Outstanding – Does What it Says, and Does it Well

This is an outstanding plugin. It does exactly what it says and it does it well.

As a developer who runs a few blogs that provide code snippets, I needed a solution that was beyond just displaying code snippets in my posts (where then the code snippet was part of the post content). I needed something to keep the actual code snippets separate from the post content.

This plugin does that perfectly. As described, snippets are saved as CPTs (Custom Post Types) and the code snippet can then be used in a post as a shortcode.

That would have been good enough for me on its own, but Code Snippets CPT takes it a step farther. Justin allows snippets to be categorized and tagged, and the editor also displays the necessary shortcode for you. Added bonus: when writing post content it adds a button to the editor to find snippet shortcodes to insert.

Let me add that as a professional developer who makes their living with WordPress, I have pretty high standards. I’ve seen and tested a lot of plugins that should never see the light of day. So when I give a 5 star rating, I mean it. And I would give this 6 stars if I could.