Displays guitar chords and tab into posts and pages using clean SVG vector graphics, based on the jTab JavaScript library by Paul Gallagher.
As of April 2026, jTab Guitar Tab Shortcode is a WordPress tab plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Tabs Responsive – With WooCommerce….
jTab Guitar Tab Shortcode displays clean SVG graphics of guitar chords and tab on your WordPress blog, based on simple text notation entered into a WordPress shortcode.
This plugin is based on the excellent open-source jTab JavaScript library by Paul Gallagher (http://jtab.tardate.com). “jTab is a javascript-based library that renders notation using CSS and scalable vector graphics (SVG). It works in most modern browsers that support javascript, CSS and scalable vector graphics (SVG).”
I’d rather show than tell! To see plenty of examples, visit the shortcode plugin page at http://jtab-guitar-tab-shortcode.marichiba.com.
Display guitar chords
[jtab phrase="C / Am / F / G G7"]
Display guitar tab with chords
[jtab phrase="Bm $3 4 4h5p3h4 5 $2 3 5 7 7h8p7 5/7 | A $4 7…| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.3.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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