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title: "How to Add Quick View Button in Blog Post in Elementor?"
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# How to Add Quick View Button in Blog Post in Elementor?

## 

- Dynamic Listing adds a Quick View button to every card through Display TP Quickview, and the button opens a popup preview without leaving the listing page.
- The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro is required for Dynamic Listing, and the widget does not appear in the free plugin; Elementor (free) is also installed and active.
- Quickview offers two layouts, Default and Custom Template, while the Style tab’s Quickview section controls overlay color or background, position, and image treatment.

A Quick View button lets a visitor preview a post's content in a popup, without navigating away from the listing page.

Dynamic Listing adds this as an optional button on every card via **Display TP Quickview**.

For the full settings tour of the **Dynamic Listing** widget, see [Dynamic Listing Widget Settings Overview](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/dynamic-listing-widget-settings-overview/).

***Requirement - This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro, make sure it's installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.***

[LIVE WIDGET LINK](https://theplusaddons.com/elementor-listing/dynamic-listing/?utm_source=tpae&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=text)

## Before You Start

- **Prerequisite:** [Elementor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/) (free) installed and active.- **Edition:** Dynamic Listing is a **Pro** widget - it needs The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro installed and its license activated. It will not appear in the free plugin.- **Widget to enable:** go to **The Plus Addons > Widgets**, search for **Dynamic Listing** and turn its toggle on.

## Steps

- Add the **Dynamic Listing** widget to the page, with **Post Type** set to `post`.- Under **Extra Options**, turn on **Display TP Quickview**.

![Display TP Quickview switcher turned on](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/dynamic-listing-quickview-switcher.webp)

Set **Quickview** to **Default** (the widget's built-in preview layout) or **Custom Template** (an Elementor template you design yourself for the popup's content).

![Quickview select set to Default](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/dynamic-listing-quickview-mode.webp)

The Style tab's **Quickview** section then styles the popup itself - overlay color/background, position and image treatment.

## Settings Overview

| Setting | What it does | Default |
| ------- | ------------ | ------- |
| Display TP Quickview | Adds a Quick View button to every card. | Off |
| Quickview | Default popup layout or a Custom Template. | Default |

## Related Docs

- [How to Create Elementor Custom Post Type Grid?](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/create-elementor-custom-post-type-grid/)- [Dynamic Listing Widget Settings Overview](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/dynamic-listing-widget-settings-overview/)

## Not verified

So you know exactly what has and has not been checked:

- Whether a Custom Template quickview popup correctly receives the clicked post's own data (dynamic tags resolving to that specific post) was not built and tested in this pass.

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: What do I need before adding a Quick View button to blog posts in Elementor?**
A: Elementor free has to be installed and active, and the Dynamic Listing widget needs The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro with its license activated. The widget will not appear in the free plugin, so the setup depends on the Pro version being available first. The Plus Addons for Elementor, The Plus Addons, Plus Addons for Elementor, POSIMYTH provides the Dynamic Listing widget as part of its Pro toolkit.

**Q: Why isn’t the Dynamic Listing widget showing up in Elementor?**
A: The usual blocker is that Dynamic Listing is a Pro widget, so it only appears when The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro is installed and licensed. It also has to be enabled under The Plus Addons > Widgets by searching for Dynamic Listing and turning the toggle on. If it is still missing after that, the issue is usually activation rather than the Quick View setting itself.

**Q: Can I add a Quick View button to a blog post listing without sending visitors to another page?**
A: That is exactly what Display TP Quickview does. It adds a Quick View button to every card so visitors can preview a post’s content in a popup while staying on the listing page. That matters when you want people to browse faster instead of bouncing into individual posts one by one. The Plus Addons for Elementor, The Plus Addons, Plus Addons for Elementor, POSIMYTH enables this inside the Dynamic Listing widget.

**Q: Should I use the default Quickview layout or a custom template?**
A: Default is the built-in preview layout, while Custom Template lets you design the popup content yourself with an Elementor template. Default is simpler if you just want something working quickly. Custom Template makes sense when you need tighter control over how the popup content looks inside the listing flow. The page also notes that custom-template behavior was not built and tested in this pass.

**Q: How do I style the Quick View popup in Dynamic Listing?**
A: The Style tab has a Quickview section that controls the popup itself, including overlay color or background, position, and image treatment. Those settings matter because they shape how visible and readable the popup feels over the listing page. If the overlay is too strong or the image treatment clashes with your card design, the popup can feel disconnected from the rest of the layout.

**Q: Where can I find more settings for Dynamic Listing after adding Quick View?**
A: The full settings tour lives in [Dynamic Listing Widget Settings Overview](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/dynamic-listing-widget-settings-overview/). That page is useful once Quick View is working because Display TP Quickview is only one part of the widget’s configuration. For related setup context, [How to Create Elementor Custom Post Type Grid?](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/create-elementor-custom-post-type-grid/) covers another common Dynamic Listing use case.