Title: Shortcode Reference
Author: Bart Stroeken
Published: <strong>décembre 4, 2010</strong>
Last modified: janvier 25, 2022

---

Search plugins

This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/shortcode-reference.svg)

# Shortcode Reference

 By [Bart Stroeken](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bartee/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/shortcode-reference.zip)

 * [Details](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-reference/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-reference/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-reference/#installation)
 * [Development](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-reference/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-reference/)

## Description

One of the fancy things within WordPress-plugins, is the availability of shortcodes.

These codes will provide access to plugin-specific things, like displaying a gallery,
or a Google-Map. The downside about this, is that there’s no generic overview of
all available shortcodes within your environment.

This plugin will provide a list of all available shortcodes, right where the action
is. When you’re editing your content. And it won’t skip the details: it’ll show 
you what its origin is.
 Most of all, if it’s available in the sourcecode, the documentation
will be shown.

The plugin is largely based on [PHP’s Reflection functionality](http://php.net/manual/en/book.reflection.php),
and therefore only available from PHP version 5.0.0.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * This little meta-box will be provided when you’re editing posts, pages or links.

## Installation

To install Shortcode Reference:

 1. Download & unzip the ‘shortcode-reference.zip’ into the `/wp-content/plugins/` 
    directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. You’ll have an extra meta-box when editing posts, pages and links, providing realtime
    information about your available shortcodes and how to use them – if the code they
    use is documented properly

## FAQ

N/A

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8bba39864c4ec125e22588553d43b1a2b7f2f7c6ce27687f56a3114665533915?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great tool – if it works – no longer seems to be supported](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-tool-if-it-works-no-longer-seems-to-be-supported/)󠁿

 [Jon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/omanhene/) février 14, 2018

I use this tool on several sites, and it works very well on most of them. Hence 
the 5 stars. It is extremely helpful tool which adds a great feature when using 
themes that provide extra shortcodes you may not be aware of. I will continue to
use it, however, it does not appear to be supported actively any more and it is 
not compatible with one of my sites. So just be aware that you may need to deactivate
it if your editor stops loading properly, or loads a blank wysiwyg box. As far as
I can tell it is still compatible with the 4.9.4 version of WP. It just no longer
may play well with some of your other plugins. Might be a problem with WooCommerce
or Jetpack, but I need those, so cannot remove them.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/50b96fd2601fe30da6c410107f2310518121de15069269ba9c3b56d6e0c17ee1?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[The editor breaks when using the plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-editor-breaks-when-using-the-plugin/)󠁿

 [botilada](https://profiles.wordpress.org/botilada/) octobre 10, 2017

The editor stops working when this plugin is activated.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f5935bc8084633649064b5dd2048e072adae45aaec26907e5efbee72e0d6cea4?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[It removes visual redactor in wordpress.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-removes-visual-redactor-in-wordpress/)󠁿

 [alexandriusii](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexandriusii/) août 7, 2017

It removes visual redactor in wordpress. Spent 1,5 hours to find the problems. Though
had got new experience in finding troubles caused by old and not already supported
plugins. Thanks for that. Please update your plugin or delete it.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1795677d27d7208b6092e62c88ee751fdae588000d718dfc6e88224c79dfd390?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Not compatible with Visual Composer](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-compatible-with-visual-composer-4/)󠁿

 [m.hallor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mhallor/) septembre 3, 2016

Broke it, the composer worked again once i uninstalled this shortcode plugin.

 [ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-reference/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Shortcode Reference” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Bart Stroeken ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bartee/)

[Translate “Shortcode Reference” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/shortcode-reference)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-reference/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/shortcode-reference/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/shortcode-reference/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/shortcode-reference/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1.0

 * Fixed a blocking UI bug by fixing jQuery event handling.

#### 1.0

 * If a found shortcode originates from the themes-directory, it will tell you so.
   
   Also, if it is available, it will give you the documentation.

#### 0.2

 * Added reference box to all public post types.
 * Changed resolving of the plugin’s css/js files
 * Made file lookup case sensitive

#### 0.1

 * First release
 * Get a list of all available shortcodes in a meta-box when editing pages or posts.
 * Get the details of a shortcode
 * Get or generate a link to a place where more info is available

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **4 années ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.8.13**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-reference/)
 * Tags
 * [links](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/links/)[page](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/page/)
   [post](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/)[reference](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reference/)
   [shortcode](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-reference/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3.4 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  4 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-reference/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-reference/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-reference/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  1 2-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-reference/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  2 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-reference/reviews/?filter=1)

[Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-reference/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-reference/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ Bart Stroeken ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bartee/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-reference/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7T3QDZA9SP7D2)