WordPress plugin intelligence profile

Shortcoder — Create Shortcodes for Anything

Create custom "Shortcodes" easily for HTML, JavaScript, CSS code snippets and use the shortcodes within posts, pages & widgets

WP PlugIndex snapshot

Current directory snapshot

Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version6.6
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 4.9.0 · PHP 5.3
Directory statusactive
Last directory update14 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installations100K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.9 / 5 from 227 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

Repository metrics are context, not quality scores. Active installations measure adoption and can strongly reflect a plugin’s age and historical popularity. Ratings, recent updates and “Tested up to” metadata also do not guarantee modern code, error-free operation, security, feature completeness or suitability for a particular site. Why active installs don’t tell the whole story →

WP PlugIndex currently records Shortcoder — Create Shortcodes for Anything version 6.6 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

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.

Similarly shortcodes can be created for frequently used snippets.

You can also add custom parameters (like %%id%% ) inside the snippets, and change it’s value like [sc name="youtube" id="GrlRADfvjII"] when using them.

🧱 Using in block editor

Though shortcodes can be used in any place manually, Shortcoder provides below options to select and insert the shortcodes created easily when working with the block editor.

  • Shortcoder block
  • Toolbar button to select and insert shortcodes inline (under “more”)

💎 Upgrade to PRO

Shortcoder also provides a PRO version which has additional features to further enhance the experience. Below features are offered in the PRO version.

  • Custom editor – Edit Shortcode content using block editor or page builder plugins like Elementor and WPBakery.
  • (New) Translation with WPML – Translate Shortcode content with WPML.
  • Revisions – Revisions support for Shortcode content.
  • Locate shortcode – Search posts and pages where a shortcode is used.
  • Extra code – Include extra code to the footer when a shortcode is used in a page.

Get started with Shortcoder – PRO

Links

  • Documentation
  • FAQs
  • Support forum/Report bugs
  • PRO features
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • code
  • html
  • javascript
  • shortcode
  • snippets
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.9.0 · PHP 5.3
Update activity14 Sept 20261mo ago

“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.

Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version6.5.46.6
WordPress compatibility7.0.47.1
Tracking & source

WP PlugIndex tracks public WordPress.org directory metadata and records selected version, compatibility and availability changes as they are detected.

Plugin watchlist

Watch this plugin

Sign in to your WP PlugIndex account or create a free account. Free accounts can watch up to 5 plugins and see what changed.

Watch limit

Watchlist limit reached

You have reached your current active watch limit.