WordPress Shortcode-Helper

Make your shortcodes easy to use for everyone. Doesn't matter how many or how complex they are.

Author:Yanik Peiffer (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.9
WordPress version tested:4.2.1
Plugin version:1.4
Added to WordPress repository:21-05-2014
Last updated:28-04-2015
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Total downloads:2 461
Active installs:100+
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WordPress Shortcode-Helper is a plugin that helps you to make your shortcodes easier for clients. Make them avialble through a dropdown-list in the WordPress-Editor.

Features include:

  • NEW: JSON-Generator (create valid JSON-Code within the backend)
  • Media-Field: Choose an image from the media-popup (option-type: media)
  • Unlimited shortcodes
  • Comes without annoying standard shortcodes
  • Choose your own description for every code
  • Multiple input-fields for attributes
  • Many settings to provide the best UI for your shortcodes

Comming soon:

  • Multilingual descriptions
  • More input-fields
  • Any ideas?

First, you activate the plugin and create a json-file in the root of your template-folder or in the plugin-folder (standard directory is the root of your template-folder but you can change this in the settings of the plugin). This file contains the information about every shortcode with its attributes and descriptions. Then, the plugin creates a dropdown in your editor with the list of all available codes. That's it!

Requires WordPress 3.9 and TinyMCE 4(automatically used by WordPress 3.9)