Use a simple shortcode to present playing cards in your WordPress blog.
As of April 2026, Playing Card Notations is a WordPress games plugin with 50 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: RPB Chessboard.
Use the shortcodes pcards or pcn to display playing card notations generated from simple text codes, e.g. AhKd (for Ace of hearts and King of diamonds).
You can configure display options like font, colour scheme and standard or reverse from the Appearance > Playing Card Notations Settings page.
You can use the shortcodes pcards or pcn to display cards and card hands in your blog’s content. The standard card notations of (A-J, 10 or T, 9-2) followed by suite letter (s for spades, c for clubs, h for hearts and d for diamonds) work.
In the Plugins screen of your WordPress admin area, navigate to Playing Card Notations, click on Deactivate. On the refreshed screen, click on Delete.
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26 June 2020: First release. A shortcode, which converts simple text card notation like AhKc to rich card mnemonics.
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