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.
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Top 10 snippet plugins
- 1.
Header Footer Code ManagerThe most installed snippet plugin, with 600K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 309 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
Visual Link Preview10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 36 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Snippet Shortcodes3K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 25 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
CodeColorer1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 11 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Code Snippet DM500+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
Hide My Dates400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Dessky Snippets400+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
Snippet Vault100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 9.SafeCode
40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 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”

Header Footer Code Manager
#105by DraftPress Team3 months ago
Easily add tracking code snippets, conversion pixels, or other scripts required by third party services for analytics, marketing, or chat features.
- Installs
- 600K+
- Rating
- 4.9(309)
- Downloads
- 1.6K/day

Visual Link Preview
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,851by Brecht2 months ago
Display a fully customizable visual link preview for any internal or external link.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(36)
- Downloads
- 70/day

Snippet Shortcodes
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,652by YeKen2 months ago
Create a library of custom shortcodes and reusable content, and seamlessly insert them into your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.7(25)
- Downloads
- 34/day

CodeColorer
Down in the last 7 days:19#6,488by Dmytro Shteflyuk2 months ago
Syntax highlighting for code snippets in posts, comments, and RSS, with inline code, themes, and line numbers.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Code Snippet DM
Down in the last 7 days:44#9,102by George-Paul Crețu1 year ago
Code Snippet DM enables you to display code snippets in a stylish way inside your content.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Hide My Dates
Up in the last 7 days:1#9,800by Flector1 year ago
The plugin hides post and comment publishing dates from Google.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dessky Snippets
Up in the last 7 days:63#9,865by dessky12 days ago
Add your custom PHP code snippet from WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 10/day

Snippet Vault
Down in the last 7 days:116#13,257by Jordy Meow1 year ago
Versatile plugin that not only manages PHP code snippets but also acts as a powerful bridge connecting WordPress, AI, and external digital platforms.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
SafeCode
Up in the last 7 days:64#21,564by shazdeh5 years ago
Add snippets and custom functions, without the worry to break your site.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Custom Field Snippet
Down in the last 7 days:46#23,737by 水野史土12 years ago
Creates Snippets like "echo get_post_meta($post->ID,'FIELD NAME',true);
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Reusable Contents
#30,750by egza14 years ago
Add unlimited Reusable Contents, Snippets, images, HTML, block of code to use in posts, pages, widgets as easy as emails signatures.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
wp-hefo
Up in the last 7 days:584#32,421by ktsvetkov17 years ago
Injects HTML snippets into the header and the footer, to make them persistent across themes (theme-independent).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Chili
#36,198by Andrea Ercolino16 years ago
Easy code highlighting for Wordpress with Chili
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GetGit
Up in the last 7 days:6,601#36,494by claycarpenter13 years ago
Embeds syntax-highlighted GitHub repo content into your blog posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Snippet Highlight
#37,321by Roland Rust19 years ago
Highlights your code snippets. With line numbering.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Zeaks Snippets
Down in the last 7 days:3,688#42,794by zeaks15 years ago
A simple, lightweight code snippet plugin with 4 color schemes that displays code in posts similar to how Wordpress.org does.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
YD Search Functions
#43,436by Yann at WP&Co16 years ago
Improved search tools and template functions including Google-like search result snippets (on-the-fly contextual abstract), search statistics and hit- …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Run This!
#45,334by manu.delab14 years ago
This plugin lets your readers run snippets of code directly from your blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BlogFollow
#47,038blogfollow18 years ago
BlogFollow is a WordPress pluggin that shows a snippet from a commenter's blog at the bottom on their comment.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cipher
#47,510by Luigi Cavalieri3 years ago
Cipher allows commenters to publish (pre-formatted) code.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
GitHub Code Viewer
Down in the last 7 days:7,808#47,923github18 years ago
GitHub Code Viewer automatically pulls a file from and displays it in a blog post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lightweight JS Snippet
Up in the last 7 days:9,827#50,664by Jonas Hjalmarsson17 days ago
Add a small inline JavaScript snippet to one or more specific posts or pages, by post ID. No bloat, no front-end editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Snippelio
#52,357by ikedajapan17 days ago
Edit WordPress meta descriptions with live checks and a search preview. 投稿・固定ページのSEO説明文を作成・保存。文字数チェックと検索結果プレビューに対応。
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Orbisius Snippets
Up in the last 7 days:2,774#54,796by Svetoslav Marinov8 years ago
This plugin allows you to include snippets in your posts/pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Flex Shortcodes
#56,473by Flex Plugins1 month ago
Create reusable HTML snippets and insert them anywhere with [flexshortcodes], a block picker, or the classic editor button.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Condition-based HTML Snippet Injection
#63,476by Javan7 years ago
This Condition Injection plugin enables you to add html code to the footer of your blog based on your selected conditions.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Backup Snippets
Down in the last 7 days:3,436#65,447by Artareja Media3 years ago
A safe way to create a copy of your code in Code Snippet
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dcode Snippet Helper for ACF
#65,876by Jatin Parmar6 months ago
Generate ready-to-use ACF PHP snippets directly inside the WordPress admin with live field detection and one-click copy support.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Code Snippet Beautifier
Down in the last 7 days:721#68,452by WP Labour Party7 years ago
This plugin is used for beautify Code Snippet on website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Code Syntax Highlighter
Down in the last 7 days:12,475#68,681by kartikaykanojia8 years ago
A simple dynamic loading syntax highlighter.Supports 172 languages, 172 shortcodes and 55 themes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ingenidev Code Widget for Elementor
#72,671by ingenidev by Bright Vortex LLC & MetaNetSkills Lda5 months ago
This Elementor plugin allows you to display and format a code container that includes for the viewer an easy to use copy to clipboard functionality.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Snippet Flyer
Down in the last 7 days:887#73,050by Saifullah Siddique2 years ago
Add beautiful code snippets to your blog posts or any content area.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

BackSEO Meta Description
#73,129by backstudio5 months ago
Complete SEO meta tags manager: title, meta description, Open Graph, Twitter Card, keyword analysis and real-time previews.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day