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Shortcoder · Version history

Shortcoder changelog and version history

Latest version
6.6
Sep 14, 2026 (1 month ago)
Releases
57
since 2012
In the last year
4
about one every 66 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 5.3 or later

Releases each year

  • 20124 releases
  • 20131 release
  • 20141 release
  • 20151 release
  • 20179 releases
  • 20186 releases
  • 20194 releases
  • 202012 releases
  • 20214 releases
  • 20224 releases
  • 20234 releases
  • 20241 release
  • 20252 releases
  • 20264 releases

20264 releases

  1. Shortcoder 6.6Latest

    • New: Setting to allow Editors to browse and insert existing shortcodes from the post editor.
    • Fix: Updated Shortcoder block editor as per the latest API.
    • Fix: Support for WordPress 7.1

  2. Shortcoder 6.5.4

    • Fix: Select and insert shortcode popup is available only for administrators.
    • Fix: Custom parameter value will be sanitized by default.
    • Fix: Remove double slash in the JS include URL of the TinyMCE editor button.
    • Fix: Support for WordPress 7.0

  3. Shortcoder 6.5.3

    • New: Added general setting to sanitize custom field values before using in shortcode content.
    • Fix: Support for WordPress 6.9

  4. Shortcoder 6.5.2

    • Fix: Sanitize custom field value before being inserted into post.

20252 releases

  1. Shortcoder 6.5.1

    • Fix: Added null checks to fix warning in some scenarios.

  2. Shortcoder 6.5

    • Fix: Support for WordPress 6.8.

20241 release

  1. Shortcoder 6.4

    • New: Option to set shortcode display name next to shortcode name.
    • New: Option to execute WordPress block HTML in shortcode content.
    • Fix: Shortcoder roles are registered when plugin is activated.

20234 releases

  1. Shortcoder 6.3.2

    • Fix: Verify permissions while closing Shortcoder changelog.

  2. Shortcoder 6.3.1

    • Fix: Admin ajax vulnerability with nonce.

  3. Shortcoder 6.3

    • New: Set default value for the custom field parameters.
    • New: Custom parameter default value is shown in the insert shortcode popup.
    • Fix: Restrict access to admin-ajax calls.
    • Fix: Some admin texts were missing translation.
    • Fix: Removed the note in the insert popup for fully closed shortcode.
    • Fix: Debug comment line now has the name of the shortcode.

  4. Shortcoder 6.2

    • New: Option to show shortcode content in “All shortcodes” page.
    • Fix: Some texts were not translated.
    • Fix: Error in WP Bakery page builder while picking images.

20224 releases

  1. Shortcoder 6.1

    • New: Enhancements to shortcode edit screen meta boxes.
    • Fix: HTML is escaped in the editor sometimes.
    • Fix: Support for WordPress 6.1

  2. Shortcoder 6.0

    • New: PRO version is introduced.
    • New: Prevent same shortcode nested loop.
    • New: New actions and filters introduced.
    • Fix: Post excerpt shortcode parameter now prints full post excerpt.
    • Fix: Enhancements to input and output data sanitization.

  3. Shortcoder 5.8

    • New: Option to set description for the shortcode.
    • New: New actions and filters introduced.
    • Fix: Minor admin UI enhancements.

  4. Shortcoder 5.7

    • New: Reordered shortcode column in the “All shortcodes” page.
    • New: Option to copy shortcode directly from “All shortcodes” page.
    • New: Filter sc_mod_content to modify shortcode content before execution.
    • Fix: Shortcode won’t save if the email field in the feedback form has invalid value.
    • Fix: Custom parameter with hyphen was not highlighted in code editor.
    • Fix: Minor admin UI enhancements.

20214 releases

  1. Shortcoder 5.6

    • New: Shortcodes available to copy/insert are now closed by default.
    • Fix: Custom parameter value 0 is not displayed.
    • Fix: Support for WordPress 5.8

  2. Shortcoder 5.5

    • New: General settings page to configure default editor and shortcode content.
    • New: Block to insert shortcode rewritten from scratch.
    • New: Toolbar button to insert shortcodes inline.
    • New: Shortcodes are now closed by default when inserted from editor.
    • Fix: Custom fields parsing issue when they are placed next to each other.
    • Fix: Enclosed content in block input now retains multi-line.
    • Fix: Minor refinements to UI.

  3. Shortcoder 5.4

    • New: Code editor is now loaded locally and not from cloudflare.
    • New: Code editor now shows hints and highlights any syntax error.
    • New: Hyphens can now be used in shortcode custom parameters.
    • Fix: Handle scenario where shortcode attribute is received as a string sometimes.
    • Fix: Notice where wp_localize_script was called incorrectly.
    • Fix: Handle scenario where HTML is passed as shortcode parameter.
    • New: WordPress requirement changed from 4.4 to 4.9

  4. Shortcoder 5.3.4

    • New: Tested with WordPress 5.6
    • Fix: Handle warning with trim while fetching page metadata at some pages.

202012 releases

  1. Shortcoder 5.3.3

    • New: Support for post slug as the new shortcode parameter under WordPress information.
    • New: Codemirror has been updated to latest version.
    • Fix: Handle code editor loading issue when there is any collision.
    • Fix: Handle input fields which have empty id attribute.
    • Fix: Handle issue of $post object being undefined at some cases.
    • Fix: Renamed usages of __class__ to __CLASS__

  2. Shortcoder 5.3.2

    • New: In code editor, shortcodes will be highlighted and code editor font size is slightly bigger.

  3. Shortcoder 5.3.1

    • New: Code editor is now made the default editor.
    • Fix: Minor changes to admin UI.

  4. Shortcoder 5.3

    • New: Added support for underscores in custom parameters.
    • New: Getting ready for internationalization of the plugin.
    • Fix: Insert shortcode popup shows duplicate available parameters in case of same parameter with different case.

  5. Shortcoder 5.2.1

    • Fix: Custom parameters being not replaced in some scenarios.
    • Fix: Minor enhancement to insert custom parameter form.

  6. Shortcoder 5.2

    • New: Default values can now be provided to custom parameters.
    • Fix: Script tags, custom field placeholder and backslash being stripped after saving the shortcode sometimes.
    • Fix: Rel attribute being modified for links.
    • New: Added “Manage shortcodes” link to plugin list page for easy access after activation.

  7. Shortcoder 5.1

  8. Shortcoder 5.0.4

  9. Shortcoder 5.0.3

  10. Shortcoder 5.0.2

  11. Shortcoder 5.0.1

  12. Shortcoder 5.0

20194 releases

  1. Shortcoder 4.6

  2. Shortcoder 4.5

  3. Shortcoder 4.4

  4. Shortcoder 4.3

20186 releases

  1. Shortcoder 4.2

  2. Shortcoder 4.1.9

  3. Shortcoder 4.1.8

  4. Shortcoder 4.1.7

  5. Shortcoder 4.1.6

  6. Shortcoder 4.1.5

20179 releases

  1. Shortcoder 4.1.4

  2. Shortcoder 4.1.3

  3. Shortcoder 4.1.2

  4. Shortcoder 4.1.1

  5. Shortcoder 4.1

  6. Shortcoder 4.0.3

  7. Shortcoder 4.0.2

  8. Shortcoder 4.0.1

  9. Shortcoder 4.0

20151 release

  1. Shortcoder 3.4.1

20141 release

  1. Shortcoder 3.4

20131 release

  1. Shortcoder 3.3

20124 releases

  1. Shortcoder 3.2

  2. Shortcoder 3.1

  3. Shortcoder 3.0.1

  4. Shortcoder 3.0

Questions about Shortcoder’s releases

What is the latest version of Shortcoder?

6.6, released on Sep 14, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 5.3 or later.

How often is Shortcoder updated?

4 releases in the last year, about one every 66 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from April 2012.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Shortcoder’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.