diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.php b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.php
index 7d7cc376df773..156a8583cea8e 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.php
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 				</div>
 				<?php $leadingcount++; ?>
 			<?php endforeach; ?>
-		</div><!-- end items-leading -->
+		</div>
 	<?php endif; ?>
 
 	<?php
@@ -95,18 +95,18 @@
 	<?php if (!empty($this->intro_items)) : ?>
 		<div class="blog-items <?php echo $this->params->get('blog_class'); ?>">
 		<?php foreach ($this->intro_items as $key => &$item) : ?>
-				<div class="blog-item"
-					itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting">
-					<div class="blog-item-content"><!-- Double divs required for IE11 grid fallback -->
-						<?php
-						$this->item = & $item;
-						echo $this->loadTemplate('item');
-						?>
-					</div>
+			<div class="blog-item"
+				itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting">
+				<div class="blog-item-content"><!-- Double divs required for IE11 grid fallback -->
+					<?php
+					$this->item = & $item;
+					echo $this->loadTemplate('item');
+					?>
 				</div>
-			<?php endforeach; ?>
 			</div>
-		<?php endif; ?>
+		<?php endforeach; ?>
+		</div>
+	<?php endif; ?>
 
 	<?php if (!empty($this->link_items)) : ?>
 		<div class="items-more">
diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.php b/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.php
index d277a7b053bed..ea4859b6ed780 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.php
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.php
@@ -16,80 +16,64 @@
 // If the page class is defined, add to class as suffix.
 // It will be a separate class if the user starts it with a space
 ?>
-<div class="container-fluid blog-featured<?php echo $this->pageclass_sfx; ?>" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Blog">
-<?php if ($this->params->get('show_page_heading') != 0) : ?>
-<div class="page-header">
-	<h1>
-	<?php echo $this->escape($this->params->get('page_heading')); ?>
-	</h1>
-</div>
-<?php endif; ?>
+<div class="blog-featured<?php echo $this->pageclass_sfx; ?>" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Blog">
+	<?php if ($this->params->get('show_page_heading') != 0) : ?>
+	<div class="page-header">
+		<h1>
+		<?php echo $this->escape($this->params->get('page_heading')); ?>
+		</h1>
+	</div>
+	<?php endif; ?>
 
-<?php $leadingcount = 0; ?>
-<?php if (!empty($this->lead_items)) : ?>
-<div class="row items-leading clearfix">
-	<?php foreach ($this->lead_items as &$item) : ?>
-		<div class="col leading-<?php echo $leadingcount; ?><?php echo $item->state == 0 ? ' system-unpublished' : null; ?> clearfix"
-			itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting">
-			<?php
-				$this->item = &$item;
-				echo $this->loadTemplate('item');
-			?>
+	<?php $leadingcount = 0; ?>
+	<?php if (!empty($this->lead_items)) : ?>
+		<div class="blog-items items-leading <?php echo $this->params->get('blog_class_leading'); ?>">
+			<?php foreach ($this->lead_items as &$item) : ?>
+				<div class="blog-item"
+					itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting">
+					<div class="blog-item-content"><!-- Double divs required for IE11 grid fallback -->
+						<?php
+						$this->item = & $item;
+						echo $this->loadTemplate('item');
+						?>
+					</div>
+				</div>
+				<?php $leadingcount++; ?>
+			<?php endforeach; ?>
 		</div>
-		<?php
-			$leadingcount++;
-		?>
-	<?php endforeach; ?>
-</div>
-<?php endif; ?>
-<?php
-	$introcount = count($this->intro_items);
-	$counter = 0;
-?>
-<?php if (!empty($this->intro_items)) : ?>
-	<?php foreach ($this->intro_items as $key => &$item) : ?>
-
-		<?php
-		$key = ($key - $leadingcount) + 1;
-		$rowcount = (((int) $key - 1) % (int) $this->columns) + 1;
-		$row = $counter / $this->columns;
-
-		if ($rowcount === 1) : ?>
+	<?php endif; ?>
 
-		<div class="row items-row cols-<?php echo (int) $this->columns; ?> <?php echo 'row-' . $row; ?> row">
-		<?php endif; ?>
-			<div class="col-md-<?php echo round(12 / $this->columns); ?> item column-<?php echo $rowcount; ?><?php echo $item->state == 0 ? ' system-unpublished' : null; ?>"
+	<?php if (!empty($this->intro_items)) : ?>
+		<div class="blog-items <?php echo $this->params->get('blog_class'); ?>">
+		<?php foreach ($this->intro_items as $key => &$item) : ?>
+			<div class="blog-item"
 				itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting">
-			<?php
-					$this->item = &$item;
+				<div class="blog-item-content"><!-- Double divs required for IE11 grid fallback -->
+					<?php
+					$this->item = & $item;
 					echo $this->loadTemplate('item');
-			?>
+					?>
+				</div>
 			</div>
-			<?php $counter++; ?>
-
-			<?php if (($rowcount == $this->columns) or ($counter == $introcount)) : ?>
-
+		<?php endforeach; ?>
 		</div>
-		<?php endif; ?>
+	<?php endif; ?>
 
-	<?php endforeach; ?>
-<?php endif; ?>
-
-<?php if (!empty($this->link_items)) : ?>
-	<div class="items-more">
-	<?php echo $this->loadTemplate('links'); ?>
-	</div>
-<?php endif; ?>
+	<?php if (!empty($this->link_items)) : ?>
+		<div class="items-more">
+		<?php echo $this->loadTemplate('links'); ?>
+		</div>
+	<?php endif; ?>
 
-<?php if ($this->params->def('show_pagination', 2) == 1  || ($this->params->get('show_pagination') == 2 && $this->pagination->pagesTotal > 1)) : ?>
-	<div class="w-100">
-		<?php if ($this->params->def('show_pagination_results', 1)) : ?>
-			<p class="counter float-right pt-3 pr-2">
-				<?php echo $this->pagination->getPagesCounter(); ?>
-			</p>
-		<?php endif; ?>
-		<?php echo $this->pagination->getPagesLinks(); ?>
-	</div>
-<?php endif; ?>
+	<?php if ($this->params->def('show_pagination', 2) == 1  || ($this->params->get('show_pagination') == 2 && $this->pagination->pagesTotal > 1)) : ?>
+		<div class="w-100">
+			<?php if ($this->params->def('show_pagination_results', 1)) : ?>
+				<p class="counter float-right pt-3 pr-2">
+					<?php echo $this->pagination->getPagesCounter(); ?>
+				</p>
+			<?php endif; ?>
+			<?php echo $this->pagination->getPagesLinks(); ?>
+		</div>
+	<?php endif; ?>
 
 </div>
diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.xml b/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.xml
index fa865e2aeccf2..a44ac0c266856 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.xml
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@
 				class="text"
 			/>
 
+			<field
+				name="blog_class_leading"
+				type="text"
+				label="JGLOBAL_BLOG_CLASS_LEADING"
+				useglobal="true"
+				size="3"
+			/>
+
+			<field
+				name="blog_class"
+				type="text"
+				label="JGLOBAL_BLOG_CLASS"
+				useglobal="true"
+				size="3"
+			/>
+
 			<field 
 				name="num_leading_articles" 
 				type="number"
@@ -69,15 +85,11 @@
 				size="3"
 			/>
 
-			<field 
-				name="multi_column_order" 
-				type="list"
-				label="JGLOBAL_MULTI_COLUMN_ORDER_LABEL"
-				useglobal="true"
-				>
-				<option value="0">JGLOBAL_Down</option>
-				<option value="1">JGLOBAL_Across</option>
-			</field>
+			<field
+				name="spacer1"
+				type="spacer"
+				hr="true"
+			/>
 
 			<field 
 				name="orderby_pri" 
diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default_item.php b/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default_item.php
index 6e9cedb1ae343..e0e5b7b03166e 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default_item.php
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default_item.php
@@ -19,88 +19,91 @@
 $assocParam = (JLanguageAssociations::isEnabled() && $params->get('show_associations'));
 ?>
 
-<?php if ($this->item->state == 0 || strtotime($this->item->publish_up) > strtotime(JFactory::getDate())
-	|| ((strtotime($this->item->publish_down) < strtotime(JFactory::getDate())) && $this->item->publish_down != JFactory::getDbo()->getNullDate())) : ?>
-	<div class="system-unpublished">
+<?php if (isset($images->image_intro) && !empty($images->image_intro)) : ?>
+	<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.intro_image', $this->item); ?>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
-<?php if ($params->get('show_title')) : ?>
-	<h2 class="item-title" itemprop="headline">
-	<?php if ($params->get('link_titles') && $params->get('access-view')) : ?>
-		<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid, $this->item->language)); ?>" itemprop="url">
+<div class="item-content">
+	<?php if ($this->item->state == 0 || strtotime($this->item->publish_up) > strtotime(JFactory::getDate())
+		|| ((strtotime($this->item->publish_down) < strtotime(JFactory::getDate())) && $this->item->publish_down != JFactory::getDbo()->getNullDate())) : ?>
+		<div class="system-unpublished">
+	<?php endif; ?>
+
+	<?php if ($params->get('show_title')) : ?>
+		<h2 class="item-title" itemprop="headline">
+		<?php if ($params->get('link_titles') && $params->get('access-view')) : ?>
+			<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid, $this->item->language)); ?>" itemprop="url">
+				<?php echo $this->escape($this->item->title); ?>
+			</a>
+		<?php else : ?>
 			<?php echo $this->escape($this->item->title); ?>
-		</a>
-	<?php else : ?>
-		<?php echo $this->escape($this->item->title); ?>
+		<?php endif; ?>
+		</h2>
 	<?php endif; ?>
-	</h2>
-<?php endif; ?>
 
-<?php if ($this->item->state == 0) : ?>
-	<span class="label label-warning"><?php echo JText::_('JUNPUBLISHED'); ?></span>
-<?php endif; ?>
-<?php if (strtotime($this->item->publish_up) > strtotime(JFactory::getDate())) : ?>
-	<span class="label label-warning"><?php echo JText::_('JNOTPUBLISHEDYET'); ?></span>
-<?php endif; ?>
-<?php if ((strtotime($this->item->publish_down) < strtotime(JFactory::getDate())) && $this->item->publish_down != JFactory::getDbo()->getNullDate()) : ?>
-	<span class="label label-warning"><?php echo JText::_('JEXPIRED'); ?></span>
-<?php endif; ?>
+	<?php if ($this->item->state == 0) : ?>
+		<span class="label label-warning"><?php echo JText::_('JUNPUBLISHED'); ?></span>
+	<?php endif; ?>
+	<?php if (strtotime($this->item->publish_up) > strtotime(JFactory::getDate())) : ?>
+		<span class="label label-warning"><?php echo JText::_('JNOTPUBLISHEDYET'); ?></span>
+	<?php endif; ?>
+	<?php if ((strtotime($this->item->publish_down) < strtotime(JFactory::getDate())) && $this->item->publish_down != JFactory::getDbo()->getNullDate()) : ?>
+		<span class="label label-warning"><?php echo JText::_('JEXPIRED'); ?></span>
+	<?php endif; ?>
 
-<?php if ($canEdit || $params->get('show_print_icon') || $params->get('show_email_icon')) : ?>
-	<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.icons', array('params' => $params, 'item' => $this->item, 'print' => false)); ?>
-<?php endif; ?>
+	<?php if ($canEdit || $params->get('show_print_icon') || $params->get('show_email_icon')) : ?>
+		<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.icons', array('params' => $params, 'item' => $this->item, 'print' => false)); ?>
+	<?php endif; ?>
 
-<?php // Content is generated by content plugin event "onContentAfterTitle" ?>
-<?php echo $this->item->event->afterDisplayTitle; ?>
+	<?php // Content is generated by content plugin event "onContentAfterTitle" ?>
+	<?php echo $this->item->event->afterDisplayTitle; ?>
 
-<?php // Todo Not that elegant would be nice to group the params ?>
-<?php $useDefList = ($params->get('show_modify_date') || $params->get('show_publish_date') || $params->get('show_create_date')
-	|| $params->get('show_hits') || $params->get('show_category') || $params->get('show_parent_category') || $params->get('show_author') || $assocParam); ?>
+	<?php // Todo Not that elegant would be nice to group the params ?>
+	<?php $useDefList = ($params->get('show_modify_date') || $params->get('show_publish_date') || $params->get('show_create_date')
+		|| $params->get('show_hits') || $params->get('show_category') || $params->get('show_parent_category') || $params->get('show_author') || $assocParam); ?>
 
-<?php if ($useDefList && ($info == 0 || $info == 2)) : ?>
-	<?php // Todo: for Joomla4 joomla.content.info_block.block can be changed to joomla.content.info_block ?>
-	<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.info_block.block', array('item' => $this->item, 'params' => $params, 'position' => 'above')); ?>
-	<?php if ($info == 0 && $params->get('show_tags', 1) && !empty($this->item->tags->itemTags)) : ?>
-		<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.tags', $this->item->tags->itemTags); ?>
+	<?php if ($useDefList && ($info == 0 || $info == 2)) : ?>
+		<?php // Todo: for Joomla4 joomla.content.info_block.block can be changed to joomla.content.info_block ?>
+		<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.info_block.block', array('item' => $this->item, 'params' => $params, 'position' => 'above')); ?>
+		<?php if ($info == 0 && $params->get('show_tags', 1) && !empty($this->item->tags->itemTags)) : ?>
+			<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.tags', $this->item->tags->itemTags); ?>
+		<?php endif; ?>
 	<?php endif; ?>
-<?php endif; ?>
-
-<?php if (isset($images->image_intro) && !empty($images->image_intro)) : ?>
-	<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.intro_image', $this->item); ?>
-<?php endif; ?>
 
-<?php // Content is generated by content plugin event "onContentBeforeDisplay" ?>
-<?php echo $this->item->event->beforeDisplayContent; ?>
+	<?php // Content is generated by content plugin event "onContentBeforeDisplay" ?>
+	<?php echo $this->item->event->beforeDisplayContent; ?>
 
-<?php echo $this->item->introtext; ?>
+	<?php echo $this->item->introtext; ?>
 
-<?php if ($useDefList && ($info == 1 || $info == 2)) : ?>
-	<?php // Todo: for Joomla4 joomla.content.info_block.block can be changed to joomla.content.info_block ?>
-	<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.info_block.block', array('item' => $this->item, 'params' => $params, 'position' => 'below')); ?>
-	<?php if ($params->get('show_tags', 1) && !empty($this->item->tags->itemTags)) : ?>
-		<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.tags', $this->item->tags->itemTags); ?>
+	<?php if ($useDefList && ($info == 1 || $info == 2)) : ?>
+		<?php // Todo: for Joomla4 joomla.content.info_block.block can be changed to joomla.content.info_block ?>
+		<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.info_block.block', array('item' => $this->item, 'params' => $params, 'position' => 'below')); ?>
+		<?php if ($params->get('show_tags', 1) && !empty($this->item->tags->itemTags)) : ?>
+			<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.tags', $this->item->tags->itemTags); ?>
+		<?php endif; ?>
 	<?php endif; ?>
-<?php endif; ?>
 
-<?php if ($params->get('show_readmore') && $this->item->readmore) :
-	if ($params->get('access-view')) :
-		$link = JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid, $this->item->language));
-	else :
-		$menu = JFactory::getApplication()->getMenu();
-		$active = $menu->getActive();
-		$itemId = $active->id;
-		$link = new JUri(JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_users&view=login&Itemid=' . $itemId, false));
-		$link->setVar('return', base64_encode(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid, $this->item->language)));
-	endif; ?>
+	<?php if ($params->get('show_readmore') && $this->item->readmore) :
+		if ($params->get('access-view')) :
+			$link = JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid, $this->item->language));
+		else :
+			$menu = JFactory::getApplication()->getMenu();
+			$active = $menu->getActive();
+			$itemId = $active->id;
+			$link = new JUri(JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_users&view=login&Itemid=' . $itemId, false));
+			$link->setVar('return', base64_encode(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid, $this->item->language)));
+		endif; ?>
 
-	<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.readmore', array('item' => $this->item, 'params' => $params, 'link' => $link)); ?>
+		<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.readmore', array('item' => $this->item, 'params' => $params, 'link' => $link)); ?>
 
-<?php endif; ?>
+	<?php endif; ?>
 
-<?php if ($this->item->state == 0 || strtotime($this->item->publish_up) > strtotime(JFactory::getDate())
-	|| ((strtotime($this->item->publish_down) < strtotime(JFactory::getDate())) && $this->item->publish_down != $this->db->getNullDate() )) : ?>
-	</div>
-<?php endif; ?>
+	<?php if ($this->item->state == 0 || strtotime($this->item->publish_up) > strtotime(JFactory::getDate())
+		|| ((strtotime($this->item->publish_down) < strtotime(JFactory::getDate())) && $this->item->publish_down != $this->db->getNullDate() )) : ?>
+		</div>
+	<?php endif; ?>
+
+</div>
 
 <?php // Content is generated by content plugin event "onContentAfterDisplay" ?>
 <?php echo $this->item->event->afterDisplayContent; ?>