Uix Shortcodes
by UIUX Lab · Blocks
Also makes 3 other plugins · 420+ installs across the portfolio →
Uix Shortcodes brings an amazing set of beautiful and useful elements to your site that lets you do nifty things with very little effort.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈390 estimated
Momentum
+53%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “blocks” for “highlighter”. “blocks” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “highlighter” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 71 average across 2,527 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 44.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,580 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 143 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
23%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| shortcodes your tag | #14 | #19 | down 4 |
| short code your tag | #21 | #22 | down 4 |
| highlighter | #18 | #18 | 0 |
| wordpress shortcodes | #21 | #23 | — |
| short | #22 | #24 | up 1 |
| custom shortcodes | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| shortcodes plugin | #24 | #21 | down 3 |
| blocks your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gutenberg your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
38 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 31 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “blocks” for “highlighter”. “blocks” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “highlighter” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “shortcodes”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 4 Nov 2024 · 728 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 292 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v2.0.5 · 12 Jun 2026
81
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 73% 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 22 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 400.
Install history since 15 Jun 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ PortalMasTips8.5y ago
Add excellent shortcodes features 😀
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ constantin_188.7y ago
Very useful!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ boombij129.4y ago
It’s been several years since the shortcodes have appeared in WordPress. I particularly like this shortcode plugin because it is very beautiful and easy to use. Thanks guy.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lackme5309.9y ago
Can you provide some more Uix Shortcodes themes to choose from? thank you! Nice WP Plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.0.5). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Uix Shortcodes <= 2.0.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-04-16 CVE-2025-39574 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.0.4 Patched in 2.0.5
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Uix Shortcodes brings an amazing set of beautiful and useful elements to your site that lets you do nifty t..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Google Maps.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,378 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "blocks", "short code" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 400+ → 300+ down after 89 days in tier
- 2026-07-14 1K+ → 400+ down after 3021 days in tier
- 2018-04-06 400+ → 1K+ up
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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Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Extendify 500K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements 400K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks 300K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
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