Shortcode Preview Block
by Ronak Ganatra · Blocks
Shows preview of any shortcode on editor side. It renders shortcode in the editor side so editor does not need to visit front side.
52 health vs 67 average across 1,682 Blocks plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 758 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
277
now · peak 320
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2020-09-29 · 1,423 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Martin Sauter1.4y ago
For example, [ninja_form id=1] is not rendered.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Alexey Tikhonov5.6y ago
It makes creating layout for complex pages and e.g. shortcodes for images referenced from DAM much easier!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ PolyWogg6.0y ago
Tested with NEXTGEN Gallery shortcodes that insert a pic…if I do “float right”, it doesn’t wrap text around this block nor does it centre if I float center. It shows a good preview that the regular editor doesn’t, but it also means it is embedded within a block with extra controls on it. P.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.5
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-08 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-07 1K+ → 900+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-10-02 900+ → 1K+ up after 72 days in tier
- 2025-07-22 800+ → 900+ up after 64 days in tier
- 2025-05-19 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-18 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-05-16 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-15 800+ → 700+ down after 17 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Snow Monkey Blocks 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Snow Monkey Editor 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Shortcode Redirect 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A
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