Browser Screenshots
Automate the process of taking website screenshots.
4.8(19 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 years agoAs of April 2026, Browser Screenshots is a WordPress blocks plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 19 reviews. It has been downloaded 104K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….
4.8/519 reviews
3.0K+active installs
104K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
Use the [browser-shot] shortcode to automate the process of taking website screenshots. An icon is also added to the TinyMCE editor to make the shortcode creation process easy.
The plugin uses the ‘mshots’ functionality, from WordPress.com, to automatically take screenshots of websites. This function is free for non-commercial use.
The images are stored on the wordpress.com servers and are not saved onto your own website. The images are cached for roughly 24 hours before being generated again.
Shortcode Preview
// basic shot 600px wide
[browser-shot url="https://link-to-website" width="600"]
// shot with link to other website
[browser-shot url="https://link-to-website" width="700" link="https://www.binarymoon.co.uk/"]
// shot with caption (uses default WordPress caption styl…Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works
by pipi842·2 years ago·1 reply
Are there plans to replace the mshots api or at least provide alternative?
Keep up the good work, your plugin saves a ton of time.
Great screenshots plugin
by Terry J·3 years ago
Works just fine and have not had a single issue.
Hope development continues, not a better screenshots plugin in the repository.
Thanks to the dev for releasing to us!
works like a charm, straight out of the box (y)
by eLeXeM·3 years ago·1 reply
Thank you! 🙂
Perfect
by koronavirusu·5 years ago
Great plugin. Thanks
Too good to be true, and free!
by Ropebu·5 years ago
Awesome plugin, ideal for automatic websites. Using the php manual implementation combined with custom fields is amazing and saves a ton of time.
- This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by Ropebu.
Download Trends
Today: 6Yesterday: 9This week: 58Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.5.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.7
84.9%
v1.5
10.6%
Other
4.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.7.7 – 22nd November 2021
- Fix broken images (the image url moved – thanks @idanka for finding the fix).
- Small tweaks and improvements to the UX
- Update scripts and packages to the latest version.
Contributors
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