#631 by installs
Better Font Awesome
Add Font Awesome Free icons that stay current automatically, with a native WordPress block, shortcodes, a Classic Editor picker, and legacy support.
- Installs
- 60,000+
- Rating
- 4.5 (88)
- Updated
- 51 days ago
Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements
Add 50+ shortcodes with live preview for tabs, accordions, buttons, FAQs, sliders and boxes. Works in Block Editor and Classic Editor.
- Active installs
- 400,000+
- #147 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 26.3M
- 26,319,563
- Downloads, 30 days
- 230.4K
- 37.8K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.9 / 5
- 5,925 reviews
- Last updated
- 14 days ago
- Oct 17, 2026
- Version
- 7.9.2
- 221 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | October 17, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 6.0 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.0 or newer |
| First published | April 6, 2011 |
| Support, last two months | 1 of 2 threads resolved (50%) |
Reviews
4.9 / 5 from 5,925 reviews
| 5 stars | 5,528 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 276 |
| 3 stars | 43 |
| 2 stars | 21 |
| 1 star | 57 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
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➡️ About Shortcodes Ultimate
Shortcodes Ultimate is a WordPress shortcode plugin for adding tabs, accordions, buttons, FAQs, sliders, carousels, lightboxes, columns, boxes and other reusable content elements without coding. It is ideal for site owners who want richer content layouts and practical UI elements without switching to a full page builder.
Use Shortcodes Ultimate in the Block Editor, Classic Editor, widgets and template files. Generate shortcodes visually, preview the result before inserting it, and reuse the same elements across posts, pages and existing shortcode-based content.
Trusted by hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites, Shortcodes Ultimate helps you replace multiple single-purpose UI plugins with one maintained toolkit. Explore live examples
What you can build
With Shortcodes Ultimate, you can quickly add common WordPress content elements such as:
- Accordions and FAQ sections
- Responsive tabs
- CTA buttons and download buttons
- Boxes, notes and callouts
- Columns and layout helpers
- Sliders and carousels
- Lightboxes for images and custom content
- Post lists and dynamic content blocks
- Spoilers, toggles and expandable content
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
Does Shortcodes Ultimate work with the WordPress Block Editor?
Yes. You can insert generated shortcodes into a Shortcode block, Paragraph block or Classic block, and you can build them visually with the Insert Shortcode tool before adding them to your content.
Does it work with existing shortcode-based content?
Yes. Shortcodes Ultimate is useful both for new pages and for older WordPress sites that already rely on shortcodes. You can keep existing content working and gradually improve it without rebuilding everything in a page builder.
Can I use Shortcodes Ultimate with Elementor, widgets or template files?
Yes. You can use Shortcodes Ultimate anywhere WordPress shortcodes are supported, including Elementor shortcode widgets, many widget areas, and template files via do_shortcode().
Do I need coding skills to use it?
No. Most users can create and insert shortcodes through the visual generator and live preview without writing shortcode syntax manually.
Why should I use shortcodes instead of blocks?
Blocks are excellent for visual editing. Shortcodes are useful when you need reusable content elements that can work across posts, pages, widgets, templates and older content.
Shortcodes Ultimate is especially helpful for hybrid WordPress sites, older sites, content-heavy sites and workflows where you want a simple way to insert the same type of element in many places.
Where can I see examples and documentation before I start?
Documentation: https://getshortcodes.com/docs/?utm_campaign=wporg&utm_medium=readme&utm_source=faq_docs
Support: https://getshortcodes.com/support/?utm_campaign=wporg&utm_medium=readme&utm_source=faq_support
Live examples: https://getshortcodes.com/docs-category/shortcodes/?utm_campaign=wporg&utm_medium=readme&utm_source=faq_examples
Latest changelog entry
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
Screenshots
Frontend examples of popular shortcodes: tabs, accordion, button and content box. 
Search, preview and insert any shortcode in seconds — the visual generator groups elements by type and shows a live preview before you add… 
Visual shortcode settings with configurable options. 
Accordion shortcode example for FAQ sections.
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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.