Shortcodes In Use

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1. ★★★★★ mkrause01

   6.0y ago

   I use this plugin fairly often. Considering that it hasn’t been updated since 2015, I hope that doesn’t get removed from the WP repository. Many plugins do age-out or better-fit solutions come along. When that happens, there are often alternate solutions but I haven’t found one to replace ShortcodesInUse. Thank you for your work!

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2. ★★★★★ BlackBoXz

   8.4y ago

   I just want to say that this a very usefull plugin and I hope it will continue to exist. Great work! Thank you!

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3. ★★★★★ wasanajones

   9.2y ago

   works fast, works well, does what you need and want

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4. ★★★★★ kalico

   9.3y ago

   Eminently useful plugin. It is helping me streamline and optimize my site by removing plugins that are not being used, and saving me tons of time trying to figure out which shortcode came from which plugin. It has also exposed some weird content between square brackets, that was apparently copy/pasted by an author. So it’s helping with code clean-up too! Will keep this on hand always!! This topic was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by kalico.

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5. ★★★★★ vdugar

   9.6y ago

   Finds shortcodes in your site and lists the containing plugin!

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6. ★★★★★ mcfly01

   9.8y ago

   Good plugin

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7. ★★★★★ X-Raym

   11.7y ago

   What a nice idea ! could be very useful !!

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8. ★★★★★ Pam Blizzard

   11.8y ago

   I wanted to ditch a buggy plugin that hasn’t been updated by the author, in favor a new shiny working plugin, but I wasn’t completely sure where or how often I had used the other plugin. Installed this plugin, checked the name of the older plugin that I wanted to find, and BOOM, it listed all the posts and pages with the old shortcodes I needed to delete or swap out. Great time and stress saver, thank you!

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Translated into 131 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Plus 107 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-08-29 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2025-08-26 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2025-08-24 90+ → 80+ down after 53 days in tier
4. 2025-07-02 100+ → 90+ down after 42 days in tier
5. 2025-05-21 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
6. 2025-05-16 100+ → 90+ down after 105 days in tier
7. 2025-01-31 90+ → 100+ up after 9 days in tier
8. 2025-01-22 100+ → 90+ down after 9 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).

• Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
• Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements 400K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• M MW WP Form 200K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A

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Shortcodes In Use: 80+ active installs, 5.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/shortcodes-in-use