Best shell plugins for WordPress
The most popular shell plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Console leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of WPTerm (4K+) and WP-ShkShell (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “shell” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 shell plugins
- 1.
WP ConsoleThe most installed shell plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 21 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
WPTerm4K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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WP-ShkShell10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
All 3 plugins tagged “shell”
WP Console
Up in the last 7 days:6#1,206by Edi Amin2 months ago
An in-browser PHP console for WordPress powered by PsySH
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(21)
- Downloads
- 256/day
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
WP-ShkShell
Down in the last 7 days:132#30,714by ShkSchneider14 years ago
WP-ShkShell provides a terminal-like box for embedding terminal commands within pages or posts. It also support multi-lines, multi-commands and has s …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day