10 Best WP Date and Time Shortcode Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Date and Time Shortcode has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 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 10 closest alternatives to WP Date and Time Shortcode
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Show/Hide Content at Set Time
Closest match4.9 (33) 10,000+ active installsShortcodes to wrap around text, which specify at what date or time that content should appear or disappear, either once, or on a recurring basis.
Shares the date, time tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since October 1, 2019.
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4.8 (134) 60,000+ active installsAdds shortcodes to easily create columns in your posts or pages.
Shares the shortcode, shortcodes tags on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, no update since October 11, 2022.
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5.0 (23) 4,000+ active installsWordpress plugin to add shortcodes for Twitter Bootstrap 3.3
Shares the shortcode, shortcodes tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated March 10, 2026.
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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 shortcode, shortcodes tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated July 9, 2026.
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4.8 (20) 20,000+ active installsReading Time WP creates an estimated reading time of your posts that is inserted above the content or by using a shortcode.
Shares the time tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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5.0 (41) 1,000+ active installsWP Time Slots Booking Form is a booking calendar that allows users to reserve time slots on specific dates.
Shares the time tag on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 10,000+, last updated 21 days ago.
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4.2 (32) 7,000+ active installsFast and Powerful plugin for Jalali calendar and Farsi language support in Wordpress and standard plugins.
Shares the date tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since September 11, 2020.
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4.2 (71) 90,000+ active installsRemove meta author and date information from posts and pages. Hide from Humans and Search engines.SEO friendly and most advance plugin.
Shares the date tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, last updated May 31, 2026.
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Shortcodes Ultimate
Paid version availableShortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements
4.9 (5,924) 400,000+ active installsAdd 50+ shortcodes with live preview for tabs, accordions, buttons, FAQs, sliders and boxes. Works in Block Editor and Classic Editor.
Shares the shortcode, shortcodes tags on WordPress.org. About 40 times the installs, last updated July 24, 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. A similar number of installs, no update since January 16, 2019.
Switching from WP Date and Time Shortcode: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Date and Time Shortcode?
Show/Hide Content at Set Time is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which WP Date and Time Shortcode alternative has the most users?
Shortcodes Ultimate, with 400,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Date and Time Shortcode alternative is rated highest?
Shortcodes Ultimate, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 5,924 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP Date and Time Shortcode 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 WP Date and Time Shortcode 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 WP Date and Time Shortcode 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
Show/Hide Content at Set Time is the closest match to WP Date and Time Shortcode by the data we track, and Shortcodes Ultimate has the widest reach with 400,000+ active installs. Reading Time WP shipped the most recent release, on August 26, 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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