CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode

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wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 86% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

1. ★★★★★ DarkMG73

   1.9y ago

   Light theme does not work after the last compatibility update and the dev does not reply to anything in the support forum for this plugin. This means this plugin is not being supported, beyond rare and limited compatibility updates. It is much better to use a different code tool than CodePen, and there are many others, or just posting the CodePen embed directly. This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by DarkMG73.

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2. ★★★★★ pixelmort

   9.4y ago

   👌

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3. ★★★★★ admin625

   10.5y ago

   light and it works.

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4. ★★★★★ ENSASKE

   11.0y ago

   I was worried because the new versions of wordpress, but this plugin works perfectly! Easy and fast, I will recomend it.

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5. ★★★★★ HundredVisionsGuy

   11.9y ago

   Works just fine. It took a total of 4 clicks, copy, then paste, then save. The 4 clicks was all from the CodePen.io site. From your pen, click Share > Embed > WordPress shortcode, then click on the shortcode, copy, then paste into your post (or page).

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6. ★★★★★ Madalin Ignisca

   12.6y ago

   Just what I was searching for integrating in my own blog and an eLearning project I’m working on.

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2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode <= 1.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-10-24 CVE-2024-50440 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.2 Patched in 1.0.3
2. Medium · 6.4 CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-07-10 CVE-2024-37960 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.0 Patched in 1.0.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.2

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-10 900+ → 800+ down after 20 days in tier
2. 2026-06-20 800+ → 900+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2026-06-16 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-06-15 800+ → 900+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2026-06-13 900+ → 800+ down after 136 days in tier
6. 2026-01-28 1K+ → 900+ down

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CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode: 800+ active installs, 4.3★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/codepen-embedded-pen-shortcode