Shaun Scovil

Written as a platform for plugin developers, this simple-yet-powerful plugin allows you to run a custom WP_Query using shortcode, then display the results any way imaginable using compatible nested shortcodes.
<h4>How It Works</h4>
Add the following shortcode to any WordPress post or page:
<pre><code>[wpquery orderby="rand"] [wpq_index] [/wpquery]
</code></pre>
In the example above, the <code>[wpquery]</code> shortcode performs a WP_Query using orderby=”rand” to display the results in random order. A full list of query parameters can be found here: <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Parameters" title="WP_Query" rel="nofollow ugc">WP_Query</a>.
Next, the nested <code>[wpq_index]</code> shortcode displays the results of the custom WP_Query as an unordered list of post title links.
<h4>Why It Rocks</h4>
Written as a platform for plugin developers, this simple-yet-powerful plugin allows developers to write compatible plugins that manipulate the way post data is displayed – without needing to write functions and shortcode parameters to first retrieve the post data.
The <code>[wpq_index]</code> shortcode function included in this plugin is just a simple example of what it can do. Any plugin that performs a WP_Query could be rewrtitten and optimized to work with this plugin, eliminating a lot of unnecessary code.
Best of all, this plugin gives users total control over the WP_Query being performed!

Shaun's WP Query Shortcode

This extensible plugin allows you to run a custom WP_Query using a simple shortcode, then display the results using compatible nested shortcodes.

Matt Wiebe

The HTML editor has not received a lot of love. The type is too small, especially when you see it in the new distraction-free writing mode. This plugin uses the lovely <a href="http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp/mplus-outline-fonts/index-en.html" rel="nofollow ugc">M+ 2m font</a> (the font I use for coding every day) for more beautiful writing.
M+ also has extensive international support. <a href="http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp/mplus-outline-fonts/index-en.html#features" rel="nofollow ugc">From its site</a>:
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All fonts were completed with Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, and IPA Extensions. And most of Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese, and extended glyphs and symbols were prepared too. So the fonts are in conformity with ISO-8859-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, Windows-1252, T1, and VISCII encoding.
</blockquote>

HTML Editor Type

Uses the lovely M+ 2m font in the HTML post editor for more beautiful typing.

Shaun's WP Query Shortcode vs HTML Editor Type