81
Post Snippets – Custom WordPress Code Snippets Customizer
Great code management with a very persistent sales pitch.
HealthyGrowing
81/100
Users appreciate the utility and support but find the constant dashboard notifications for the Pro version quite annoying.
Active installs
~21,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.6★
93 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+13%
Growing
92 → 104 installs/day
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
Growing · +13% in the last year
92/day a year ago→104/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPost Snippets is a well-liked utility plugin for managing reusable code and text snippets across WordPress sites, praised for its simplicity and responsive support, but marred by recurring complaints about intrusive upsell notifications and occasional breakage.
What people like
- +Easy to use and beginner-friendly interface×6
- +Saves time by allowing content to be updated in one place and reflected everywhere it is used×4
- +Responsive and effective customer support, including hands-on troubleshooting×7
- +Works well with third-party page builders and plugins such as Divi and Shortcodes Ultimate×2
- +Supports a wide range of code types, useful for both beginners and experienced developers×2
- +Does not noticeably slow down the site
Common complaints
- −Intrusive admin dashboard notifications and popups pushing the paid/pro version×3
- −Plugin stopped working entirely for some users, requiring removal and replacement×2
- −No ability to sort or reorder snippets
- −403 errors reported that were difficult to resolve
- −Compatibility issues reported with certain browser/OS combinations (Firefox on Ubuntu)
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.60★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 43% 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 · 93 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2024-04-01★★★★★A thing of beauty!cnyrpdbwebmaster
- 2023-12-06★★★★★Makes work easierRalf R.
- 2023-11-17★★★★★Awesome plugin and amazing supportrobhnn
- 2023-08-31★★★★★Great product, great helpkyrstynnevargas
- 2023-08-07★★★★★Good product and very good supportmardoka1-shot
- 2023-08-04★★★★★Great product; great supportjomariworks
- 2023-07-27★★★★★A mustarditcaushi
- 2023-05-26★★★★★Valuable time helperzemase
- 2021-02-08★★★★★Fascinating and getting betterjh20001
- 2021-02-02★★★★★A must-have plugin!kmedspun
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.
100
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
101
Prior 7-day baseline
176
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
2,858
Mean release-day peak (30d)
192
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-1.0%
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.
43%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.88
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
88%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.63 → 4.60★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered