diff --git a/application/Config/Services.php b/application/Config/Services.php
index 65df1940c124..844570b16b7d 100644
--- a/application/Config/Services.php
+++ b/application/Config/Services.php
@@ -70,6 +70,22 @@ public static function cache(\Config\Cache $config = null, $getShared = true)
 
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+	/**
+	 * View cells are intended to let you insert HTML into view
+	 * that has been generated by any callable in the system.
+	 */
+	public static function viewcell($getShared = true)
+	{
+	    if ($getShared)
+		{
+			return self::getSharedInstance('viewcell');
+		}
+
+		return new \CodeIgniter\View\Cell(self::cache());
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 	/**
 	 * The CLI Request class provides for ways to interact with
 	 * a command line request.
diff --git a/system/Common.php b/system/Common.php
index 6e3544588beb..572d935908f0 100644
--- a/system/Common.php
+++ b/system/Common.php
@@ -123,6 +123,27 @@ function view(string $name, array $data = [], array $options = [])
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+if (! function_exists('view_cell'))
+{
+	/**
+	 * View cells are used within views to insert HTML chunks that are managed
+	 * by other classes. 
+	 *
+	 * @param string      $library
+	 * @param null        $params
+	 * @param int         $ttl
+	 * @param string|null $cacheName
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	function view_cell(string $library, $params = null, int $ttl = 0, string $cacheName = null)
+	{
+		return Services::viewcell()->render($library, $params, $ttl, $cacheName);
+	}
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 if ( ! function_exists('esc'))
 {
 	/**
diff --git a/system/View/Cell.php b/system/View/Cell.php
index 8124306dc5c4..ec57e8dfaf63 100644
--- a/system/View/Cell.php
+++ b/system/View/Cell.php
@@ -140,42 +140,6 @@ public function render(string $library, $params = null, int $ttl = 0, string $ca
 
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-	/**
-	 * Given the library string, attempts to determine the class and method
-	 * to call.
-	 *
-	 * @param string $library
-	 *
-	 * @return array
-	 */
-	protected function determineClass(string $library)
-	{
-		// We don't want to actually call static methods
-		// by default, so convert any double colons.
-		$library = str_replace('::', ':', $library);
-
-		list($class, $method) = explode(':', $library);
-
-		if (empty($class))
-		{
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('No view cell class provided.');
-		}
-
-		if (! class_exists($class, true))
-		{
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Unable to locate view cell class: '.$class.'.');
-		}
-
-		if (empty($method))
-		{
-			$method = 'index';
-		}
-
-		return [$class, $method];
-	}
-
-	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 	/**
 	 * Parses the params attribute. If an array, returns untouched.
 	 * If a string, it should be in the format "key1=value key2=value".
@@ -226,4 +190,39 @@ public function prepareParams($params)
 
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+	/**
+	 * Given the library string, attempts to determine the class and method
+	 * to call.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $library
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	protected function determineClass(string $library)
+	{
+		// We don't want to actually call static methods
+		// by default, so convert any double colons.
+		$library = str_replace('::', ':', $library);
+
+		list($class, $method) = explode(':', $library);
+
+		if (empty($class))
+		{
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('No view cell class provided.');
+		}
+
+		if (! class_exists($class, true))
+		{
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Unable to locate view cell class: '.$class.'.');
+		}
+
+		if (empty($method))
+		{
+			$method = 'index';
+		}
+
+		return [$class, $method];
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
 }
diff --git a/tests/_support/Cache/Handlers/MockHandler.php b/tests/_support/Cache/Handlers/MockHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..886da6c07684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_support/Cache/Handlers/MockHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+<?php namespace CodeIgniter\Cache\Handlers;
+
+use CodeIgniter\Cache\CacheInterface;
+
+class MockHandler implements CacheInterface
+{
+	/**
+	 * Prefixed to all cache names.
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $prefix;
+
+	/**
+	 * Mock cache storage.
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $cache = [];
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Takes care of any handler-specific setup that must be done.
+	 */
+	public function initialize()
+	{
+		// Not to see here...
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Attempts to fetch an item from the cache store.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $key Cache item name
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function get(string $key)
+	{
+		$key = $this->prefix.$key;
+
+		return isset($this->cache[$key])
+			? $this->cache[$key]
+			: false;
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Saves an item to the cache store.
+	 *
+	 * The $raw parameter is only utilized by Mamcache in order to
+	 * allow usage of increment() and decrement().
+	 *
+	 * @param string $key    Cache item name
+	 * @param        $value  the data to save
+	 * @param null   $ttl    Time To Live, in seconds (default 60)
+	 * @param bool   $raw    Whether to store the raw value.
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function save(string $key, $value, int $ttl = 60, bool $raw = false)
+	{
+		$key = $this->prefix.$key;
+
+		$this->cache[$key] = $value;
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Deletes a specific item from the cache store.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $key Cache item name
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function delete(string $key)
+	{
+		unset($this->cache[$key]);
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Performs atomic incrementation of a raw stored value.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $key    Cache ID
+	 * @param int    $offset Step/value to increase by
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function increment(string $key, int $offset = 1)
+	{
+		$key = $this->prefix.$key;
+
+		$data = $this->cache[$key] ?: null;
+
+		if (empty($data))
+		{
+			$data = 0;
+		}
+		elseif (! is_int($data))
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return $this->save($key, $data+$offset);
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Performs atomic decrementation of a raw stored value.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $key    Cache ID
+	 * @param int    $offset Step/value to increase by
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function decrement(string $key, int $offset = 1)
+	{
+		$key = $this->prefix.$key;
+
+		$data = $this->cache[$key] ?: null;
+
+		if (empty($data))
+		{
+			$data = 0;
+		}
+		elseif (! is_int($data))
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return $this->save($key, $data-$offset);
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Will delete all items in the entire cache.
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function clean()
+	{
+		$this->cache = [];
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns information on the entire cache.
+	 *
+	 * The information returned and the structure of the data
+	 * varies depending on the handler.
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function getCacheInfo()
+	{
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns detailed information about the specific item in the cache.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $key Cache item name.
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function getMetaData(string $key)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Determines if the driver is supported on this system.
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public function isSupported(): bool
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/system/View/CellTest.php b/tests/system/View/CellTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f933bd5b30c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system/View/CellTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+<?php
+
+use CodeIgniter\View\Cell;
+use CodeIgniter\Cache\Handlers\MockHandler;
+
+include_once __DIR__ .'/SampleClass.php';
+
+class CellTest extends \CIUnitTestCase
+{
+	protected $cache;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var Cell
+	 */
+	protected $cell;
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public function setup()
+	{
+		$this->cache = new MockHandler();
+	    $this->cell = new Cell($this->cache);
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public function testPrepareParamsReturnsNullWithInvalidParam()
+	{
+	    $this->assertTrue(is_null($this->cell->prepareParams(1.023)));
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public function testPrepareParamsReturnsNullWithEmptyString()
+	{
+	    $this->assertNull($this->cell->prepareParams(''));
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public function testPrepareParamsRetunsSelfWhenArray()
+	{
+	    $object = ['one' => 'two', 'three' => 'four'];
+
+		$this->assertEquals($object, $this->cell->prepareParams($object));
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public function testPrepareParamsReturnsNullWithEmptyArray()
+	{
+	    $this->assertNull($this->cell->prepareParams([]));
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public function testPrepareParamsReturnsArrayWithString()
+	{
+	    $params = 'one=two three=four';
+		$expected = ['one' => 'two', 'three' => 'four'];
+
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->cell->prepareParams($params));
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public function testPrepareParamsHandlesCommas()
+	{
+		$params = 'one=2, three=4.15';
+		$expected = ['one' => 2, 'three' => 4.15];
+
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->cell->prepareParams($params));
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public function testPrepareParamsWorksWithoutSpaces()
+	{
+		$params = 'one=two,three=four';
+		$expected = ['one' => 'two', 'three' => 'four'];
+
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->cell->prepareParams($params));
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public function testPrepareParamsWorksWithOddEqualsSpaces()
+	{
+		$params = 'one= two,three =four, five = six';
+		$expected = ['one' => 'two', 'three' => 'four', 'five' => 'six'];
+
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->cell->prepareParams($params));
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Render
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public function testDisplayRendersWithNamespacedClass()
+	{
+		$expected = 'Hello';
+
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->cell->render('\CodeIgniter\View\SampleClass::hello'));
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public function testDisplayRendersWithValidParamString()
+	{
+		$params = 'one=two,three=four';
+		$expected = ['one' => 'two', 'three' => 'four'];
+
+		$this->assertEquals(implode(',', $expected), $this->cell->render('\CodeIgniter\View\SampleClass::echobox', $params));
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public function testDisplayRendersWithStaticMethods()
+	{
+		$params = 'one=two,three=four';
+		$expected = ['one' => 'two', 'three' => 'four'];
+
+		$this->assertEquals(implode(',', $expected), $this->cell->render('\CodeIgniter\View\SampleClass::staticEcho', $params));
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+}
diff --git a/tests/system/View/SampleClass.php b/tests/system/View/SampleClass.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..88dd413b6ead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system/View/SampleClass.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php namespace CodeIgniter\View;
+
+/**
+ * Class SampleClass
+ *
+ * This class is only used to provide a reference point
+ * during tests to make sure that things work as expected.
+ */
+class SampleClass {
+
+	public function hello()
+	{
+		return 'Hello';
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public function echobox($params)
+	{
+		if (is_array($params))
+		{
+			$params = implode(',', $params);
+		}
+
+		return $params;
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public static function staticEcho($params)
+	{
+		if (is_array($params))
+		{
+			$params = implode(',', $params);
+		}
+
+		return $params;
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/general/views.rst b/user_guide_src/source/general/views.rst
index 3cc95f839db1..c234514c48f8 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/general/views.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/general/views.rst
@@ -276,3 +276,66 @@ Now open your view file and create a loop::
 	</body>
 	</html>
 
+View Cells
+==========
+
+View Cells allow you to insert HTML that is generated outside of your controller. It simply calls the specified
+class and method, which must return valid HTML. This method could be in an callable method, found in any class
+that the autoloader can locate. The only restriction is that the class can not have any constructor parameters.
+This is intended to be used within views, and is a great aid to modularizing your code.
+::
+
+    <?= view_cell('\App\Libraries\Blog::recentPosts') ?>
+
+In this example, the class ``App\Libraries\Blog` is loaded, and the method ``recentPosts()`` is ran. That method
+must return a string with the generated HTML. The method used can be either a static method or not. Either way works.
+
+Cell Parameters
+---------------
+
+You can further refine the call by passing a string with a list of parameters in the second parameter that are passed
+to the method as an array of key/value pairs::
+
+    <?= view_cell('\App\Libraries\Blog::recentPosts', 'category=codeigniter, limit=5') ?>
+
+    public function recentPosts(array $params=[])
+    {
+        $posts = $this->blogModel->where('category', $params['category'])
+                                 ->orderBy('published_on', 'desc')
+                                 ->limit($params['limit'])
+                                 ->get();
+
+        return view('recentPosts', ['posts' => $posts]);
+    }
+
+Additionally, you can use parameter names that match the parameter variables in the method for better readability.
+When you use it this way, all of the parameters must always be specified in the view cell call::
+
+    <?= view_cell('\App\Libraries\Blog::recentPosts', 'category=codeigniter, limit=5') ?>
+
+    public function recentPosts(int $limit, string $category)
+    {
+        $posts = $this->blogModel->where('category', $category)
+                                 ->orderBy('published_on', 'desc')
+                                 ->limit($limit)
+                                 ->get();
+
+        return view('recentPosts', ['posts' => $posts]);
+    }
+
+Cell Caching
+------------
+
+You can cache the results of the view cell call by passing the number of seconds to cache the data for as the
+third parameter. This will use the currently configured cache engine.
+::
+
+    // Cache the view for 5 minutes
+    <?= view_cell('\App\Libraries\Blog::recentPosts', 'limit=5', 300) ?>
+
+You can provide a custom name to use instead of the auto-generated one if you like, by passing the new name
+as the fourth parameter.::
+
+    // Cache the view for 5 minutes
+    <?= view_cell('\App\Libraries\Blog::recentPosts', 'limit=5', 300, 'newcacheid') ?>
+