Post Snippets – Custom WordPress Code Snippets Customizer
Create WordPress custom snippets shortcodes and reusable content and insert them in into your posts and pages.
4.6(93 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, Post Snippets is a WordPress snippet plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 93 reviews. It has been downloaded 827K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.3+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 73% this week. Support resolution rate: 80%. Top alternative: Header Footer Code Manager.
4.6/593 reviews
20K+active installs
80%resolved
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
Create custom shortcodes and reusable content and insert them in into your posts and pages.
Post Snippets lets you build a library with snippets of HTML, PHP code or reoccurring text that you often use in your posts and pages. You can use predefined variables to replace parts of the snippet on insert. All snippets are available in the post editor via a button in the Visual mode. The snippet can be inserted as defined, or as a shortcode to keep flexibility for updating the snippet. PHP code is supported for snippets inserted as shortcodes.
Basic Features
- Insert All defined snippets is inserted from a button directly in the post editor.
- Shortcodes You can use this plugin to create your own custom shortcodes.
- PHP A shortcode snippet can optionally be processed as PHP code.
- Buttons The sni…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
A thing of beauty!
by cnyrpdbwebmaster·2 years ago·1 reply
This is a wonderful plugin. It is better than I had hoped. It couldn’t be simpler.
Makes work easier
by Ralf R.·2 years ago
I use plugin for years and it helps me a lot to insert texts i need in different places of my page and update it only in one place.
Awesome plugin and amazing support
by robhnn·2 years ago
I have been searching for a plugin to do exactly this. Great support as well!
Great product, great help
by kyrstynnevargas·2 years ago
Been using this product for almost a year now. It is a huge help for adding codes seamlessly. It has a user-friendly interface which is really perfect for beginners. It also covers a wide range of code types which even experts in the field will find helpful. It has enhanced our workflow and saved us a huge amount of time. Most important of all is the prompt response from their customer support. First thing everyone should look for when subscribing to something.
Good product and very good support
by mardoka·2 years ago
We have been using Post Snippets for a few months. It’s a very useful product and support is very fast, if we have any troubles.
Download Trends
Today: 153Yesterday: 235This week: 2KPeriod total: 101K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.3+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 8.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v4.0
71.7%
v3.1
15.8%
v3.0
8.9%
Other
3.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
Version 4.0.19 – 25 March 2026
- Fixed broken images in snippets.
Contributors
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