Plugin info

Total downloads: 3,068
Active installs: 200
Total reviews: 4
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 1
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 2 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 7/9/2016 (3462 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 10/20/2015 (10 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.5.1
Tested up to WordPress version: 4.5.29
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 3462 days ago • Support resolved 0% • 4 reviews

12/100

Is Shorty – The Shortcode Manager abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 3462 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.5.1
Tested up to: 4.5.29
Requires PHP: f

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Description

You want to create and reuse certain content on multiple pages? Give Shorty a try!

With Shorty you create shortcodes within your admin dashboard, place them on posts or pages multiple times and all managed centrally.

Features

  • Reuse content on multiple pages via shortcodes
  • Create and manage your shortcodes centrally
  • TinyMCE button for easy shortcode selection
  • Prefix all of your shortcodes and make them independent from other plugins
  • Nesting shortcodes supported
  • Inline & Block shortcodes
  • Regular updates and improvements!

This plugin requires at least PHP 5.3.0

What is a shortcode?

Shortcodes are placeholders for certain content e.g. text, images and/or functionality.

How to display a shortcode?

In order to use a shortcode within your WordPress pages and posts you simply paste the shortcode tag e.g. [my_shortcode] to the editor.

Support

You like it?

You can at least support the plugin development and rate it up!

Installation

The installation and configuration of the plugin is as simple as it can be.

Using The WordPress Dashboard

  1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
  2. Search for ‘shorty’
  3. Click ‘Install Now’
  4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard

Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

  1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
  2. Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
  3. Select shorty.zip from your computer
  4. Click ‘Install Now’
  5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Using FTP

  1. Download shorty.zip
  2. Extract the shorty directory to your computer
  3. Upload the shorty directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Frequently Asked Questions

Multisite supported?

Yes of course.

Can I place another shortcode within my created shortcode?

Yes! Nesting shortcodes is supported.

Review feed

TomParisDE
9/3/2016

awesome tool

really nice !

Screenshots

  1. Shortcodes overview

    Shortcodes overview

  2. Editing an existing shortcode

    Editing an existing shortcode

  3. TinyMCE button for easy shortcode selection

    TinyMCE button for easy shortcode selection

  4. Placing a shortcode within a post

    Placing a shortcode within a post

  5. Output on frontend including execution of another shortcode

    Output on frontend including execution of another shortcode

Changelog

Version 1.2.3 (9th July 2016)

  • New: Added inline shortcode functionality
  • Updated translations

Version 1.2.2 (7th November 2015)

  • Note: This plugin requires at least PHP 5.3.0

Version 1.2.1 (3rd November 2015)

  • New: Added TinyMCE button to improve easy shortcode selection

Version 1.2.0 (24th October 2015)

  • Replace hyphens with underscores to avoid wp shortcode rendering issues
  • (Attention) You have to update your placed shortcodes

Version 1.1.1 (23th October 2015)

  • Improved compatibility for PHP versions lower than v5.3.0

Version 1.1.0 (21th October 2015)

  • Removed extra prefixing due to the fact that it can be easily done via the overview page

Version 1.0.0 (20th October 2015)

  • Shorty was born!