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- Rating
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- Updated
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Shortcoder — Create Shortcodes for Anything
Create custom "Shortcodes" easily for HTML, JavaScript, CSS code snippets and use the shortcodes within posts, pages & widgets
- Active installs
- 100,000+
- #433 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 2.1M
- 2,110,062
- Downloads, 30 days
- 17.9K
- 3.6K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.9 / 5
- 227 reviews
- Last updated
- 47 days ago
- Sep 14, 2026
- Version
- 6.6
- 58 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | September 14, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 4.9.0 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 5.3 or newer |
| First published | May 8, 2010 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 1 threads resolved (0%) |
Reviews
4.9 / 5 from 227 reviews
| 5 stars | 211 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 9 |
| 3 stars | 2 |
| 2 stars | 1 |
| 1 star | 4 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Shortcoder plugin allows to create a custom shortcodes for HTML, JavaScript, CSS and other code snippets. Now the shortcodes can be used in posts/pages and the snippet will be replaced in place.
✍ Create shortcodes easily
- Give a name for the shortcode
- Paste the HTML/JavaScript/CSS as shortcode content
- Save !
- Now insert the shortcode [sc name="my_shortcode"] in your post/page.
- Voila ! You got the HTML/Javascript/CSS in your post.
✨ Features
- Create custom shortcodes easily and use them in any place where shortcode is supported.
- Have any HTML, Javascript, CSS as Shortcode content.
- Insert: Custom parameters in shortcode
- Insert: WordPress parameters in shortcode
- Multiple editors: Code, Visual and text modes.
- Globally disable the shortcode when not needed.
- Disable shortcode on desktop, mobile devices.
- A button in post editor to pick the shortcodes to insert.
- Execute blocks HTML in shortcode content.
- Insert shortcodes in Gutenberg/block editor.
🎲 An example usage
- Create a shortcode named “adsenseAd” in the Shortcoder admin page.
- Paste the adsense code in the box given and save it.
- Use [sc name="adsenseAd"] in your posts and pages.
- Tada !!! the ad code is replaced and it appears in the post.
- Now you can edit the ad code at one place and the code is updated in all the locations where the shortcode is used.
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
What are the allowed characters for shortcode name?
Allowed characters are alphabets, numbers, hyphens and underscores.
My shortcode is not working in my page builder!
Please check with your page builder plugin to confirm if the block/place/area where the shortcode is being used can execute shortcodes. If yes, then shortcode should work fine just like regular WordPress shortcodes.
My shortcode is not working!
Please check the following if you notice that the shortcode content is not printed or when the output is not as expected.
- Please verify if the shortcode content is printed. If shortcode content is not seen printed, check the shortcode settings to see if any option is enabled to restrict where and when shortcode is printed.
Can I insert PHP code in shortcode content?
No, right now the plugin supports only HTML, Javascript and CSS as shortcode content.
Can I use block editor or page builders like Elementor, WPBakery to create shortcode?
Yes, this feature is available in the PRO version. You can upgrade to the PRO version to design using custom editor and create shortcode for that.
Latest changelog entry
- New: Setting to allow Editors to browse and insert existing shortcodes from the post editor.
- Fix: Updated Shortcoder block editor as per the latest API.
- Fix: Support for WordPress 7.1
Screenshots
Shortcoder admin page. 
Editing a shortcode. 
"Insert shortcode" popup to select and insert shortcodes. 
A shortcode inserted into post.
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.