on ‘Advanced**’** to explore those options. This **‘Advanced’** tab is a default feature of Elementor. Give a read to [this Document](https://docs.elementor.com/article/571-advanced-tab) to know more about Advanced features and their uses.

![](/files/vXqvSiE4h9nsGns2fAjB)

Finally, after completing all the customization click on ‘Publish’ to see your work live.

![](/files/mZhax8dVpJd8IGb0xRdC)

Great job! You have done it successfully.

![](/files/s0GwNMTb229iIisbZpnb)


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