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Best snippet plugins for WordPress

The most popular snippet plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Header Footer Code Manager leads with 600K+ active installs, ahead of Visual Link Preview (10K+) and Snippet Shortcodes (3K+). All 34 plugins tagged “snippet” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 snippet plugins

  1. 1.
    Header Footer Code Manager

    The most installed snippet plugin, with 600K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 309 reviews, updated 3 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Visual Link Preview

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 36 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Snippet Shortcodes

    3K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 25 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    CodeColorer

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 11 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Code Snippet DM

    500+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  6. 6.
    Hide My Dates

    400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  7. 7.
    Dessky Snippets

    400+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.

  8. 8.
    Snippet Vault

    100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  9. 9.
    SafeCode

    40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.

  10. 10.
    Custom Field Snippet

    30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.

All 34 plugins tagged “snippet”