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Sitekit

Widgets: search, archives and categories. Shortcodes: archives, bloginfo, iframe and categories.

Active installs3K+1K+ tier
Downloads · 30d540▼ -8% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/51 reviews
Health score44/100Fair
All-time downloads58.2KSince Mar 2016
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 4.0PHP any
Downloads · 7d132▼ -6.4% week over week
Our verdict

Use with caution

Sitekit works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 3K+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 1 year ago, and scores 44/100 on our health check.

  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in over a year
  • Only tested up to WordPress 6.8 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

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

Daily downloads

91929Jun 29Aug 12Sep 26
Yesterday14
Daily average (1y)19
Peak day40Apr 20, 2026
Last 12 months6.9K

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

Rankings

Where Sitekit stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
archive >100 5,579 Best archive plugins →
archives >100 5,578 Best archives plugins →
search >100 10,000 Best search plugins →
widget >100 10,000 Best widget plugins →
widgets >100 10,000 Best widgets plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 2.084.7%
  • Other15.3%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Sitekit

From the official readme · v2.0

Description

Settings:

  • Google Analytics code
  • Show/hide google analytics code if user is logged in
  • Head code
  • Footer code

Widgets:

  • Archives
  • Categories
  • Pages
  • Search

Shortcodes:

  • [sitekit_posts]
  • [sitekit_archives]
  • [sitekit_categories]
  • [sitekit_bloginfo]
  • [sitekit_iframe]

Parameters for [sitekit_posts]:

  • post_type – show posts associated with certain type: [sitekit_posts post_type="page"]; by default posts are shown: [sitekit_posts post_type="post"]; Possible params: post | page | revision | attachment | nav_menu_item | any | your_custom_post_type
  • orderby – the column to use for ordering posts list: [sitekit_posts orderby="id"]; by default list is sorted by date: [sitekit_posts orderby="date"]; Possible params: modified | title | name | ID | rand
  • order – how to sort posts list: [sitekit_posts order="DESC"]; by default list is sorted by ascending order (A-Z): [sitekit_posts order="ASC"];
  • posts_per_page – how many posts to show in the list: [sitekit_posts posts_per_page="50"]; by default: [sitekit_posts posts_per_page="100"];

[sitekit_posts] is based on WP_Query class.

Parameters for [sitekit_archives]:

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

[sitekit_archives] is based on wp_get_archives function.

Parameters for [sitekit_categories]:

  • orderby – the column to use for ordering categories list: [sitekit_categories orderby="id"]; by default list is sorted by title: [sitekit_categories orderby="name"];
  • order – how to sort categories list: [sitekit_categories order="DESC"]; by default list is sorted by ascending order (A-Z): [sitekit_categories order="ASC"];
  • show_count – display counter of posts in the categories list: [sitekit_categories show_count="1"]; by default counter is not shown: [sitekit_categories show_count="0"];
  • hide_empty – the column to use for ordering categories list: [sitekit_categories hide_empty="0"]; by default empty categories are hidden: [sitekit_categories hide_empty="1"];
  • hierarchical – show tree-like categories list: [sitekit_categories hierarchical="0"]; by default the list is hierarchical: [sitekit_categories hierarchical="1"];
  • depth – how many levels to include in categories list: [sitekit_categories depth="5"]; by default depth is unlimited: [sitekit_categories depth="0"];
  • taxonomy – which taxonomy to show in the list: [sitekit_categories taxonomy="post_tag"]; by default categories are shown: [sitekit_categories taxonomy="category"];
  • child_of – term ID to retrieve child terms of: [sitekit_categories child_of="77"]; by default all categories are shown: [sitekit_categories child_of="0"];
  • exclude – comma/space-separated string of term IDs to exclude: [sitekit_categories exclude="77"]; by default all categories are shown: [sitekit_categories exclude=""];
  • exclude_tree – comma/space-separated string of term IDs to exclude, along with their descendants: [sitekit_categories exclude_tree="77"]; by default all categories are shown: [sitekit_categories exclude_tree=""];

[sitekit_categories] is based on wp_list_categories function.

Parameters for [sitekit_bloginfo]:

[sitekit_bloginfo] is based on bloginfo function.

Parameters for [sitekit_iframe]:

  • src – source of the iframe: [sitekit_iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4qsGTXLnmKs"]; by default src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/4qsGTXLnmKs”;
  • width – width in pixels or in percents: [sitekit_iframe width="100%"] or [sitekit_iframe width="600"]; by default width=”100%”;
  • height – height in pixels: [sitekit_iframe height="500"]; by default height=”500″;
  • scrolling – with or without the scrollbar: [sitekit_iframe scrolling="no"]; by default scrolling=”yes”;
  • frameborder – with or without the frame border: [sitekit_iframe frameborder="0"]; by default frameborder=”0″;
  • marginheight – height of the margin: [sitekit_iframe marginheight="0"]; removed by default;
  • marginwidth – width of the margin: [sitekit_iframe marginwidth="0"]; removed by default;
  • allowtransparency – allows to set transparency of the iframe: [sitekit_iframe allowtransparency="true"]; removed by default;
  • id – allows to add the id of the iframe: [sitekit_iframe id="custom_id"]; removed by default;
  • class – allows to add the class of the iframe: [sitekit_iframe class="custom_class"]; by default class=”iframe-class”;
  • style – allows to add the css styles of the iframe: [sitekit_iframe style="margin-left:-30px;"]; removed by default;
  • any_other_param – allows to add new parameter of the iframe [sitekit_iframe any_other_param="any_value"];
  • any_other_empty_param – allows to add new empty parameter of the iframe (like “allowfullscreen” on youtube) [sitekit_iframe any_other_empty_param=""];

Parameters for [sitekit_menu]:

The [sitekit_menu] shortcode allows you to display a custom menu. It supports all the parameters of the WordPress wp_nav_menu() function.

  • menu – The menu that should be displayed. Accepts (matching in order) id, slug, name. Default: empty. Example: [sitekit_menu menu="main-menu"]
  • container – Whether to wrap the ul, and what to wrap it with. Default ‘div’. Example without a container: [sitekit_menu menu="main-menu" container=""]
  • container_class – The class that is applied to the container. Default ‘menu-{menu slug}-container’. Example: [sitekit_menu menu="main-menu" container_class="custom-container"]
  • container_id – The ID that is applied to the container. Default empty.
  • menu_class – CSS class to use for the ul element which forms the menu. Default ‘menu’. Example: [sitekit_menu menu="main-menu" menu_class="custom-menu"]
  • menu_id – The ID that is applied to the ul element. Default empty.
  • echo – Whether to echo the menu or return it. Default false.
  • fallback_cb – If the menu doesn’t exist, a callback function will fire. Default ‘wp_page_menu’.
  • before – Text before the link markup. Default empty.
  • after – Text after the link markup. Default empty.
  • link_before – Text before the link text. Default empty.
  • link_after – Text after the link text. Default empty.
  • items_wrap – How the list items should be wrapped. Default <ul id="%1$s" class="%2$s">%3$s</ul>.
  • depth – How many levels of the hierarchy are to be included. 0 means all. Default 0. Example: [sitekit_menu menu="primary-menu" depth="2"]
  • walker – Custom walker object to use. Default empty.

Installation

  1. install and activate the plugin on the Plugins page
  2. enjoy all plugin’s features

Changelog

1.9

  • Sanitized [sitekit_menu] shortcode params.

1.8

  • Added [sitekit_menu] shortcode.

1.7

  • Removed srcdoc iframe param for security reasons.

1.6

  • Updated Google Analytics with new GA4 version.

1.5

  • Removed all iframe attributes starting with “on”. Examples: onload, onmouseover, onfocus, onpageshow, onclick.

1.4

  • Sanitize iframe URL.

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

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FAQ

Sitekit: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026

Is Sitekit free?

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

Is Sitekit safe to use in 2026?

Sitekit works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 3K+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 1 year ago, and scores 44/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Sitekit?

Sitekit is active on 3K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 58,159 times since it launched in March 2016. It was downloaded 540 times in the last 30 days.

Does Sitekit work with WordPress 7.1?

Sitekit is officially tested up to WordPress 6.8.10, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was Sitekit last updated?

The latest version, 2.0, was released on June 15, 2025 (1 year ago).

Who makes Sitekit?

Sitekit is developed and maintained by webvitalii.

What are the best alternatives to Sitekit?

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