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Shortcoder — Create Shortcodes for Anything

Create custom "Shortcodes" easily for HTML, JavaScript, CSS code snippets and use the shortcodes within posts, pages & widgets

By vaakash·Code·Free
4.9(226 reviews)
·100K+ active installs·Updated 1 month ago
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As of April 2026, Shortcoder is a WordPress code plugin with 100K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 226 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.9M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9.0+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 8% this week. Support resolution rate: 60%. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….

4.9/5226 reviews
100K+active installs
60%resolved
16 yearssince 2010

Overview

Shortcoder plugin allows to create a custom shortcodes for HTML, JavaScript, CSS and other code snippets. Now the shortcodes can be used in posts/pages and the snippet will be replaced in place.

✍ Create shortcodes easily

  1. Give a name for the shortcode
  2. Paste the HTML/JavaScript/CSS as shortcode content
  3. Save !
  4. Now insert the shortcode [sc name="my_shortcode"] in your post/page.
  5. Voila ! You got the HTML/Javascript/CSS in your post.

✨ Features

  • Create custom shortcodes easily and use them in any place where shortcode is supported.
  • Have any HTML, Javascript, CSS as Shortcode content.
  • Insert: Custom parameters in shortcode
  • Insert: WordPress parameters in shortcode
  • Multiple editors: Code, Visual and text modes.
  • Globally disable the shortcode when not needed.
  • Disable shortcode on desktop, mobil…
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Ratings & Reviews

4.9226 reviews
5 ★
210
4 ★
9
3 ★
2
2 ★
1
1 ★
4

Recent Reviews

Great Replacement for Reusable Text Blocks Plugin
by mattsson·Yesterday

Thank you for creating this plugin. I needed a replacement for the excellent but long defunct Reusable Text Blocks plugin by Hal Gatewood. Because for one website there were a couple of sentences I needed to repeat in a few dozen places, and for the other website I created a custom two-column layout and used Shortcoder to place blocks of content within the columns. I appreciate you recently adding the context-sensitive color coding to the HTML editor. I’d like it if I didn’t need to fill in the HTML paragraph tags for HTML content, which is different than content I type in to the WordPress Classic editor.

good!
by luter_88·1 month ago·2 replies

Finally, a plugin like this has appeared in the catalog!

Essential Tool for Custom Code Snippets
by TraceMyIP·9 months ago·1 reply

Shortcoder is a game-changer for anyone who needs to reuse HTML, CSS, or JavaScript across their site! Creating shortcodes is ridiculously simple – just name it, paste your code, and you’re done. Love how it works seamlessly with both classic and Gutenberg editors. The ability to disable shortcodes globally or on specific devices is brilliant for testing.

Custom parameters make it super flexible too. Whether you’re embedding complex widgets or simple HTML blocks, this plugin saves tons of time. Clean interface, reliable performance – exactly what you need for code management!

إضافة جبارة أنصح بها وبشدة للأمانة
by proarab·10 months ago·1 reply

تستطيع من خلالها تنظيم الأكواد الخاصة بك وتعديلهن وتحريرهن بكل سهولة أنصح بها وبشدة

Simple, Perfect
by semperaye·1 year ago·1 reply

This plugin is epic and should be part of WP natively 🙂

Shortcodes can easily be found and edited from the dashboard. No issues on latest version of WP.

Download Trends

Today: 537Yesterday: 520This week: 3KPeriod total: 255K

Compatibility

WordPress4.9.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP5.3+ required

Version Adoption

v6.5
66.6%
Other
15.2%
v6.4
10.0%
v6.3
8.1%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

6.5.2

  • Fix: Sanitize custom field value before being inserted into post.

6.5.1

  • Fix: Added null checks to fix warning in some scenarios.

6.5

  • Fix: Support for WordPress 6.8.

6.4

  • New: Option to set shortcode display name next to shortcode name.
  • New: Option to execute WordPress block HTML in shortcode content.
  • Fix: Shortcoder roles are registered when plugin is activ…
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

vaakashvaakash
Plugin Info
Version
6.5.2
Last Updated
Mar 1, 2026
WP Requires
4.9.0+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
5.3+
Active Installs
100K+
Downloads
1.9M+
Added
May 8, 2010
Business
Free

Tags

codehtmlsnippetsshortcodejavascript

Developer

V
vaakash
6 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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