Title: Alternative to AddQuicktag?
Last modified: January 17, 2023

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# Alternative to AddQuicktag?

 *  [dajanas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dajanas/)
 * (@dajanas)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-to-addquicktag/)
 * Hi,
 * because it seems that the plugin is no longer updated at all: What working alternative
   is there to AddQuicktag? Does anyone know something? Not a huge plugin with too
   many features, but something like AddQuicktag, which works fine with current 
   WordPress versions and is lovingly maintained by the author?
 * Regards

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 *  Thread Starter [dajanas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dajanas/)
 * (@dajanas)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-to-addquicktag/#post-16427575)
 * Really, nobody?
 *  Plugin Author [Frank Bueltge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bueltge/)
 * (@bueltge)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-to-addquicktag/#post-16432343)
 * WordPress change the editor, Gutenberg is the current next way to edit content.
   But some people use Shortcodes or/and the Classic editor also inside the block
   editor. So the plugin is old, but helpful, maybe needs more feature. The current
   version has some issues for Ex/import and should be fixed. The code is public
   on GitHub ([https://github.com/bueltge/addquicktag](https://github.com/bueltge/addquicktag))
   and here on wp.org, so perhaps the community will contribute in development and
   support.
 *  Thread Starter [dajanas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dajanas/)
 * (@dajanas)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-to-addquicktag/#post-16442456)
 * [@bueltge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bueltge/) Hm, that sounds positive
   and negative at the same time. There are countless users who still use the classic
   editor and want to continue to use it, because their system and the entire website
   is built that way. I also use the Classic Editor plugin myself and know enough
   who use it. Gutenberg is terrible, in my opinion. Maybe nice for a small website
   where you change an image or text every now and then. But if you maintain a professional
   website with many posts, it sucks. I also don’t know how to incorporate the many“
   Quicktags” created so that I could use them without the AddQuicktag plugin. Much
   depends on the use of these Quicktags in my daily work.
 *  [BeeCee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csigncsign/)
 * (@csigncsign)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-to-addquicktag/#post-16708054)
 * [@dajanas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dajanas/) 
   I’ve found for me 2
   alternatives:
 * [https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-widget/](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-widget/)
 * and
 * [https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcoder/](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcoder/)
 * I’m not yet sure what I will use in the end, but both work fine with WP 6.2 and
   using the Classic editor.

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 * Last reply from: [BeeCee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csigncsign/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-to-addquicktag/#post-16708054)
 * Status: not a support question