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Extra Shortcodes

WordPress Pro plugins Extra Shortcodes Donate GitHub Shortcodes: [extra_archives] – list of monthly archives links sorted by date; [extra_archives type="yearly"] – list of yearly archives links; [extra_archives…

Active installs1K+1K+ tier
Downloads · 30d171▲ +24.8% vs prev. 30d
Rating4.1/510 reviews
Health score35/100At risk
All-time downloads17.6KSince Jan 2012
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 3.0PHP any
Downloads · 7d43▼ -10.4% week over week
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Extra Shortcodes shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 1K+ sites, is rated 4.1/5 and was last updated 3 years ago, and scores 35/100 on our health check.

  • No update in 3 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 6.2 (latest is 7.1)

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Daily downloads

258Jun 30Aug 13Sep 27
Yesterday3
Daily average (1y)3
Peak day12Oct 5, 2025
Last 12 months1.2K

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Extra Shortcodes stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
archive >100 5,596 Best archive plugins →
archives >100 5,591 Best archives plugins →
category >100 10,000 Best category plugins →
shortcode >100 10,000 Best shortcode plugins →
shortcodes >100 10,000 Best shortcodes plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 2.298.8%
  • 1.61.2%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 from 10 reviews

  • 5★70.0%
  • 4★10.0%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★20.0%

About Extra Shortcodes

From the official readme · v2.2

Description

Shortcodes:

  • [extra_archives] – list of monthly archives links sorted by date;
  • [extra_archives type="yearly"] – list of yearly archives links;
  • [extra_archives type="monthly"] – list of monthly archives links;
  • [extra_archives type="weekly"] – list of weekly archives links;
  • [extra_archives type="daily"] – list of daily archives links;
  • [extra_archives type="postbypost"] – list of all posts links sorted by date;
  • [extra_archives type="alpha"] – list of all posts links sorted by title;
  • [extra_taxonomies] – list of categories, tags or any other taxonomies;
  • [bloginfo show="name"] – bloginfo params;
  • [date format="l jS \\of F Y h:i:s A"] – Monday 23rd April 2012 09:37:57 AM; php date format params;
  • [date format="l jS \\of F Y h:i:s A" timestamp="+2 years +3 months -20 days -10 hours +30 minutes"] – Thursday 3rd July 2014 06:52:57 AM; relative datetime formats;
  • [date format="h:i:s A" use_wordpress_timezone="1"] – use WordPress timezone from Settings section;
  • [date_i18n format="l jS \\of F Y h:i:s A" timestamp="+2 years +3 months -20 days -10 hours +30 minutes"] – Четвер, 3 Липня 2014 06:52:57; shortcode based on date_i18n;
  • [time format="h:i:s A"] – 01:35:08 PM; php time format params;
  • [year] – 2012, [year plus="3"] – 2015, [year minus="2"] – 2010;
  • [month] – 4 (in April), [month plus="10"] – 2, [month minus="8"] – 8;
  • [month_name] – April, [month_name plus="10"] – February, [month_name minus="8"] – August;
  • [day] – 8, [day plus="3"] – 11, [day minus="2"] – 6;
  • [weekday] – Monday, [weekday plus="5"] – Saturday, [weekday minus="5"] – Wednesday;
  • [hours], [minutes], [seconds];

more info about shortcodes

Useful:

Parameters for [extra_archives]:

  • [extra_archives] – list of monthly archives links sorted by date;
  • [extra_archives type="yearly"] – list of yearly archives links;
  • [extra_archives type="monthly"] – list of monthly archives links;
  • [extra_archives type="weekly"] – list of weekly archives links;
  • [extra_archives type="daily"] – list of daily archives links;
  • [extra_archives type="postbypost"] – list of all posts links sorted by date;
  • [extra_archives type="alpha"] – list of all posts links sorted by title;
  • limit – how many links to be included in the list: [extra_archives limit="10"]; by default all links are shown: [extra_archives limit=""];
  • show_post_count – display counter of posts in the archive: [extra_archives show_post_count="1"]; by default counter is not shown: [extra_archives show_post_count="0"];
  • order – how to sort archives links: [extra_archives order="ASC"]; by default links are sorted by descending order (Z-A): [extra_archives order="DESC"];

[extra_archives] is based on wp_get_archives function.

Parameters for [extra_taxonomies]:

  • orderby – sort list by specific field: [extra_taxonomies order="count"]; by default list is sorted by name: [extra_taxonomies order="name"]; possible values: ID, name, slug, count, term_group;
  • order – the sort order of the list of pages (either ascending or descending): [extra_taxonomies order="DESC"]; by default: [extra_taxonomies order="ASC"]; possible values: ASC, DESC;
  • show_count – display counter of posts in the list: [extra_taxonomies show_count="1"]; by default counter is not shown: [extra_taxonomies show_count="0"];* limit – how many links to be included in the list: [extra_archives limit="10"]; by default all links are shown: [extra_archives limit=""];
  • hide_empty – show or hide empty categories or taxonomies: [extra_taxonomies hide_empty="0"]; by default empty categories are hidden: [extra_taxonomies hide_empty="1"];
  • use_desc_for_title – use description for title: [extra_taxonomies use_desc_for_title="0"]; by default the description is used as link title: [extra_taxonomies use_desc_for_title="1"];
  • child_of – only display categories that are children of the category identified by this parameter: [extra_taxonomies child_of="77"];
  • exclude – exclude one or more categories (comma-separated list of category ids) from the results: [extra_taxonomies exclude="5,7,9"];
  • exclude_tree – exclude category-tree (comma-separated list of category ids) from the results: [extra_taxonomies exclude_tree="5,7,9"]; The parameter include must be empty. If the hierarchical parameter is true, then use exclude instead of exclude_tree.
  • include – only include the categories detailed in a comma-separated list by category id: [extra_taxonomies include="5,7,9"];
  • hierarchical – list is hierarchical (tree-like) or flat: [extra_taxonomies hierarchical="0"]; by default the list is hierarchical: [extra_taxonomies hierarchical="1"];
  • number – sets the number of categories to display: [extra_taxonomies number="10"]; by default the number is unlimited: [extra_taxonomies number=""];
  • depth – how many levels in the hierarchy of pages are to be included in the list: [extra_taxonomies depth="3"]; by default the depth is unlimited: [extra_taxonomies depth="0"];
  • taxonomy – show list of registered taxonomy: [extra_taxonomies taxonomy="post_tag"]; by default shows the list of categories: [extra_taxonomies taxonomy="category"];

[extra_taxonomies] is based on wp_list_categories function.

Parameters for [bloginfo]:

  • [bloginfo show="name"] – bloginfo params;
  • [site_name] – Name of the site;
  • [site_desc] – Description of the site;
  • [site_url] – http://site.url;
  • [wp_version] – 4.5 (WordPress version);

    [bloginfo] is based on bloginfo function.

Parameters for [date]:

  • [date format="l jS \\of F Y h:i:s A"] – Monday 23rd April 2012 09:37:57 AM; php date format params;
  • [date format="l jS \\of F Y h:i:s A" timestamp="+2 years +3 months -20 days -10 hours +30 minutes"] – Thursday 3rd July 2014 06:52:57 AM; relative datetime formats;
  • [date format="h:i:s A" use_wordpress_timezone="1"] – use WordPress timezone from Settings section;
  • [date_i18n format="l jS \\of F Y h:i:s A" timestamp="+2 years +3 months -20 days -10 hours +30 minutes"] – Четвер, 3 Липня 2014 06:52:57; shortcode based on date_i18n;
  • [time format="h:i:s A"] – 01:35:08 PM; php time format params;
  • [year] – 2012, [year plus="3"] – 2015, [year minus="2"] – 2010;
  • [month] – 4 (in April), [month plus="10"] – 2, [month minus="8"] – 8;
  • [month_name] – April, [month_name plus="10"] – February, [month_name minus="8"] – August;
  • [day] – 8, [day plus="3"] – 11, [day minus="2"] – 6;
  • [weekday] – Monday, [weekday plus="5"] – Saturday, [weekday minus="5"] – Wednesday;
  • [hours], [minutes], [seconds];

Installation

  1. install and activate the plugin on the Plugins page
  2. add shortcodes to pages or posts: [bloginfo show="name"], [site_name], [site_desc], [date format="Y-m-d"], [time], [year plus="3"], [month minus="2"], [month_name]

Changelog

2.2

  • added [extra_taxonomies] shortcode
  • updated readme.txt

2.1

  • added [extra_archives] shortcode
  • updated readme.txt

2.0

  • code refactoring
  • shortcodes cleanup

1.6

  • added ‘use_wordpress_timezone’ param to [date] shortcode;

1.5

  • added [date_i18n] (thanks to HeldZ)

1.4

  • minor changes

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

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FAQ

Extra Shortcodes: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 28, 2026

Is Extra Shortcodes free?

Yes. Extra Shortcodes is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Extra Shortcodes safe to use in 2026?

Extra Shortcodes shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 1K+ sites, is rated 4.1/5 and was last updated 3 years ago, and scores 35/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Extra Shortcodes?

Extra Shortcodes is active on 1K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 17,624 times since it launched in January 2012. It was downloaded 171 times in the last 30 days.

Does Extra Shortcodes work with WordPress 7.1?

Extra Shortcodes is officially tested up to WordPress 6.2.13, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was Extra Shortcodes last updated?

The latest version, 2.2, was released on April 13, 2023 (3 years ago).

Who makes Extra Shortcodes?

Extra Shortcodes is developed and maintained by webvitalii.

What are the best alternatives to Extra Shortcodes?

The most popular alternatives to Extra Shortcodes are Jetpack VaultPress (10K+ installs), Zippy (8K+ installs) and Posts List (7K+ installs).

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