12 Best WordPress Shortcode Plugins
Add powerful functionality to your WordPress site with shortcode plugins. Create custom elements, display dynamic content, and enhance your pages easily.
WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
Active Installations: 500,000+
5,890 ratings
Updated: 1/27/2025
A comprehensive collection of visual components for your site
Shortcoder — Create Shortcodes for Anything
Active Installations: 100,000+
222 ratings
Updated: 7/24/2024
Create custom "Shortcodes" easily for HTML, JavaScript, CSS code snippets and use the shortcodes within posts, pages & widgets
Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more
Active Installations: 90,000+
162 ratings
Updated: 10/14/2024
Add a listing of content on your website using a simple shortcode. Filter the results by category, author, and more.
Column Shortcodes
Active Installations: 70,000+
135 ratings
Updated: 10/11/2022
Adds shortcodes to easily create columns in your posts or pages.
Shortcode for Current Date
Active Installations: 10,000+
114 ratings
Updated: 9/13/2023
Insert current Date, Month or Year anywhere in your WordPress site with a simple shortcode.
Insert Pages
Active Installations: 40,000+
69 ratings
Updated: 10/31/2024
Insert Pages lets you embed any WordPress content (e.g., pages, posts, custom post types) into other WordPress content using the Shortcode API.
Shortcode in Menus
Active Installations: 60,000+
81 ratings
Updated: 5/27/2023
Allows you to add shortcodes in WordPress Navigation Menus.
Woody code snippets – Insert Header Footer Code, AdSense Ads
Active Installations: 70,000+
206 ratings
Updated: 6/13/2024
Insert Headers and Footers, executes PHP code, uses conditional logic to insert ads, text, media content and external service’s code.
Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget)
Active Installations: 20,000+
79 ratings
Updated: 11/12/2024
This plugin enables you to edit and display Content Blocks in a sidebar widget or using a shortcode.
Tabby Responsive Tabs
Active Installations: 20,000+
143 ratings
Updated: 4/16/2024
Create responsive tabs inside your posts, pages or custom post content by adding simple shortcodes inside the post editor.
Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar
Active Installations: 10,000+
202 ratings
Updated: 11/22/2024
Easily add The Events Calendar shortcode or Gutenberg event block on any page and show upcoming events list.
Shortcodes Finder
Active Installations: 4,000+
53 ratings
Updated: 10/18/2024
Shortcodes Finder helps you to find, test, clean and get informations about the shortcodes in your WordPress website posts, pages and custom contents.
How We Rank Plugins
To determine the Best WordPress Shortcode Plugins we used a comprehensive scoring system that considers multiple factors. We analyze active installations, download counts, user ratings, and rating consistency on a weekly basis. To ensure quality, we only include plugins with a substantial number of reviews. This methodology helps us identify plugins that are not only popular but also consistently reliable and well-maintained.
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