Best tester plugins for WordPress
The most popular tester plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. A Shortcode Tester leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Lana Email Tester (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “tester” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 tester plugins
- 1.A Shortcode Tester
The most installed tester plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 2.
Lana Email TesterFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
All 2 plugins tagged “tester”
A Shortcode Tester
#32,083by Magenta Cuda6 years ago
The Shortcode Tester is a post editor tool for WordPress developers that displays in a popup window the HTML generated by WordPress shortcodes, i.e.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lana Email Tester
#63,190by Lana Codes4 years ago
Send test email
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day