8 Best StagTools Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
StagTools has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 8 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 8 closest alternatives to StagTools
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MimeTypes Link Icons
Closest match5.0 (26) 8,000+ active installsAdds icons automatically to any uploads and/or file links inserted into your blog posts.
Shares the icons tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated March 28, 2026.
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4.9 (20) 3,000+ active installsFlags Icons Language Switcher.
Shares the icons tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since April 10, 2022.
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4.5 (33) 10,000+ active installsAdd custom icon fonts to the built in Elementor icon controls
Shares the icons tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since October 28, 2024.
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4.6 (24) 4,000+ active installsArconix Shortcodes provides a number of useful design elements like buttons, boxes, tabs and toggles to help compliment any website.
Shares the shortcodes tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated July 30, 2026.
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5.0 (23) 4,000+ active installsWordpress plugin to add shortcodes for Twitter Bootstrap 3.3
Shares the shortcodes tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated March 10, 2026.
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Shortcake (Shortcode UI)
4.1 (24) 10,000+ active installsShortcake makes using WordPress shortcodes a piece of cake.
Shares the shortcodes tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since January 16, 2019.
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4.9 (53) 4,000+ active installsShortcodes Finder helps you to find, test, clean and get informations about the shortcodes in your WordPress website posts, pages and custom contents.
Shares the shortcodes tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated July 9, 2026.
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4.9 (31) 10,000+ active installsShortcode to show any current, past, and future date or time. Display this, previous, or next year, month, day, etc.
Shares the shortcodes tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
Switching from StagTools: common questions
What is the best alternative to StagTools?
MimeTypes Link Icons is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 8,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which StagTools alternative has the most users?
Custom Icons for Elementor, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which StagTools alternative is rated highest?
Shortcodes Finder, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 53 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these StagTools alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with StagTools score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against StagTools on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
MimeTypes Link Icons is the closest match to StagTools by the data we track, and Custom Icons for Elementor has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. WP Date and Time Shortcode shipped the most recent release, on August 25, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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