Title: Forget About Shortcode Buttons Author: Code Amp Published: April 4, 2014 Last modified: November 4, 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev =887655) ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/forget-about-shortcode-buttons_ffffff. svg) # Forget About Shortcode Buttons By [Code Amp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codeamp/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/forget-about-shortcode-buttons.2.1.3.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/) ## Description Forget About Shortcode (FASC) Buttons are a visual way to add CSS buttons in the rich text editor and to your themes. Instead of adding shortcodes in the post editor, you insert real, styled buttons – making the process of adding buttons to your posts and pages much more natural whilst improving the appearance and usability of the post editor. FASC Buttons tries to be as clean as possible with the html, only using data attributes for necessary features – the buttons you use in the post editor use the exact same classes as on the front end of your site with no extra or hidden markup to make them behave this way. * New – add FASC buttons to widgets in WP 4.8 🙂 * Editing a button couldn’t be easier – just double click a button and an options panel appears allowing you to completely reconfigure the current button – beats tedious shortcodes and using precise syntax! * Utilises the latest CSS properties for styling * Includes Dashicons & [Font Awesome Icons](http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/) to add to your buttons and use in your themes. **Your ratings mean a lot – if you like the plugin please consider leaving a review.** **This plugin is only compatible with WordPress 4.2 and upwards (download version 1.x for compatibility with WP 3.9 – 4.1)** #### Links * [FASC Buttons Discussion](http://www.designsandcode.com/551/wordpress-forget-about-shortcode-buttons/) * [FASC Buttons Video Demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA9ruSe-i1A) ## Screenshots * [[ * Some of the buttons you can create in the Post Editor * [[ * Edit button properties popup * [[ * Add an icon to your button * [[ * Buttons on the frontend in the WP 2014 theme ## Installation 1. Upload the entire `forget-about-shortcode-buttons` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. For basic usage, you can also have a look at the [plugin homepage](http://www.designsandcode.com/551/wordpress-forget-about-shortcode-buttons/). ## FAQ Ask me some questions! ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/57b335cd8a7aea27502b9cc5dfc1e5b14420c52a29c0a7d06a9bcac179e0f775? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Just Perfect and simple – thank you](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-perfect-and-simple-thank-you/)󠁿 [HeyBlondie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/heyblondie/) October 8, 2024 Just a note to say this plugin is absolutely gold!! Perfect, simple and useful … and gave a small donation. Thank you for providing this 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13fd1aa74310395a9118f4cfb5e511f25bde3ead996da4b134fdaec77d65a9a5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Easy, well integrated and easy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-well-integrated-and-easy/)󠁿 [Vincent DROUOT](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vdrouotmecom/) March 14, 2022 What a relief! this plugin saved my life 😉 So easy to use and well implemented into WordPress. I love also the template feature, which helps to no waste time. Bravo and thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0928d7a8876b09e117089a1277bea665d7d25bb1ea394d40c62cadeec1941f85? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very easy and useful plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-easy-and-useful-plugin-3/)󠁿 [franklaw](https://profiles.wordpress.org/franklaw/) December 31, 2021 This button plugin really helps me to get rid of the complex button short code! Just highlight the words on a page or post, you can make the buttons. You can even choose the colors and styling of the buttons. The plugin is simple, easy and useful. Thank you! Happy 2022! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0531ddb9179a6fa562734313c7c2bff04556b36d0bcf6d28e20095860568f6e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Quick, Free, Nice!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-free-nice/)󠁿 [pourmirzai](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pourmirzai/) October 3, 2021 Quite usefull ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2e3dcba332b46470e4b8331fae4e0734afa6ff57645883f9dbcbee249d32ac24? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[No Support – Use at your own risk!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-support-use-at-your-own-risk-2/)󠁿 [healthysolutions4living](https://profiles.wordpress.org/healthysolutions4living/) October 2, 2021 I was going to post a question in the forum but didn’t as no one has answered any question for over 2 years! I like the plugin but will look for another solution. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/86795891b2d10c79bd77806ecfd51a90c5477a97da61f81df29ee4097f1d204a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Wonderful Plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wonderful-plugin-548/)󠁿 [SquarePeg61](https://profiles.wordpress.org/squarepeg61/) May 28, 2020 Easy to use and does just what I need it to. You can’t ask for more than that from a plugin. Using Version 5.4.1 of WordPress. [ Read all 69 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Forget About Shortcode Buttons” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Code Amp ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codeamp/) * [ Ross Morsali ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/designsandcode/) “Forget About Shortcode Buttons” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Forget About Shortcode Buttons” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.1.3 * Fix – a potential security issue with nonce validation for authenticated users #### 2.1.2 * Fix – JS issues when no TinyMCE instance is loaded on the page * Fix – better conditional loading of CSS and JS #### 2.1.1 * Fix – various issues with loading & the TinyMCE Editor #### 2.1.0 * New – added support for FASC buttons in WP 4.8 widget areas 🙂 * Fix – an issue with button styles in the admin area, only when they were selected( this is due to some new CSS classes being added in WP 4.8) * Fix – some copy / paste issues and buttons losing their styles (WP 4.8 bug) * Fix – a compatibility with other TinyMCE related plugins – FASC was extending the view object incorrectly * Fix – some issues on the `PostProcess` TinyMCE event, made sure FASC only handles this when there are FASC buttons to be handled #### 2.0.1 * Fix – an issue with the border effect on glossy buttons * Fix – remove `box-shadow` properties from FASC buttons by default, some themes such as twentyseventeen add this to all anchor tags * Fix – remove button rollover/hover effects from TinyMCE editor * Fix – some issues when using multiple buttons in a post, and their setting not being saved/retrieved correctly #### 2.0.0 * Rewritten the core to use WP standards – no more iframes – much quicker to load * New – integrated with WP Views – inline toolbars for editing and deleting – more options to come * New – UI refresh – should make it easier to edit buttons as you are going through button options – the new UI also paves the way for some upcoming new features 🙂 * New – Added bold, italic & strikethrough options from within the button editor– these are also saved to your templates * New – nofollow option * New – Add icons after buttons * Fix – a bug where the popup wasn’t loading / showing forbidden * Fully backwards compatible with buttons created in 1.x #### 1.1.2 * Security Update – XSS patch #### 1.1.1 * Fix – “Insert button” icon added for custom post types * Tested up to WP 4.4 #### 1.1.0 * Save buttons! * Prevent directory listing of folders by adding blank index.php files to all folders– silence is golden! #### 1.0.4 * Bug fix – properly use WP versioning and cache busting methods – upgrading to 1.0.3 caused some layout errors for some users as assets were being loaded from the cache – should be no more problems regarding caching and updating the plugin now #### 1.0.3 * Added [Font Awesome Icons](http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/) 🙂 * Updated Icon Selector UI – no scrolling to find the icon you just used! 🙂 #### 1.0.2 * Added subtle rollovers to buttons * Improved HTML output – removed nearly all cases of using the `data-` attributes on buttons – much cleaner code * Optimized JS functions for performance #### 1.0.1 * JS error Fix for IE9 * prefixed the .rounded css classes #### 1.0.0 * Initial Release ## Meta * Version **2.1.3** * Last updated **1 year ago** * Active installations **30,000+** * WordPress version ** 4.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.7.5** * Languages * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/), and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons) * Tags * [button](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/button/)[css](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/css/) [edit](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/edit/)[shortcode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/) [visual editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/visual-editor/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 60 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 3 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 3 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Code Amp ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codeamp/) * [ Ross Morsali ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/designsandcode/) ## Support Got something to say? 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