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Simple Stupid Shortcode

The simplest and most flexible way to embed images or put internal links in Wordpress. Shortcodes to finally ditch all absolute paths and fixed sizes.

By lorenzck·Embed·Free
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·0 active installs·Updated 8 years ago
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As of April 2026, Simple Stupid Shortcode is a WordPress embed plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 8.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed….

0/5Rating
0active installs
8.8K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017

Overview

The usual way to include images in WordPress posts is to generate static anchor and <img> tags through the content editor interface. Similarly, links to other posts or pages of your blog are also generated as absolute <a> tags by the content editor.
These kind of fixed links make your WordPress site hard to migrate and make it especially hard to automatically change your output markup (for instance if you decide to change the image size or change a post’s title).

No longer.
With this plug-in, you can use the simple [image], [link], and [page] shortcodes in any of your posts.

Image shortcode

Images are referenced by their ID, for instance:

[image id="123"]

This shortcode will generate the following HTML structure:

<div class="picture wp-image-123 size-medium">
  <img…
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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress4.6+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.5.1

  • Add support for atts and imgatts attributes for [image] shortcodes.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

lorenzcklorenzck
Plugin Info
Version
1.5.1
Last Updated
Nov 29, 2017
WP Requires
4.6+
Tested Up To
4.9.29
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
0
Downloads
8.8K+
Added
Sep 3, 2017
Business
Free

Tags

embedimagemediapictureshortcode

Developer

L
lorenzck
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