Custom post type for short oneliners, including a widget and shortcode.
As of April 2026, One-liners is a WordPress quotes plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Quotes for WooCommerce.
A custom post type, shortcode, and widget to display random one-line quips on your site. Can be used for random quotes, jokes, etc.
Options are accessible under the ‘Oneliners’ menu. The only option is the slug for the post type.
The widget has only two options: “Title” and “Display as permalink”.
random-oneliner
The shortcode can take any parameters that the WP_Query() object can take, with the exception of post_type. The defaults are: posts_per_page="1" orderby="rand"
In addition, the display_as_link parameter can be set to true to output the oneliner with it’s permalink.
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 4.11 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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