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Meks Flexible Shortcodes
Pretty formatting that might disappear in the Gutenberg editor.
Declining
53/100
The plugin offers many styling options but fails to work well in Gutenberg.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.2★
10 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-69%
Declining fast
108 → 33 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 69% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 12 months
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -69% in the last year
108/day a year ago→33/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMeks Flexible Shortcodes is generally praised for being easy to use, offering many formatting options, and working smoothly as a free plugin, but users report that shortcodes fail in Gutenberg blocks and Contact Form 7 and that support responses are lacking.
What people like
- +Easy to use
- +Provides many formatting options
- +Operates smoothly
- +Free and includes a nice shortcode
Common complaints
- −Shortcodes do not display when inserted into Gutenberg blocks or Contact Form 7
- −Support requests go unanswered
- −Missing an extra-small button size option
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.20★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.20★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 10 total
Latest reviews · 10 analyzed
- 2023-07-23★★★★★Doesn't workazlivin008
- 2021-07-04★★★★★No supportSir-Peter
- 2021-05-25★★★★★Best shortcode pluginpaulvansann
- 2020-02-12★★★★★best Shortcodes wordpres plugintuanthinh101
- 2019-03-25★★★★★it doesn't show in postsAnonymous User 266005
- 2018-08-21★★★★★How awesome!hbirdofinet
- 2017-12-01★★★★★Great Plugin – Easy to use and proper working! Thank you!reca26
- 2017-01-01★★★★★Great pluginmemoline
- 2015-07-16★★★★★Very easy and nice plugin!niuta
- 2014-01-27★★★★★Awesome!mayasl
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
29
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
36
Prior 7-day baseline
26
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
31
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-19.4%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
100%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
5.83
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
80%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.20 → 4.20★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered