Title: Rescue Shortcodes Author: Rescue Themes Published: April 1, 2015 Last modified: December 19, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/rescue-shortcodes/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1205206) ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/rescue-shortcodes_01addd.svg) # Rescue Shortcodes By [Rescue Themes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rescuethemes/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/rescue-shortcodes.3.4.zip) * [Details](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/rescue-shortcodes/#description) * [Reviews](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/rescue-shortcodes/#reviews) * [Installation](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/rescue-shortcodes/#installation) * [Development](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/rescue-shortcodes/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rescue-shortcodes/) ## Description When activated, this plugin will add a button to the WordPress text editor to easily insert shortcodes to your posts or pages. **Included shortcodes:** * Button – With many options including unlimited colors and Icons. * Content Toggle – Maybe for an awesome FAQ page. * Tabbed Content – Create tabbed sections for your content. * [Font Awesome](http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/) Icons – 500+ icons and counting. * Animations – Wrap anything with the animation shortcode and watch it come alive. * Notification Box – Have certain sections of text stand out by creating notices or alerts. * Text Highlight – Quickly highlight sections of text to help more important words stand out. * Columns – Separate your content with multiple column options. * Spacing – Add space between sections on the fly. * Progress Bar – Display a sliding progress notification bar ### License Info Font Awesome – ​http://fontawesome.io Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, CSS: MIT License – http:// fontawesome.io/license Copyright: @davegandy Wow.js – ​https://github.com/matthieua/WOW MIT License – https://github.com/matthieua/ WOW/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT Copyright: @mattaussaguel animate.css – ​https://github.com/daneden/animate.css MIT License – https://github. com/daneden/animate.css#license Copyright: @_dte Waypoints – https://github.com/imakewebthings/waypoints MIT License – https://github. com/imakewebthings/waypoints/blob/master/licenses.txt Copyright: @foodgoesinmouth ## Screenshots * [[ * The placement of the shortcodes toggle button will be in the page and post editor area. * [[ * The shortcodes are conveniently displayed in a pop-up box for quick selection. ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin to `/wp-content/plugins/`. Alternately, you can download this package as a zip and upload it via the WordPress dashboard. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. Click the Rescue Themes icon in the WordPress text editor to display your shortcodes options. ## FAQ ### Where can I see the shortcodes? See a demonstration of the shortcodes along with the shortcode structure on the [Rescue Themes site](https://rescuethemes.com/rescue-shortcodes-plugin/). ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1ca55ea63dac3920bca12809c694951bfbad738a98809909a03b56e6bf10781c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-3980/)󠁿 [dixiereid](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dixiereid/) May 28, 2018 Perfect! Comes with an amazing array of possibilities. [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rescue-shortcodes/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Rescue Shortcodes” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Rescue Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rescuethemes/) [Translate “Rescue Shortcodes” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rescue-shortcodes) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rescue-shortcodes/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/rescue-shortcodes/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rescue-shortcodes/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rescue-shortcodes/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.4, August 27, 2025 * Google Map Shortcode Removed #### 3.3, October 7, 2025 * Tested with WordPress 6.8.3 * Fix tabs not showing certain content #### 3.2, August 27, 2025 * Tested with WordPress 6.8.2 * Google Map Removal #### 3.1, October 11, 2024 * Tested with WordPress 6.7.1 * Improve escaping on output #### 2.9, October 11, 2024 * Tested with WordPress 6.7 * Improve escaping on output #### 2.9, October 11, 2024 * Tested with WordPress 6.5.5 * Improve sanitization on tabs #### 2.8, May 30, 2024 * Allow html in toggle titles. #### 2.7, May 29, 2024 * Tested with WordPress 6.5 * Fix content filter #### 2.6, April 23, 2024 * Tested with WordPress 6.3 * Improve sanitization #### 2.5, April 5, 2019 * Tested with WordPress 5.1.1 #### 2.4, October 9, 2017 * Enabled Icons to be displayed on buttons #### 2.3, March 20, 2017 * Updated Font Awesome to version 4.7 #### 2.2.1, July 8, 2016 * Added API key support for Google Maps #### 2.2, Apr 22, 2016 * Updated Font Awesome to version 4.6.1 * Updated animate.css to version 3.5.1 * Updated translation file #### 2.1.1, Aug 10, 2015 * Updated to Font Awesome v4.4.0 #### 2.1.0, Aug 6, 2015 * Fixed border radius setting for buttons #### 2.0, July 22, 2015 * Major refactoring of codebase * Moved button into media bar with modal display. Shortcodes can now be applied to content from both the Visual and Text tabs * Updated to WOW v1.1.2 * Updated to Animate CSS v3.3.0 * Localized text and added .pot translation file * Replaced toggle shortcode open/close images with font icons #### 1.7.1, July 6, 2015 * Fixing update files #### 1.7, July 6, 2015 * Fixed typography inheritance * Fixed Font Awesome version reference (4.3.0) * Added unlimited color option for buttons #### 1.6 * Updated to Font Awesome v4.3.0 * Updated to wow.js to v1.0.3 #### 1.5 * Updated to Font Awesome v4.2.0 #### 1.4 * Updated to Font Awesome v4.1 #### 1.3 * Added animation effects * Added widget support * Removed WP 3.8 support #### 1.2.1 * Updated links and added readme.txt #### 1.2 * Updated TinyMCE for WordPress 3.9 #### 1.1 * Added Font Awesome Icons #### 1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **3.4** * Last updated **4 months ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rescue-shortcodes/) * Tags * [animations](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/animations/)[buttons](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/buttons/) [columns](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/columns/)[shortcodes](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcodes/) [tabs](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tabs/) * [Advanced View](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/rescue-shortcodes/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rescue-shortcodes/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rescue-shortcodes/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rescue-shortcodes/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rescue-shortcodes/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rescue-shortcodes/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rescue-shortcodes/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rescue-shortcodes/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Rescue Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rescuethemes/) ## Support Got something to say? 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