diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/joomla.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/joomla.ini
index 91642dd0a9bef..485cbe83bd9d9 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/joomla.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/joomla.ini
@@ -354,9 +354,11 @@ JGLOBAL_BATCH_MOVE_ROW_NOT_FOUND="Can't find the destination row for this move."
 JGLOBAL_BATCH_PROCESS="Process"
 JGLOBAL_BATCH_WORKFLOW_STATE_ROW_NOT_FOUND="Can't find the destination row for this state change."
 JGLOBAL_BLOG="Blog"
-JGLOBAL_BLOG_CLASS="Blog Class"
+JGLOBAL_BLOG_CLASS_INTRO="Blog Class (Intro Articles)"
 JGLOBAL_BLOG_CLASS_LEADING="Blog Class (Leading Articles)"
+JGLOBAL_BLOG_COLUMNS="Number of Columns"
 JGLOBAL_BLOG_LAYOUT_OPTIONS="Blog Layout"
+JGLOBAL_BLOG_ORDER="Ordering direction down"
 JGLOBAL_CATEGORIES_OPTIONS="Categories"
 JGLOBAL_CATEGORY_LAYOUT_DESC="Layout"
 JGLOBAL_CATEGORY_LAYOUT_LABEL="Choose a Layout"
diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.php b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.php
index f8b4dbf01fbeb..a1a1a17bd927b 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.php
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @package     Joomla.Site
  * @subpackage  com_content
  *
- * @copyright   Copyright (C) 2005 - 2020 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * @copyright   (C) 2006 Open Source Matters, Inc. <https://www.joomla.org>
  * @license     GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
  */
 
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@
 $results = $app->triggerEvent('onContentAfterDisplay', array($this->category->extension . '.categories', &$this->category, &$this->params, 0));
 $afterDisplayContent = trim(implode("\n", $results));
 
+$blogClassLeading = $this->params->get('blog_class_leading', '');
+$blogClassIntro   = $this->params->get('blog_class_intro', '');
+$numCols          = (int) $this->params->get('num_columns', 1);
+
+if ($this->params->get('multi_column_order', 0) && !empty($this->intro_items))
+{
+	// Order articles in columns top down
+	$blogClassIntro   = '';
+}
 ?>
 <div class="com-content-category-blog blog" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Blog">
 	<?php if ($this->params->get('show_page_heading')) : ?>
@@ -73,7 +82,7 @@
 
 	<?php $leadingcount = 0; ?>
 	<?php if (!empty($this->lead_items)) : ?>
-		<div class="com-content-category-blog__items blog-items items-leading <?php echo $this->params->get('blog_class_leading'); ?>">
+		<div class="com-content-category-blog__items blog-items items-leading <?php echo $blogClassLeading; ?>">
 			<?php foreach ($this->lead_items as &$item) : ?>
 				<div class="com-content-category-blog__item blog-item"
 					itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting">
@@ -87,22 +96,42 @@
 		</div>
 	<?php endif; ?>
 
-	<?php
-	$introcount = count($this->intro_items);
-	$counter = 0;
-	?>
-
 	<?php if (!empty($this->intro_items)) : ?>
-		<div class="com-content-category-blog__items blog-items <?php echo $this->params->get('blog_class'); ?>">
-		<?php foreach ($this->intro_items as $key => &$item) : ?>
-			<div class="com-content-category-blog__item blog-item"
-				itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting">
-					<?php
-					$this->item = & $item;
-					echo $this->loadTemplate('item');
-					?>
-			</div>
-		<?php endforeach; ?>
+		<div class="com-content-category-blog__items blog-items <?php echo $blogClassIntro; ?> ">
+			<?php $count = count($this->intro_items); ?>
+			<?php if ($numCols == 1 || $count < $numCols || !$this->params->get('multi_column_order', 0)) :?>
+				<?php foreach ($this->intro_items as $key => &$item) : ?>
+					<article class="com-content-category-blog__item blog-item <?php echo !empty($item->orderingClass) ? $item->orderingClass : ''; ?>"
+						itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting">
+							<?php
+							$this->item = & $item;
+							echo $this->loadTemplate('item');
+							?>
+					</article>
+				<?php endforeach; ?>
+			<?php else: ?>
+				<?php $maxRows  = ceil($count / $numCols); ?>
+				<?php $counter  = 0; ?>
+				<div class="d-flex flex-wrap">
+					<?php for ($c = 0; $c < $numCols; $c++) : ?>
+						<div class="col">
+							<?php
+							for($i = 0; $i < $maxRows && $counter < $count; $i++) :
+								$item = $this->intro_items[$counter];
+								$counter++; ?>
+								<article class="com-content-category-blog__item blog-item"
+									itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting">
+										<?php
+										$this->item = & $item;
+										echo $this->loadTemplate('item');
+										?>
+								</article>
+							<?php endfor; ?>
+						</div>
+					<?php endfor; ?>
+				</div>
+			<?php endif; ?>
+
 		</div>
 	<?php endif; ?>
 
diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.xml b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.xml
index 7df85e3d1aaa1..75f1d6f73badb 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.xml
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.xml
@@ -179,38 +179,63 @@
 		<fieldset name="advanced" label="JGLOBAL_BLOG_LAYOUT_OPTIONS" description="JGLOBAL_SUBSLIDER_BLOG_LAYOUT_LABEL">
 
 				<field
-					name="blog_class_leading"
+					name="num_leading_articles"
 					type="text"
-					label="JGLOBAL_BLOG_CLASS_LEADING"
+					label="JGLOBAL_NUM_LEADING_ARTICLES_LABEL"
 					useglobal="true"
 					size="3"
-					validate="CssIdentifier"
 				/>
-
 				<field
-					name="blog_class"
+					name="blog_class_leading"
 					type="text"
-					label="JGLOBAL_BLOG_CLASS"
-					useglobal="true"
-					size="3"
+					label="JGLOBAL_BLOG_CLASS_LEADING"
 					validate="CssIdentifier"
 				/>
 
 				<field
-					name="num_leading_articles"
+					name="num_intro_articles"
 					type="text"
-					label="JGLOBAL_NUM_LEADING_ARTICLES_LABEL"
+					label="JGLOBAL_NUM_INTRO_ARTICLES_LABEL"
 					useglobal="true"
 					size="3"
 				/>
-
 				<field
-					name="num_intro_articles"
+					name="blog_class_intro"
 					type="text"
-					label="JGLOBAL_NUM_INTRO_ARTICLES_LABEL"
-					useglobal="true"
-					size="3"
+					label="JGLOBAL_BLOG_CLASS_INTRO"
+					validate="CssIdentifier"
 				/>
+				<field
+					name="multi_column_order"
+					type="list"
+					label="JGLOBAL_BLOG_ORDER"
+					layout="joomla.form.field.radio.switcher"
+					validate="options"
+					default="0"
+					>
+					<option value="0">JNO</option>
+					<option value="1">JYES</option>
+				</field>
+				<field
+					name="num_columns"
+					type="integer"
+					label="JGLOBAL_BLOG_COLUMNS"
+					first="1"
+					last="6"
+					step="1"
+					showon="multi_column_order:1"
+				/>
+
+				<field
+					name="link_intro_image"
+					type="list"
+					label="JGLOBAL_LINKED_INTRO_IMAGE_LABEL"
+					useglobal="true"
+					validate="options"
+					>
+					<option value="0">JNO</option>
+					<option value="1">JYES</option>
+				</field>
 
 				<field
 					name="num_links"