Best bash plugins for WordPress
The most popular bash plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPTerm leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of SimTerm (20+) and Simpler Syntax Highlighter (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “bash” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 bash plugins
- 1.
WPTermThe most installed bash plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
SimTerm20+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 3.
Simpler Syntax HighlighterFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 3 plugins tagged “bash”
WPTerm
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,544by bruandet2 months ago
An xterm-like plugin to run non-interactive shell commands.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 57/day
SimTerm
#25,559by gasparfm10 years ago
Make demos of your terminal commands and output in an attractive way.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simpler Syntax Highlighter
#65,469by Derick Payne8 years ago
Lightweight code snippet syntax highlighter.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day