Shortcake (Shortcode UI)

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Crossed into this band 2.9 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Janice Thewa

   7.0y ago

   Love using short codes, The block editor is handy too, but short codes are so nice. Good job.

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2. ★★★★★ Rae M. Anderson

   8.9y ago

   nice

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3. ★★★★★ jeb

   8.9y ago

   This plugin is god awful. Not only does it break parts of woocommerce their update notifications are insanely irritating when combined with profilepress. Shortcodes aren’t that hard to add so it baffles me why people need a plugin like this to do such a simple task. https://generatewp.com/shortcodes/

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4. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   8.9y ago

   Good Plugin for useful shortcode!

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5. ★★★★★ musiclovers

   8.9y ago

   love this plugin! thanks.

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6. ★★★★★ thezman

   8.9y ago

   This is a fantastic idea, it retains the normal functionality of WordPress Shortcodes where as developers can properly control the output and the end users simply use the shortcode in a more intuitive way. Please develop THIS and NOT GUTENBERG. PS bonus round: WooCommerce is training wheels for Magento, if you are using Woo and not liking it then its time for you to get off the the pedal bike and buy a real car, ie: Magento.

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7. ★★★★★ malcolmparsons

   9.0y ago

   Guys, like the plugin, it is a useful one. But there are errors, please develop it. Thank you!

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8. ★★★★★ wiloke

   9.3y ago

   Absolutely love this idea.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 0.7.4 Block editor compatability: prevent templates from being output before the document head, which forced the browser into quirksmode, breaking some CSS styles in the block editor. Bug fix: the above bugfix. Bug fix: Fix a 0.7.4
2. — Version 0.7.3 Security: Use nonce validation in ajax render shortcode callback to protect against CSRF. Bug fix: Make sure that the same js hooks fire on all field types. Bug fix: Fix bugs affecting multiple select fields (values coul 0.7.3
3. — Version 0.7.2 Bug fix: Fix behavior in WordPress 4.7.4 where editing a shortcode would insert a new shortcode into the editor rather than updating the shortcode being edited. Bug fix: The replacement used to escape percent (%) charact 0.7.2
4. — Version 0.7.1 Change shortcode formatting to add a space before the self-closing trailing slash. Fix alignment of attachment previews with long filenames. Bug fix: Set an initial value on select fields (previously, no value would be s 0.7.1
5. — Version 0.7.0 Adds “Add post element” button to media buttons – one click to open the shortcode list, rather than clicking “Add media” button and then finding “insert post element” in the menu. Added “Term Select” field type. Added “U 0.7.0
6. — Version 0.6.2 Bug fix: Listens for “change” event on radio buttons and checkboxes to ensure shortcode attributes are updated. Bug fix: Ensures register_shortcode_ui is always run before calling get_shortcodes(). Fixes post select AJAX 0.6.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 21 languages, 10 at 90% or more

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2023-11-26 20K+ → 10K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2023-11-24 10K+ → 20K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2023-11-23 20K+ → 10K+ down after 1178 days in tier
4. 2020-09-01 30K+ → 20K+ down after 854 days in tier
5. 2018-05-01 20K+ → 30K+ up after 334 days in tier
6. 2017-06-01 10K+ → 20K+ up after 243 days in tier
7. 2016-10-01 9K+ → 10K+ up after 50 days in tier
8. 2016-08-12 8K+ → 9K+ up after 71 days in tier

Competes with

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Shortcake (Shortcode UI): 10K+ active installs, 4.1★ (24 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/shortcode-ui