Post Snippets - Custom WordPress Code Snippets Customizer

Create custom shortcodes and reusable content and insert them in into your posts and pages.

This plugin lets you build a library with snippets of HTML, PHP code or reoccurring text that you often use in your posts and pages. You can use predefined variables to replace parts of the snippet on insert. All snippets are available in the post editor via a button in the Visual mode. The snippet can be inserted as defined, or as a shortcode to keep flexibility for updating the snippet. PHP code is supported for snippets inserted as shortcodes. Basic Features

• Insert All defined snippets is inserted from a button directly in the post editor.
• Shortcodes You can use this plugin to create your own custom shortcodes.
• PHP A shortcode snippet can optionally be processed as PHP code.
• Buttons The snippets can be found in the (visual) WordPress editor with a button and in the HTML editor with a quicktag.
• User-friendly Easy to use 'Manage Snippets' page where you can add, edit and remove snippets.
• Variables Each snippet can have as many custom variables as you like, which can be used on insert.
• Import/Export Snippets can be imported and exported between sites.
• Documentation Full documentation is available directly from the help panel in the plugin (top right in WordPress).
• Uninstall If you delete the plugin from your plugins panel it cleans up all data it has created in the WordPress database.

Premium Features

• Snippet duplication Easily duplicate shortcode snippets and insert them into posts and pages.
• Rich Text Editor Use Post Snippets’ built-in Rich Text editor to customize your snippets however you want.
• Snippets Order Change the order of your snippets simply by using the drag and drop functionality.
• Rest API Allow anyone the right to add, edit, update and delete any snippet without providing them admin access.
• Tags Use the tags feature to add multiple tags and filter different snippets by using tags.
• Cloud snippet Save, edit, download, and delete snippets directly on the cloud by using the cloud snippets feature.
• Gutenberg Block Editor Support Gutenberg block types can support any number of built-in core features such as name, icon, description, category and more.
• Snippet type Display the snippet types (PHP, JS, CSS) by adding a column in the snippet listing page.
• The Gutenberg editor integrates source code snippets block to insert and preview selected snippet's code on the front-end without execution.
• Elementor editor adds a post-snippet block for inserting snippets with PHP execution, formatting, shortcode support, and a Post Snippet source block to showcase snippet source code.

Technical Documentation To obtain more information, including instructions for plugin installation, we recommend referring to our technical documentation page on Post Snippets. Additionally, to stay informed about the latest plugin updates, enhancements, and relevant news, you can always visit our Post Snippets blog. Support To get your queries resolved related to Post Snippets, you can always take help from WordPress Support. Pricing Plans Post Snippets offers budget-friendly pricing options that complement your business needs. See the pricing plan details here.

Requirements

• PHP version 7 or greater.
• WordPress version 5.8 or greater.

Automatic installation

1. Install the plugin via Plugins > New plugin. Search for 'Post Snippets'.
2. Activate the 'Post Snippets' plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
3. Go to Settings > Post Snippets and start entering your snippets.

Manual installation

1. Unpack the downloaded package
2. Unzip and upload the directory 'post-snippets' to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
3. Activate the 'Post Snippets' plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
4. Go to Settings > Post Snippets and start entering your snippets.

Uninstall

1. Deactivate Post Snippets in the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
2. Select Post Snippets in the 'Recently Active Plugins' section and select 'Delete' from the 'Bulk Actions' drop down menu.
3. This will delete all the plugin files from the server as well as erasing all options the plugin has stored in the database.

Version 4.0.9 - 27 Jan 2025

• Updated freemius SDK

Version 4.0.8 - 09 Dec 2024

• Fixed - Minor bug fixes and improvements.
• Improvement - Updated Feedback library to the latest version.
• Updated freemius SDK

Version 4.0.7 - 05 Nov 2024

• Fixed - Minor bug fixes and improvements.

Version 4.0.6 - 07 Aug 2024

• Tweak - Added compatibility for WordPress Version 6.6.x

Version 4.0.5 - 17 may 2024

• Tweak - Added compatibility for WordPress Version 6.5.3

Version 4.0.4 - 6 july 2023

• Fixed - Minor Bug fixes
• Improvement - Updated Feedback library to the latest version.

Version 4.0.3 - 14 Feb 2023

• Improvement - Added Validation, so on 'Custom CSS' snippet only css styles can be added.

Version 4.0.2 - 3 Jan 2023

• Tweak- Minimum required wordpress version change from 5.8 to 5.3

Version 4.0.1 - 14 Dec 2022

• Fixed - Error when using script tag in snippets

Version 4.0.0 - 14 Jan 2021

• Improvement - Plugin code revamped.
• Improvement - Added sanitation, escaping and validation.
• Improvement - Cloud upload and download.
• Improvement - Snippets now getting saved in separate db table instead of options table.
• Improvement - back-end UI .
• Improvement - Bulk Actions now include Activate/Deactivate
• Improvement - Post Editor screen for editing of snippets.
• Improvement - Snippets now displayed as table list.
• Added - Snippets Groups,
• Added - Option to delete snippets on uninstalling of plugins
• Fixed - Block Editor bugs

Version 3.1.3 - 5 Mar 2021

• Added - snippets search functionality
• Added - REST API functionality

Version 3.1.2 - 11 Nov 2020

• Updated freemius SDK

Version 3.1.1 - 4 Nov 2020

• Fix - Menu icons not loading in The7 Theme
• Fix - Cloud Features not working

Version 3.1 - 1 Sep 2020

• Fix - Post Snippets Blocks throwing error in WordPress 5.5

Version 3.0.23 - 20 May 2020

• Improvement - Improved import functionality
• Fix - Issues in freemius redirects
• Fix - POST_SNIPPETS_ALLOW_EDIT_POSTS not working

Version 3.0.22 - 05 May 2020

• Fixed Saving breaks when PHP snippets are disabled
• Fixed Wrong message being displayed when we save title without making any changes
• Fixed Title always saving in lowercase letters
• Improvement Code Optimized to improve security

Version 3.0.19 - 17 Apr 2020

• Fixed Title not saving on save button
• Fixed On Plugin activation it redirects to some inaccessible URL
• Fixed Move not working if we move more than 1 snippets

Version 3.0.18 - 09 Apr 2020

• Updated News Page and Author
• Fixed Duplicate snippet not working

Version 3.0.17 - 02 Apr 2020

• Fixed reordering of snippets (Premium only)

Version 3.0.16 - 16 Mar 2020

• Fixed rename snippet

Version 3.0.15 - 10 Mar 2020

• Gutenberg block
• Save snippets through ajax calls
• News page with changelog
• Post Snippets menu

Version 3.0.14 - 19 Nov 2019

• Fixed issue with attributes containing hyphens/dashes

Version 3.0.13 - 12 Nov 2019

• Updated Freemius SDK

Version 3.0.12 - 28 Aug 2019

• Updated Freemius SDK

Version 3.0.11 - 2 Lug 2019

• Added language pack for TinyMCE

Version 3.0.10 - 2 Lug 2019

• Updated Freemius SDK
• Added compatibility with PHP 7.3

Version 3.0.9 - 1 Lug 2019

• Updated Freemius SDK (Premium only)

Version 3.0.8 - 8 Apr 2019

• Added multi-site snippets sync feature (Premium only)

Version 3.0.7 - 27 Feb 2019

• Removed unused function

Version 3.0.6 - 27 Feb 2019

• Security Fix
• Rich Text Format (PRO version only)

Version 3.0.5 - 13 May 2018

• Fix conflict with SiteOrigin Page Builder (Editor), increase z-index so Post Snippets Insert box opens on top of the editor
• Only show submenu when Post Snippets is opened, not on all Settings pages, and remove Support Forum and Contact submenu items
• Improve stability by updating Post Snippets to string-based menu slug
• Add instructions and optimize UI for new users/new sites (with slightly pulsating "Add New Snippet" button)
• Automatically disable Post Snippets if premium version is activated
• Make 'Post Snippets' header title in plugin translatable

Version 3.0.4 - 20 Feb 2018

• Add "Support forum" link to support forum
• Add "Contact Us" link with contact form
• Add "Account" and "Upgrade" link for Pro version
• Updated Freemius SDK to 1.2.4

Version 3.0.3 - 15 Feb 2018

• FIX:
• Check for unique titles/shortcodes when creating new snippets, prevent duplicates
• Improper slashes parsing, some users woudl see multiple clashes in shortcodes/PHP code, causing snippets to not render correctly
• Prevent some editors (TinyMCE Advanced) from stacking above the Post Snippets dialog, add zindex to .ui-dialog

Version 3.0.2 - 13 Jan 2018

• Fixed a PHP error by changing a new style array syntax to the version that also works in PHP 5.3 (this: array())

Version 3.0.0 - 13 Jan 2018

• NOTES:
• Reviewed close to 30 issues and either closed, fixed or registered them to be fixed in the future, see https://github.com/GreenTreeLabs/post-snippets/issues/68
• NEW:
• A nice new User Interface, a good starting point for more improvements in the future. Switched from old tables to div's and css
• The new UI supports updating the snippet name/shortcode without a page refresh
• Expanding and collapsing individual snippets, or all snippets with a click, is now possible
• The state of snippets (expand/collapse) is personal, so snippet managers can open and close snippets as they see fit
• Added a date to the export filename as requested by multiple users, example: post-snippets-export-2014-06-14.zip
• FIX:
• Compatibility for PHP 7.2
• Fix some URL's in the plugin so they also work when post-snippets folder is not exactly "post-snippets"
• Remove uninstall actions, I believe it's not user friendly to remove data when user uninstalls, what if they are updating (manually)?
• DEV:
• Added version tags to assets, so updated of javascript and css happen without issues in the following updates
• Added conditional code for checking if dialog and tabs functions exists, by KZeni
• Added Freemius SDK, which will help with improving Post Snippets in the future. It's completely opt-in, you can keep it disabled.

Version 2.5.4 - 30 Nov 2017

• UI improvement: Add update, add new and delete buttons to top of Snippets list, not just bottom
• Add better note to guide new users to the documentation ('Help' in the top right of the screen)
• Update URL's etc to https://www.postsnippets.com and update other plugin details
• Add 'Get started' admin notice to guide new users to Post Snippets in WordPress Settings
• Add a newsletter opt-in so users can get Post Snippets updates via email
• Add 'Pro features' page for feature voting, tell me what you need in Post Snippets

Version 2.5.3 - 14 Feb 2016

• Fixes an issue with the compression library for import and export.

Version 2.5.2 - 7 Feb 2016

• Fixes an issue than can occur when other plugins bootstrap WordPress Admin and then includes admin_head but not admin_footer, like download monitor.
• Refactors parts of the code to prepare for a future snippet storage update.

Version 2.5.1 - 6 Feb 2016

• Makes strings inside javascripts translatable.
• Removes {content} from shortcode output if the shortcode is not enclosed.

Version 2.5 - 21 Jan 2016

• Implements an options tab to handle plugin settings.
• Reverts the change implemented in version 2.3.9 to exclude post snippets from custom editors by default, and instead adds it as an optional setting.
• Fixes a conflict with plugins that adds custom editors on the frontend.

Version 2.4 - 18 Dec 2015

• Fixes potential conflict with WP Editor on none post screens.
• Removes notice message on some screens if WordPress debug mode is enabled.

Version 2.3.9 - 14 Dec 2015

• Only includes the javascript code to include Post Snippets in WordPress' editor on post editing related screens, to avoid potential conflicts with other plugins.

Version 2.3.8 - 10 Dec 2015

• Adds validation of shortcode names. Invalid shortcode names now gets highlighted in red.

Version 2.3.7 - 4 Nov 2015

• Updates translatable strings to be Language Pack compatible.

Version 2.3.6 - 15 Jul 2015

• Bumps minimum required PHP version to 5.3.0.
• Adds list of translators to inline documentation.

Version 2.3.5 - 18 Jan 2015

• Adds new developer filter, post_snippets_snippets_list.
• Integrates plugin doc to the post editor help tab.
• Adds complete plugin usage documentation to the settings help tab.

Version 2.3.4 - 20 Sep 2014

• Tested up to WordPress v4.0.
• Update Swedish translation.
• Add Ukrainian translation.

Version 2.3.3 - 12 Apr 2014

• Updates Post Snippets admin screen to not let Chrome XSS Auditor preventing snippets containg form elements to be saved.
• Adds Serbo-Croatian translation.
• Updated Polish translation.

Version 2.3.2 - 5 Aug 2013

• Updates insert snippets into the editor to be compatible with jQuery 1.9+ (which makes it compatible with WordPress 3.6).
• Changes WP version check to comply with WordPress 3.3 as the minimum required version.

Version 2.3.1 - 1 Jun 2013

• Removes the $isArray argument from PostSnippets::getSnippet() as it was not needed.

Version 2.3 - 1 Jun 2013

• Updates PostSnippets::getSnippet($name, $variables) to be able to accept an array with variables and not only a querystring. Fixes issue #22.
• Removes get_post_snippet() which was deprecated in version 2.1.
• Adds POST_SNIPPETS_DISABLE_PHP constant to easy disable the PHP code execution in snippets. Add define('POST_SNIPPETS_DISABLE_PHP', true); to wp-config.php or the theme's functions.php to disable PHP execution in the plugin.

Version 2.2.3 - 11 May 2013

• Fixes issue with the QuickTag button not being displayed in Firefox.

Version 2.2.2 - 10 May 2013

• The Post Snippets buttons now works everywhere there is a wp_editor present and not only on post/page edit screens.

Version 2.2.1 - 1 May 2013

• Added an option to give users with edit_posts capability access to the Post Snippets Admin. Add define('POST_SNIPPETS_ALLOW_EDIT_POSTS', true); to wp-config.php to enable access for those users. Fixes issue #12.
• Optimizes code for the admin section.

Version 2.2 - 26 Apr 2013

• Bumps required WordPress version to v3.3.
• Fixes a problem with using some HTML entities in snippets.
• Removes the screenshots from the plugin archive, to make a smaller archive.
• Updates help text for PostSnippets::getSnippet().
• Fixes a PHP warning that occurred when no post snippets exist.
• Makes the plugin PSR-2 compliant and introduces Travis CI for testing.

Version 2.1.1 - 23 Feb 2013

• Fixes a bug that PHP snippets called an old class definition.

Version 2.1 - 22 Feb 2013

• Default values are now respected as shortcode defaults and not only to populate the insert window's fields.
• Allow other plugins or themes to disable the PHP Code execution feature using the new post_snippets_php_execution_enabled filter.
• PostSnippets::getSnippet() now executes shortcodes within snippets.
• The function get_post_snippet() used to retrieve snippets from other places in WordPress has been deprecated. Please update any code using this function to use PostSnippets::getSnippet() instead, which replaces the old function. get_post_snippet() will be removed in a future version. Most users are not affected by this change.
• Refactored code to comply with the PSR-0 standard.
• Migrated to GitHub to maintain the code in development. Post Snippets at GitHub.
• Included Polish translation (pl_PL) by Tomasz Wesołowski.
• Included Slovak translation (sk_SK) by Branco Radenovich.

Version 2.0 - 29 Mar 2012

• Added tabs to the Admin page, and moved Import/Export to a separate tab.
• Pressing enter in a text field now defaults to Update and not Add.
• Fixed debug notice message displayed when deleting without any snippets selected.
• Various code refactoring and optimizations.

Version 1.9.7 - 22 Mar 2012

• Updated the styling for the snippet insert window in the post editor. This fixes the visual glitch with tabs spanning multiple rows.
• Users without manage_options but with edit_posts capability (authors, contributors, editors) can now see a read-only list of available snippets and related info.
• Users with read-only access can toggle if they want to see their snippets overview as rendered output or as-is.
• Enabled label for= with checkboxes.
• Included Romanian translation by Web Hosting Geeks.

Version 1.9.6 - 19 Mar 2012

• Added two new filters. post_snippets_import and post_snippets_export.

Version 1.9.5 - 17 Mar 2012

• The HTML and scripts for the popup window in the post editor is now only generated on the screens where it's needed.

Version 1.9.4 - 8 Feb 2012

• Added an option to run shortcodes through wptexturize before output.
• Bugfix: Default values could be cut off. Corrected in this update.

Version 1.9.3 - 30 Jan 2012

• Fixed a bug that variables using a default value wasn't inserted properly.

Version 1.9.2 - 29 Jan 2012

• A variable can now be assigned a default value that will be used in the insert window. Use the = sign to give a variable a default value. Ie. var1,var2=default,var3.
• Added versioning to the admin jQuery dialog CSS and the TinyMCE plugin JavaScript to prevent browser caching of older versions on update.

Version 1.9.1 - 22 Jan 2012

• Updated the built-in help text to include all the latest features added.

Version 1.9 - 17 Jan 2012

• Initial implementation to allow snippets to be evaluated as PHP code.
• PHP version 5.2.4 or greater is now required to run Post Snippets.

Version 1.8.9.2 - 15 Jan 2012

• Added an additional check to see if Post Snippets is loaded via a bootstrapped WP Admin that doesn't set the is_admin() flag, so it works in that environment as well.

Version 1.8.9.1 - 11 Jan 2012

• A bug fixed with get_post_snippets() that were introduced in the last update.
• Unit test for get_post_snippets() added to automate testing that it won't break in future updates.

Version 1.8.9 - 10 Jan 2012

• Updated the help text to take advantage of the new Help API introduced with WordPress 3.3.
• Updated the Swedish translation.

Version 1.8.8 - 28 Dec 2011

• Removed the unneeded QuickTag checkbox from the settings screen for snippets, as all snippets are now always available from the HTML editor's QuickTag button.

Version 1.8.7 - 25 Dec 2011

• Updated the TinyMCE plugin for the Post Snippets button in WordPress Visual Editor to use the same jQuery UI Dialog window that the HTML button have had for some time. The consolidation of using the same window and code for the different buttons will make Post Snippets easier to maintain and update.
• Added an admin notice when running on PHP versions below 5.2.4 to prepare users that future Post Snippets requirements will be on par with WordPress 3.3.

Version 1.8.6 - 15 Dec 2011

• The Post Snippets HTML editor button is updated to be compatible with WordPress 3.3 refactored QuickTags.

Version 1.8.5 - 22 Nov 2011

• Included German translation by Brian Flores.
• For all translators: Updated the .pot file to include all the latest strings and changes.

Version 1.8.4 - 10 Nov 2011

• Included Belarusian translation by Alexander Ovsov.

Version 1.8.3 - 13 Oct 2011

• Included Hebrew translation by Sagive.

Version 1.8.2 - 3 Sep 2011

• Added support for using enclosed shortcodes with the snippets. Use the variable {content} in your snippets to retrieve the enclosed content.
• Updated the dropdown help text.
• Included Lithuanian translation by Nata Strazda.

Version 1.8.1 - 11 Jul 2011

• Fixed that a PHP warning is thrown when other scripts called the get_post_snippet() function without supplying a second argument.

Version 1.8 - 30 May 2011

• Fixed an escaping problem with the snippet description.
• Added Import / Export functionality.
• Snippets used as shortcodes can now nest other shortcodes in them.

Version 1.7.3 - 3 Mar 2011

• Added a text area field in the settings panel to enter an optional description for each snippet. This decription is displayed for the editor writing a post in the jQuery Post Snippet dialog.
• Fixed the styling of the quicktag jQuery window when the user have disabled the visual editor completely.
• Fixed problem with line formatting in the new quicktag snippets.
• Fixed a problem with JavaScript snippets breaking the admin page.
• Various small bugfixes.

Version 1.7.2 - 28 Feb 2011

• Specified text/javascript for the UI dialog script.
• Updated the Spanish translation by Melvis E. Leon Lopez.

Version 1.7.1 - 26 Feb 2011

• Added styling to the Tabs in the Quicktag jQuery dialog window to make them more "tab-like".
• Added the possibility to use a description for each snippet to display for the user when opening the Quicktag jQuery dialog window. Snippets without description and variables, has a default information message.
• Moved the help text from below the snippets to the contextual help dropdown menu at the top of the settings page.
• Changed the required version of WordPress to 3.0.
• Request by proximity2008: A snippet without anything entered in the snippet field will not be registered as a shortcode.

Version 1.7 - 26 Feb 2011

• Complete rewrite of the QuickTags insert functionality. It now uses jQuery UI to display a similar tabbed window as the TinyMCE button does. There is now one 'Post Snippets' button in the HTML editor instead of a separate button for each snippet. As the QuickTags function is completely rewritten, and this is the initial release of the new method, please report if you encounter any problems with it.
• Fixed QuickTags compability with WordPress 3.1.
• Added a link to the Post Snippets Settings directly from the entry on the 'Plugins List' page.
• Added get_post_snippet() function to retrieve snippets directly from PHP.

Version 1.5.4 - 26 Jan 2011

• Included Turkish translation by Ersan Özdil.

Version 1.5.3 - 19 Sep 2010

• Included Spanish translation by Melvis E. Leon Lopez.

Version 1.5.2 - 17 Sep 2010

• The plugin now keeps linefeed formatting when inserting a snippet directly with a quicktag in the HTML editor.
• Updated the code to not generate warnings when running WordPress in debug mode.

Version 1.5.1 - 12 Mar 2010

• Fixed ampersands when used in a shortcode, so they are XHTML valid.

Version 1.5 - 12 Jan 2010

• Updated the plugin so it works with WordPress 2.9.x (the quicktags didn't work in 2.9, now fixed.).

Version 1.4.9.1 - 5 Sep 2009

• Included French translation by Thomas Cailhe (Oyabi).

Version 1.4.9 - 10 Aug 2009

• Included Russian translation by FatCow.

Version 1.4.8 - 9 May 2009

• Changed the handling of the TinyMCE button as some server configurations had problems finding the correct path.
• Fixed a problem that didn't let a snippet contain a tag.

Version 1.4.7 - 27 Apr 2009

• Added a workaround for a bug in WordPress 2.7.x wp-includes/compat.php that prevented the plugin to work correctly on webservers running with PHP below version 5.1.0 together with WP 2.7.x. This bug is patched in WordPress 2.8.

Version 1.4.6 - 25 Apr 2009

• Updated all code to follow the WordPress Coding Standards for consistency, if someone wants to modify my code.
• Removed the nodechangehandler from the TinyMCE js, as it didn't fill any purpose.
• Updated the save code to remove the PHP Notice messages, if using error logging on the server.
• Added additional proofing for the variables string.

Version 1.4.5 - 24 Apr 2009

• Fixed a problem in the admin options that didn't allow a form with a textarea to be used as a snippet.
• Widened the columns for SC and QT slightly in the options panel so they should look a bit better on the mac.

Version 1.4.4 - 19 Apr 2009

• Minor fix with quicktags and certain snippets that was left out in the last update.

Version 1.4.3 - 16 Apr 2009

• Fixed an escaping problem with the recently implemented shortcode function, that could cause problems on certain strings.
• Fixed an escaping problem with the quicktag javascript, that could cause problems on certain strings.

Version 1.4.2 - 11 Apr 2009

• Fixed some additional syntax for servers where the short_open_tag configuration setting is disabled.

Version 1.4.1 - 10 Apr 2009

• Removed all short syntax commands and replaced them with the full versions so the plugin also works on servers with the short_open_tag configuration setting disabled.

Version 1.4 - 10 Apr 2009

• Added a checkbox for Shortcodes (SC) in the admin panel. When checking this one a dynamic shortcode will be generated and inserted instead of the snippet, which allows snippets to be updated later on for all posts it's been inserted into when using this option.
• Added a checkbox for Quicktags (QT) in the admin panel, so Quicktags are optional. Speeds up loading of the post editor if you don't need the quicktag support, and only use the visual editor. Defaults to off.

Version 1.3.5 - 9 Apr 2009

• Fixed so the TinyMCE window adds a scrollbar if there is more variables for a snippet than fits in the window.
• Fixed a bug that snippets didn't get inserted when using the visual editor in fullscreen mode.

Version 1.3 - 2 Apr 2009

• Fixed a problem with the regular expressions that prohibited variables consisting of just a single number to work.
• Updated the Help info in the admin page to take less space.
• Included a check so the plugin only runs in WP 2.7 or newer.

Version 1.2 - 1 Apr 2009

• Added support for Quicktags so the snippets can be made available in the HTML editor as well.

Version 1.1 - 24 Mar 2009

• Included Swedish translation.
• Added TextDomain functionality for I18n.

Version 1.0 - 23 Mar 2009

• Initial Release