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Best Dynamic Content Shortcodes plugins for WordPress

Categories Content Management

Plugins that provide shortcodes for inserting automatically generated values, such as dates, times, symbols, or visitor information, into WordPress content.

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60 Plugins classified here Out of the plugins that have been through the classifier so far
135.7K Combined active installs Summed across the published bands, so read it as an order of magnitude
4.68 Average rating Across the 55 here that carry a rating at all

The plugins

Plugins in Dynamic Content Shortcodes

Ranked by active installs; plugins in the same published band share a rank. Each page has a maintenance check and the alternatives.

#1

Shortcode for Current Date

shortcode-for-current-date 10K installs · 5.0 stars
#1

Read Meter – Reading Time & Progress Bar

read-meter 10K installs · 4.5 stars
#1

Current Year, Symbols and IP Shortcode

current-year-shortcode 10K installs · 5.0 stars
#1

WP Date and Time Shortcode

wp-date-and-time-shortcode 10K installs · 4.9 stars
#5

URL Params

url-params 8K installs · 5.0 stars
#5

Easy Footnotes

easy-footnotes 8K installs · 4.8 stars
#5

Dynamic Month & Year into Posts

dynamic-month-year-into-posts 8K installs · 5.0 stars
#8

Business Hours Indicator

business-hours-indicator 7K installs · 4.9 stars
#9

Automatic Copyright Year

automatic-copyright-year 6K installs · 4.3 stars
#10

We’re Open!

opening-hours 5K installs · 5.0 stars
#11

Simple Blog Stats

simple-blog-stats 4K installs · 4.9 stars
#11

Basic URL ShortCodes

basic-url-shortcodes 4K installs · 5.0 stars
#11

Counter live visitors for WooCommerce

counter-visitor-for-woocommerce 4K installs · 5.0 stars
#11

Bangla Date Display

bangla-date-display 4K installs · 4.6 stars
#11

Auto Copyright Year Updater

auto-copyright-year-updater 4K installs · 5.0 stars
#16

Text Replace

text-replace 3K installs · 4.4 stars
#16

Snippet Shortcodes

shortcode-variables 3K installs · 4.7 stars
#18

URL ShortCodes

url-shortcodes 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#18

oik

oik 2K installs · 3.7 stars
#18

Dynamic Year Block

dynamic-year-block 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#21

GravityWP – Count

gravitywp-count 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#21

GET Params

get-params 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#21

Nepali Date Utilities

nepali-date-utilities 1K installs · 4.7 stars
#21

Get Custom Field Values

get-custom-field-values 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#21

WP Dynamic Keywords Injector

wp-dynamic-keywords-injector 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#21

Nested Shortcodes

nested-shortcodes 1K installs · 4.8 stars
#21

AffiliateWP – Affiliate Info

affiliatewp-affiliate-info 1K installs
#21

Extra Shortcodes

extra-shortcodes 1K installs · 4.1 stars
#21

Text Spinner

text-spinner 1K installs · 3.9 stars
#21

Date counter

date-counter 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#21

Current Year Shortcodes

current-year-shortcodes 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#32

What Would Seth Godin Do

what-would-seth-godin-do 900 installs · 4.8 stars
#32

Show IP Address

show-ip-address 900 installs · 5.0 stars
#34

Dynamic Copyright Year

dynamic-copyright-year 800 installs · 3.0 stars
#34

Current Year Shortcode VICT

current-year-shortcode-vict 800 installs · 5.0 stars
#36

A Random Number

a-random-number 700 installs · 3.7 stars
#36

Plugins List

plugins-list 700 installs · 5.0 stars
#36

RPS Include Content

rps-include-content 700 installs · 4.9 stars
#39

Blocks: Reusable Content, Shortcodes & Site Variables

blocks 600 installs · 1.8 stars
#40

MetalpriceAPI

metalpriceapi 500 installs · 4.3 stars
#40

Footer Copyright

footer-copyright 500 installs · 5.0 stars
#40

Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields

shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data 500 installs · 5.0 stars
#43

Hide Broken Shortcodes

hide-broken-shortcodes 400 installs · 4.5 stars
#44

Show Visitor IP

show-visitor-ip 300 installs · 3.6 stars
#44

JSM file_get_contents() Shortcode

wp-file-get-contents 300 installs · 5.0 stars
#44

Say hello

greeting-by-day-time 300 installs · 5.0 stars
#44

DayOfWeek

day-of-week 300 installs · 4.6 stars
#48

Rapid Car Check

free-vehicle-data-uk 200 installs · 4.2 stars
#48

Smart Copyright Year (Lite) – Auto Current Year Updater Shortcode

smart-copyright-year 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#48

Dynamic Copyright Year Customizer

dynamic-copyright-year-customizer 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#51

ITBoffins Live Opening Hours Banner & Table

itboffins-live-opening-hours 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#51

Indicadores Económicos Chile

indicadores-economicos-chile 100 installs
#51

Show user name

show-user-name 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#51

Simple Custom Content

simple-custom-content 100 installs · 4.8 stars
#51

EzBizi

ezbizi 100 installs
#51

Euro FxRef Currency Converter (by DKZR)

euro-fxref-currency-converter 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#51

Dummy Text Generator

dummy-text-generator 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#51

Contact Info

contact-info 100 installs
#51

Bible Reading Plans

bible-reading-plans 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#60

A1 Tools

a1-tools 20 installs

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