by
cubecolour
5 (3 reviews)
Shortcode Shortcode
Provides a [shortcode] shortcode to allow you to show shortcode usage examples without the shortcodes being processed
Shortcode Shortcode ranks #23,856 among WordPress.org plugins with 30+ active installations, is #2,985 of 8,559 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Jun 23, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1.1)
v1.0.0
Current Version v1.0.0
Updated 1 year ago
Last Update on 23 Jun, 2025
Refreshed 16 hours ago
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#2,985 of 8,559 in Customization
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- Version
- 1.0.0
- Last Updated
- Jun 23, 2025
- Requires WP
- 3.5+
- Tested Up To
- 6.8
- PHP Version
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- Author
- cubecolour
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- Reviews
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Shortcode Shortcode
If you are writing about the native WordPress [gallery] shortcode and want to describe how to use the shortcode, you would include this in your text as: [shortcode]gallery[/shortcode]
You might find this plugin useful if you are documenting or reviewing WordPress plugins and need to show the shortcode syntax without the shortcode being processed by WordPress - which would happen if you have the plugin you are writing about installed on your site. If you don't write about WordPress shortcodes on your site you probably won't gain any benefit from this plugin.
Yes, you could. You can use the html entities [ for the left square bracket and ] for the right square bracket. However I wouldn't recommend this approach. If you do this and later switch between the text editor and the visual editor, the html entities will be replaced with the square brackets characters resulting in the shortcodes being processed. I created the plugin after I had this happen on one of my own sites. You could also add zero-width spaces: ​ after the opening square bracket and before the closing square bracket to prevent the shortcodes being processed, however I wouldn't recommend this approach either because people reading your post might copy & paste your example code directly into their own site, and when they do, instead of a working shortcode they will get the version with a zero width space in it, and the shortcode won't work for them. When this occurs the zero width space character is invisible so it can be difficult to troubleshoot.
Yes and if that works for you, you don't need this plugin, you could just escape the shortcode by enclosing it in additonal square brackets eg: [[gallery]] which will display as [gallery] the drawback to this is that if you later deactivate the plugin or theme providing the shortcode, both sets of square brackets will be shown.
You can donate via my donation page If you find the plugin useful I would also appreciate a review on the plugin review page page.
If the plugin isn't working for you, please read all of the documentation again. If this doesn't help, check the posts on the plugin's forum to see if your issue has already been covered there. If you still have a problem, please post a question on the plugin support forum If you do have a problem, don't leave a review before posting your problem on the support forum first.
