Yes, Crazy Pills is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Crazy Pills?

Crazy Pills has 100 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Crazy Pills alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Crazy Pills include AddQuicktag, To Top, WP Edit. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Crazy Pills work with the latest WordPress?

Crazy Pills has been tested up to WordPress 4.8.28. It requires WordPress 3.9+ and PHP false+.

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Crazy Pills

Name: Crazy Pills
Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Author: shazdeh

Build buttons, boxes, beautiful lists, and highlight text right from your editor, with live preview.

By shazdeh·Button·Free

4.8(5 reviews)

·100 active installs·Updated 8 years ago

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As of April 2026, Crazy Pills is a WordPress button plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: AddQuicktag.

4.8/55 reviews

100active installs

7.8K+total downloads

14 yearssince 2012

Overview

Stop the shortcode madness with Crazy Pills. This plugin helps you to build buttons, notification boxes, check & bullet lists, and highlight the text without using shortcodes. It generates clean and pure HTML. Best of all, you can see what it’ll look like as you’re editing your text.

RTL layout is supported. Also compatible with frontend editor tools that support TinyMCE, like Themify Builder.

How to extend the plugin

You can modify, and add or remove what buttons with which color styles appear in the editor by copying the includes/config.php file inside the plugin to /plugins/crazy-pills/config.php and modifying that file.

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