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ShortCode – Get Child List

Q: Is ShortCode – Get Child List free?

Yes. ShortCode – Get Child List is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Q: How many websites use ShortCode – Get Child List?

ShortCode – Get Child List is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,117 times since it launched in September 2010. It was downloaded 56 times in the last 30 days.

Q: Does ShortCode – Get Child List work with WordPress 7.1?

ShortCode – Get Child List is officially tested up to WordPress 3.0.5, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

Q: When was ShortCode – Get Child List last updated?

The latest version, 0.4, was released on September 23, 2010 (16 years ago).

Q: Who makes ShortCode – Get Child List?

ShortCode – Get Child List is developed and maintained by ksks.

Q: What are the best alternatives to ShortCode – Get Child List?

The most popular alternatives to ShortCode – Get Child List are List Pages Shortcode (5K+ installs), List Children (100+ installs) and Recently Updated Pages and… (100+ installs).

With this plug-in, you can use shortcodes to output list of children pages or sitemap. Write following shortcode in your post text.

By ksks · v0.4 · Updated 16 years ago

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Active installs10+10+ tier

Downloads · 30d56▼ -20% vs prev. 30d

Rating—0 reviews

Health score23/100At risk

All-time downloads2.1KSince Sep 2010

Support resolved—No recent threads

RequiresWP 2.9PHP any

Downloads · 7d4▼ -66.7% week over week

Our verdict

Consider an alternative

ShortCode – Get Child List shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 16 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.

Small user base (10+ active installs)
Very few reviews so far
No update in 16 years
Only tested up to WordPress 3.0 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

List Children

Daily downloads

Yesterday0

Daily average (1y)2

Peak day11May 5, 2026

Last 12 months550

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

Rankings

Where ShortCode – Get Child List stands today

List pages #8 of 11 plugins → Nagivation #2 of 2 plugins →

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100

Keyword	Position	Competing plugins	Category
list pages	>100	10,000	Best list pages plugins →
nagivation	#3	3	Best nagivation plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

0.4100.0%

About ShortCode – Get Child List

From the official readme · v0.4

Description

With this plug-in, you can use shortcodes to output list of children pages or sitemap.
Write following shortcode in your post text.

Generate a sitemap : [get_sitemap]
Generate a list of child and descendant pages: [get_childlist]

You can also customize output with optional arguments:

[get_childlist id=”parentID (optional)” add=”additional element (optional)” exclude=”exclude page by id (optional, e.g. exclude=”34,123,35,23″)” exclude_by_slug=”exclude page by slug (optional, e.g. exclude_by_slug=”test,hoge,home”)]

Installation

Download and unzip to the ‘wp-content/plugins/’ directory
Activate the plugin.

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