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Prayer Item Layout & Display Options

Each prayer entry on the prayer list consists of UI elements defined in:

  • The plugin’s template

  • Your Styling settings

  • Your Shortcode builder configuration

You can adjust nearly every visual aspect without writing CSS.

What a Prayer Item Includes

A typical prayer item displays:

  • Submitter name or “Anonymous”

  • Prayer request text

  • Date and time

  • Country (optional)

  • Comment count (if comments enabled)

  • “I prayed for this” counter

  • Optionally: borders, dividers, shadows

Layout Options (List or Grid)

Using the Shortcodes tab, you can choose between:

List Layout (default)

  • Full-width prayer entries

  • Clean vertical flow

  • Best for long prayer messages

Grid Layout

  • Display prayers in 2, 3, or 4 columns

  • Great for shorter message summaries

  • Ideal for church websites with high submission volumes

Shortcode example:

[ipray_list layout="ipray-grid" column="3"]

Styling Options Affecting Prayer Items

The Styling tab includes multiple prayer-list-specific settings:

Find them under:

Prayers → Settings → Styling → Prayers List

Common controls include:

  • Background color

  • Text color

  • Divider color

  • Border color

  • Shadows

  • Corner radius

  • Date styling

  • Name text styling

  • Prayer message typography

Resetting the Prayer List Styling

Each styling section includes:

Reset Section

Clicking this restores default styling only for that section, without affecting other styling groups.

Additional Display Behaviors

Anonymous Submissions

If a user submits anonymously:

  • The prayer list automatically hides their name

  • The label “Anonymous” appears instead

Prayer Length Handling

Longer prayers maintain full readability; they are not truncated by default.

Mobile Responsiveness

Grid layouts collapse gracefully into single-column lists on smaller screens.

Dashboard Link (Optional)

If you link to the dashboard anywhere, users can click through to manage their own submissions.

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