Description
SHORTCODES ULIMATE – THE #1 SHORTCODES PLUGIN
Shortcodes Ultimate is a huge collection of useful elements, that you can use in the post editor, text widgets or even in template files.
Features
- Over 50 gorgeous shortcodes
- Insert shortcodes in 1 click with Live Preview
- Supports the Block Editor
- Seamlessly integrates with your theme
- Looks great on mobile devices
- Custom CSS editor is included
- Developer-friendly with plenty of hooks and extensive documentation
Included shortcodes
- Posts – allows you to show specific posts anywhere
- Accordion – simple toggle block to show/hide your content
- Button – highly-customizable button with multiple styles
- Lightbox – a lightbox that you can use with virtually any element
- Image Carousel – beautiful super-customizable image carousel
- Columns – must-have tool for creating layouts
- And many more…
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Screenshots
Installation
From within dashboard (recommended)
- Navigate to Dashboard – Plugins – Add New;
- Search for Shortcodes Ultimate;
- Click Install, then Activate.
Manual installation
- Download the plugin as a
.zip
file; - Unzip downloaded archive and upload
shortcodes-ultimate
folder under your/wp-content/plugins/
directory (resulted plugin path should be/wp-content/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/
); - Navigate to Dashboard – Plugins and activate the plugin.
FAQ
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How this plugin works
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Shortcodes do not work. Why?
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The most common reasons of this issue are listed here.
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The most common reasons of this issue are listed here.
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Can I remove default shortcodes?
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Yes, you can remove default shortcodes using ‘su/data/shortcodes’ filter. Tutorial: How to remove default shortcodes.
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Can I create custom shortcodes?
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Yes, you can create custom shortcodes using ‘su/data/shortcodes’ filter. Tutorial: How to add custom shortcodes.
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Can I use shortcodes in template files?
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Will this plugin work with my theme?
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Yes! Shortcodes Ultimate is designed to work with any theme, but your theme must include very basic things: ‘wp_head’ and ‘wp_footer’ template tags. Sometimes, the plugin may not work properly because of javascript errors caused by third-party plugins/themes.
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Where can I report a bug or suggest a feature?
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Where can I get help?
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First, visit the Help Center. If you get stuck, ask for help at the community support forum.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors“WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate” has been translated into 20 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate” into your language.
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Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
= 7.3.0
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
- Security improvements
- Added support for avif images in the image carousel shortcode
- Updated Freemius SDK
= 7.2.2
- Fixed issue with HTML tags not working in the Box title
- Minor updates under the hood
= 7.2.1
- Tested with WordPress 6.6
- Updated Freemius SDK to version 2.7.3
= 7.1.8
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
= 7.1.7
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
= 7.1.6
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
= 7.1.5
- Updated Freemius SDK (UI improvements)
- Minor improvements to codebase
= 7.1.4
- Fixed issue with nested HTML tags in the following shortcodes: Button, Tab, Spoiler, Quote, Tooltip, and Service
- Reduced static files size to imporove the loading speeds
- Enhanced PHP 8 support
- Minor “under the hood” improvements
= 7.1.3
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
= 7.1.2
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
= 7.1.0
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users. It also includes enhancements of the Custom Gallery shortcode.
- Security improvements (thanks to Dmitrii Ignatyev and WPScan)
- The Custom Gallery images can now be aligned with the
align
option - The Custom Gallery titles can now be scrolled if they exceed the height of the thumbnail
- Extended theme compatibility of the Custom Gallery shortcode
= 7.0.5
- Tested compatibility with WordPress 6.5
- Security improvements
= 7.0.4
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
= 7.0.3
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
= 7.0.2
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
= 7.0.1
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
= 7.0.0
IMPORTANT CHANGE
Starting with plugin version 7.0.0 the [su_meta]
shortcode may be
automatically disabled if your site has at least one user with a role lower than
administrator (e.g. Contributor)
Learn more about this change
Security improvements
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
Other changes
– Improved attribute handling in the Button shortcode
= 5.13.3
- Tested compatibility with WordPress 6.4
- Improved plugin stability
- Updated Freemius SDK
= 5.13.2
- Freemius-related security improvements
- Tested compatibility with WordPress 6.3
- Added compatibility with PHP 8.2
= 5.13.1
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
= 5.13.0
- Added support for WebP images in
[su_image_carousel]
- Minor updates to the codebase
- Tested compatibility with WordPress 6.2.2
- Fixed issue with swiper.js (forum topic)
- Fixed issue with media taxonomies in
[su_custom_gallery]
(forum topic)
= 5.12.11
Stability release
This update provides minor improvements to the plugin codebase and bugfixes
= 5.12.10
This update provides minor improvements to the plugin codebase and removes connectivity test upon activation
It also fixes the fatal error introduced in version 5.12.9
= 5.12.9
This update provides minor improvements to the plugin codebase and removes connectivity test upon activation
= 5.12.8
Security update
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
= 5.12.7
Security update
This update features security improvements and is recommended for all users
= 5.12.6
- Improved PHP8 compatibility
- Added missing Opt-Out dialog stylesheet
- Fixed JS error at the About admin page
- Minor improvements to the codebase
- All images have been optimzed reducing the plugin size by 88kB
- Updated the Block Editor icon. Thanks to @andreslav
- Freemius SDK updated to version 2.5.3
= 5.12.5
- Added Freemius SDK
- Fixed JS error introduced in the previous update. See forum topic.
= 5.12.3
- Tested compatibility with WordPress 6.1
= 5.12.2
- Fixed issue with Shortcode Generator Presets, introduced in the previous update
- Tested compatibility with WordPress 6
= 5.12.1
Security release
This update fixes a security vulnerability in the shortcode generator. Thanks to Dave John for discovering it.
= 5.12.0
What’s new
- New options
class
andclass_single
for the Posts shortcode. Use new options to specify custom CSS classes for the container and for a single post item respectively. - Tested compatibility with WordPress 5.9
= 5.11.2
Fixed
- Fixed Pro Tip translation in shortcode generator. Thanks to (Pieterjan Deneys)[https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-untranslated-string/]
= 5.11.1
What’s new
- Updated ForkAwesome library, now it includes 52 new icons
Fixed
- Minor improvements to the plugin settings UX
- Fixed some typos
- Fixed issue in
[su_posts]
where posts with thumbnails were generating PHP warnings. Thanks to @dimabr
= 5.11.0
What’s changed
- Available shortcodes admin page have been disabled. Now you can find the most actual info about every shortcode at the plugin website under Docs . This change will help me to maintain a single version of the plugin documentation and make it better for you. Shortcodes
- New admin page Shortcodes About which contains some useful links and a getting started video
Fixed
- Fixed issue with
[su_box]
‘stitle
attribute, now it supports nested HTML tags again - Fixed issue with
[su_tooltip]
‘sz-index
CSS property, now it must be compatible with more themes - Fixed issue where
[su_qrcode align="center"]
wasn’t working - Fixed issue when
su_animate
content wasn’t properly indexed by search engines
= 5.10.2
What’s new
- Plugin security have been improved. You may see a new notification in the admin area. Learn more
- Added new setting
Unsafe features
underShortcodes
. Settings Advanced settingsLearn more - Improved accessibility of the plugin settings page
Fixed
- Fixed This video is unavailable in
su_youtube_advanced
shortcode - Fixed compatibility issue with SiteOrigin Page Builder. You can now turn on or off the old widget under
Shortcodes -> Settings Advanced settings
- Fixed issue in
[su_note]
when it was displaying empty id attribute - Fixed PHP warning at the new Widgets screen
= 5.10.1
What’s new
su_qrcode
‘s data attribute now understands the following variables:%CURRENT_URL%
for the current page URL, and%PERMALINK%
for post permalink
Fixed
- Fixed
tax_relation
attribute of thesu_posts
shortcode. Thanks to janeri2021 - Fixed compatibility with Page Builder by SiteOrigin. Details
- Fixed
BlockControls
console warning in the Block Editor - Added missing file
popper.min.js.map
- Fixed issue with invalid z-index value in the Tooltip shortcode
- Fixed issue with the shortcode generator presets for the Tooltip shortcode
= 5.10.0
What’s new
- Major update to the
su_tooltip
shortcode, now it works without jQuery migrate and has more options - Fixed logic of the
su_user
shortcode
= 5.9.8
What’s new
- Improved handling of nested dynamic elements within Tabs
- Improved handling of nested dynamic elements within Spoiler
- Tested compatibility with WordPress 5.7
= 5.9.7
What’s new
- PHP8 support
- New filter
su/shortcode/posts/wp_query_args
that can be used to modify[su_posts]
query - New filter
su/shortcode/posts/allowed_template_locations
that can be used to add custom template paths in the[su_posts]
shortcode - Improved handling of nested dynamic elements within Tabs
= 5.9.6
Added compatiblity with WordPress 5.6
Minor improvements
Fixed readme.txt information
= 5.9.5
Added compatiblity with WordPress 5.6
Minor improvements
Fixed readme.txt information
= 5.9.4
Fixes
- Fixed PHP notice
A non-numeric value encountered
in[su_dropcap]
- Fixed PHP notice
A non-numeric value encountered
in[su_service]
- Updated in-plugin links
= 5.9.3
What’s new
- New option
anchor_in_url
for[su_tabs]
and[su_spoiler]
. This option specifies whether an anchor will be added to page URL after clicking a tab or a spoiler. - New option
random
for[su_image_carousel]
which allows to shuffle carousel images
Fixes
- Fixed issue in
[su_image_carousel]
where images were hidden on some themes
= 5.9.2
What’s new
[su_qrcode]
now supports nested shortcodes in thedata
attribute- Improved performance by reducing the number of DB queries
Fixes
- Fixed issue in the Insert Shortcode tool with Taxonomy and Tax terms fields
- Fixed error
Posts: invalid template name
on some installations - This update also fixes the plugin options issue present in 5.9.1
= 5.9.1
What’s new
[su_qrcode]
now supports nested shortcodes in thedata
attribute- Improved performance by reducing the number of DB queries
Fixes
- Fixed issue in the Insert Shortcode tool with Taxonomy and Tax terms fields
- Fixed error
Posts: invalid template name
on some installations
= 5.9.0
Important changes
Slider and Carousel shortcodes are marked as deprecated. These shortcodes will disappaer from the Available shortcodes page and from the Insert shortcode window. Deprecated shortcodes will continue to work, but you’ll not be able to insert them.
You can enable deprecated shortcodes from Dashboard
Shortcodes Settings Advanced settings screen, but that’s not recommended.Use su_image_carousel instead, it has more options, and much more reliable.
What’s new
[su_image_carousel]
now supports media taxonomies- New options
min_width
andmax_width
for[su_lightbox_content]
shortcode
Fixes
- Fixed fatal errors
WP_Error
in[su_slider]
and[su_custom_gallery]
- Fixed PHP notice
undefined variable
in[su_post]
shortcode - Fixed PHP notice
top_link
in[su_divider]
shortcode - Fixed PHP notice
filter_content
in[su_post]
shortcode - Fixed
related
option in[su_dailymotion]
shortcode - Fixed non-working Slide Link issue with
[su_custom_gallery]
- Minor improvement to
[su_image_carousel]
- Minor UI improvements
= 5.8.1
What’s new
- New option
anchor
for[su_divider]
shortcode
Changes
[su_document]
shortcode is now deprecated. It will continue to work, but will be removed from the Insert shortcode window and from documentation
Fixes
- Fixed fatal error on WP 5.4 in Gallery, Slider, and Carousel shortcodes. Thanks to Jörn Lund
- The
[su_feed]
can now work with URLs containing&
, converted by the block editor - Fixed PHP notices in the admin part
- Translation fixes
= 5.8.0
What’s new
- The
[su_user]
shortcode now support nested shortcodes in theuser_id
attribute - The
[su_feed]
now has thetarget
attribute, which allow opening feed links in a new tab
Fixes
- Updated documentation for the
[su_user]
shortcode. New fields: Nickname, First Name, Last Name, Description, & Locale - Fixed warning in Google Search Console when testing page with the
[su_youtube]
shortcode:Allow attribute will take precedence over ‘allowfullscreen’.
- Fixed issue when some attributes weren’t inserted by the Insert shortcode button
- Improved compatibility with PHP 7.4, thanks to Jörn Lund
[su_feed]
links now have title attribute with descriptions
= 5.7.0
What’s new
- The
[su_user]
shortcode can now display user meta - New option
id
(HTML Anchor) for the[su_box]
shortcode - New option
id
(HTML Anchor) for the[su_note]
shortcode - Improved compatibility with PHP 7.4, thanks to Jörn Lund
- New setting Nested shortcodes alternative mode which enables deprecated syntax for nested shortcodes. Details
- The
[su_feed]
shortcode is now based on SimplePie - The
[su_quote]
shortcode now supports nesting
Fixes
- Fixed compatibility issue with WordPress version 4.5 (white screen at the settings screen)
= 5.6.2
Fixes
- Fixed YouTube autoplay in Chrome within the
[su_lightbox]
shortcode - Fixed issue when hidden content (like YouTube embed) within spoiler remains clickable
- Other minor issues
= 5.6.1
What’s new
- Comments in the
[su_posts]
shortcode can now be disabled from post editing screen or, using the Disable Comments plugin. Thanks to Jörn Lund. [su_image_carousel]
will now display post titles instead of image captions, where applicable. Details & How to disable it.
Fixes
- Fixed
Warning: A non-numeric value encountered
in[su_slider]
,[su_carousel]
, and[su_custom_gallery]
- Fixed
download
attribute of the[su_button]
shortcode - Fixed issue with
[su_spoiler]
where nested[su_youtube]
remains clickable if spoiler is closed
= 5.6.0
What’s new
- Shortcodes can now be enabled not only in Category descriptions, but in any Term description. See
Enable shortcodes in
option at plugin settings page
Fixes
- Fixed WP-Rocket compatibility issue,
[su_image_carousel]
didn’t work on Android Chrome. Forum topic - Fixed issue with
<span>
tags in the[su_tabs]
shortcode. Forum topic - Fixed issue with ghost-style button colors
= 5.5.0
What’s new
- New option
outline
for[su_image_carousel]
which allows disabling carousel outline (when it gets focus) - New option
mobile
for[su_tabs]
which allows disabling tab stacking on mobile devices - New option
texttrack
for[su_vimeo]
which allows enabling video subtitles
Improvements
[su_youtube_advanced]
is now always served through https[su_image_carousel]
: improved compatibility with various themes[su_image_carousel]
: the gallery can now be loaded through AJAX[su_image_carousel]
: improved keyboard navigation- Insert Shortcode window will now remain open if the dark background clicked
Fixes
- Fixed
[su_image_carousel]
issue with empty image captions (with whitespace) - Fixed
[su_image_carousel]
issue where images weren’t shown when crop is disabled
= 5.4.1
This update fix various issues related to version 5.4.0
= 5.4.0
What’s new
- New shortcode
[su_image_carousel]
which will take place of[su_slider]
and[su_carousel]
in the future - New attribute
download
for the[su_button]
shortcode (allows immediate downloading of specified URL in a button) - New attribute
id
for the[su_heading]
shortcode (allows linking to a heading) - New attribute
wrapper
for the[su_dummy_text]
shortcode (allows disabling of the div wrapper) - New attribute
mobile
for the[su_lightbox]
shortcode (allows disabling lightbox on mobile devices)
Improvements
- Custom CSS code field now has syntax highlighting
[su_button]
withtarget=blank
will now be displayed withrel='noopener noreferrer
- Slightly improved appearance of the Available shortcodes screen
- Vertical tabs are now aligned with CSS flexbox, not JS
- Added
shortcodes.full.css
file to reference the default shortcode styles - Minor improvements to
[su_table]
,[su_row]
, and[su_column]
shortcodes
Fixes
- Fixed issue with
[su_lightbox]
on iOS - Removed
!important
from column styles for mobile devices
Security
[su_posts]
and[su_template]
are now allow only templates from active theme or plugin folders- Error messages are now displayed only to allowed users (user must have required capability)
= 5.3.0
What’s new
- New shortcode
[su_csv_table]
for displaying CSV tables - New option
indent
for the[su_list]
shortcode, which allows adjusting of list indentation
Fixes
- Fixed inaccessible fields in media modal (while inserting Gallery/Slider/Carousel shortcodes)
- Fixed close icon class name in the presets menu
- Fixed issue with unwanted content inside single shortcodes
- Fixed warning when non-numeric value is used for the button size attribute
- Min-width for responsive tables is set to 100%
= 5.2.0
Improvements
- Tabs and accordions/spoilers are now accessible from keyboard
- Tabs are now working better with nested sliders/carousels
- Improved stability of some responsive elements, such as Google Maps
- YouTube and YouTube Advanced settings descriptions are now more clear
- New setting
Required user capability
which allows enabling theInsert Shortcode
button for non-admin users - New setting
Enable shortcodes in
which allows enabling shortcodes in text widgets and category descriptions
Changes
- youtube_advanced showinfo parameter is deprecated and removed from the plugin. Why?
- Font Awesome replaced with Fork Awesome. Font Awesome stylesheet (v 4.7.0) will be completely removed in the next update. All icons are now use CSS class
sui
instead offa
= 5.1.1
- Gutenberg compatibility enabled by default
= 5.1.0
What’s new
- Added compatibility with the Gutenberg editor. Learn more.
Fixes
- Fixed
<img>
icon appearance of the[su_service]
shortcode
= 5.0.8
Fixes
- Fixed Live Preview, wasn’t representing changed settings
- Fixed
[su_siblings]
, now it works again at top-level pages
Other
- Various code improvements
- New filters for gallery, slider, and carousel
- Returned
su_cmpt()
andsu_compatibility_mode_prefix()
utils
= 5.0.7
Security update
- Fixed shortcode generator preview vulnerability. Description.
= 5.0.6
Fixes
- Added missing images for
su_audio
,su_video
,su_slider
andsu_carousel
- Fixed Fatal error: Call to a member function get_page_permastruct() on null in link-template.php:357
- Added missing
su_get_icon()
utility function - Added missing
su_scattr()
utility function - Added missing
su_do_shortcode()
utility function
= 5.0.5
Improvements
- Improved compatibility with fitvid.js;
- Improved appearance of the
Show more
andShow less
links of thesu_expand
shortcode; - The new option
mute
forsu_youtube
andsu_youtube_advanced
shortcodes; - Support for the
youtube-nocookie.com
domain insu_youtube
andsu_youtube_advanced
shortcodes; - Support for nested shortcodes in the
title
attribute of thesu_button
shortcode; - The new option
dnt
(do not track) for thesu_vimeo
shortcode, learn more; - The new option
mute
for thesu_vimeo
shortcode; - https support for the
su_dailymotion
shortcode; - New options
title
andrel
for thesu_permalink
shortcode; - The
su_post
shortcode now support slugs in thepost_id
attribute; - The new option
zoom
forsu_gmap
.
Changes
- Shortcodes styles merged into a single stylesheet.
Fixes
- Fixed warning in
su_siblings
shortcode.
= 5.0.4
* Fixed: added missing FontAwesome icons
* Fixed: is_plugin_active call removed on frontend
* Fixed: nested shortcodes
* Fixed: issue with spoiler loaded through ajax
* Fixed: [scheduler] shortcode logic
= 5.0.3
* Changed: Inview.js library replaced with jQuery.Inview
* Fixed: caching issue with [su_dummy_text]
* Fixed: PHP warning in [su_posts] shortcode when specified template does not exist
* Updated: Font Awesome to version 4.7.0
* Added: responsive styles for [su_pullquote]
= 5.0.2
* Fixed: an issue where RTL stylesheet won’t displayed if custom CSS field is empty
* Fixed: icon sizes at ‘Dashboard – Available Shortcodes’ page
* Fixed: [expand] shortcode now works when loaded through AJAX
* Fixed: border-radius on [box] shortcode
* Fixed: compatibility with ‘Plugin Organizer’
* Updated: OwlCarousel jQuery plugin
* Added: new attribute ‘responsive’ for table shortcode: [su_table responsive=”no|yes”]
* Added: new attribute ‘playsinline’ for youtube_advanced shortcode: [su_youtube_advanced playsinline=”no|yes”]
= 5.0.1
* Fixed: serious security vulnerability, which allows attacker to run any code using filter in meta, post, or user shortcodes. Thanks to Robert L Mathews.
* Fixed: changed admin menu position (it was replacing ‘Settings’ menu on some installations)
* Fixed: shortcodes prefix field now accepts special characters
* Fixed: old bug when unwanted code parts was added with shortcode
* Fixed: bug, where backslashes were removed from custom CSS code
* Added: new attribute ‘ID’ for [button] shortcode
* Added: new filter ‘su/slides_query’, which can be used to modify posts query for slider, carousel and custom_gallery shortcodes
* Added: new filter ‘su/assets/custom_css/template’ to filter custom css output
* Minor fixes
= 5.0.0
* Read this blog post to learn more about update
* New project website getshortcodes.com
* New documentation getshortcodes.com/docs
* Added: ‘Available shortcodes’ admin menu
* Removed: ‘Examples’ admin menu
* Removed: ‘Cheatsheet’ admin menu
* Fixed: [feed] shortcode (now it uses SimplePie)
* Changed default content for [tabs], [row] and [accordion] shortcodes
* Fixed: [user] shortcode works when user is not logged in
* Changed: Security improvement. Plugin will now strip all HTML tags from Custom CSS code
* Minor improvements and fixes
Older changelog entries are available in the changelog.txt file