Title: Content Switcher Author: Kleor Published: July 9, 2010 Last modified: September 9, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/content-switcher/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3397477) # Content Switcher By [Kleor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kleor/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/content-switcher.5.0.1.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/content-switcher/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/content-switcher/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/content-switcher/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/content-switcher/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-switcher/) ## Description Content Switcher allows you to **easily insert** into posts, pages and widgets of your website **random numbers, and random or variable contents**. You can use it, for example, to display [COOKIE, ENV, GET, GLOBALS, POST, REQUEST, SERVER or SESSION](https://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php) variables. * [Documentation](https://www.kleor.com/content-switcher/) #### Translators * Andrew – [WebHostingHub](https://www.webhostinghub.com) (Spanish) * Ogi Djuraskovic – [First Site Guide](https://firstsiteguide.com) (Serbian) ### Plugins from the same author * [Commerce Manager, to sell your products](https://www.kleor.com/commerce-manager/en/) * [Affiliation Manager, to create your affiliate program](https://www.kleor.com/affiliation-manager/en/) * [Membership Manager, to create your members areas](https://www.kleor.com/membership-manager/en/) * [Optin Manager, to build your prospects lists](https://www.kleor.com/optin-manager/en/) * [Contact Manager, to create your contact forms](https://www.kleor.com/contact-manager/en/) * [Easy Timer, to display count down/up timers](https://www.kleor.com/easy-timer/en/) * [Device Detect, to detect smartphones and tablets](https://www.kleor.com/device-detect/en/) ## Installation You can install Content Switcher through the “Add Plugins” page of the “Plugins” menu in WordPress (Plugins => Add New => Upload Plugin). Upload the plugin file without unzipping it. You can also install it like this: 1. Unzip the plugin file. 2. Upload with your FTP software the “content-switcher” folder, and only this folder, to your plugins directory (it should be “wp-content/plugins”). Once you have installed Content Switcher, activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress. ## FAQ ### How can I use shortcodes in my WordPress theme? Insert into the PHP files of your theme a code like this: ``` ``` ### How to use shortcodes in comments? Edit the “functions.php” file (create it if it doesn’t exist) of your WordPress theme and add this line of code: ``` add_filter('comment_text', 'do_shortcode'); ``` ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/816809492bd3379f1861ad03922fccb8f15ab54a0455ddab8e44965b61a9f1a3? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works Great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-9511/)󠁿 [twowithink](https://profiles.wordpress.org/twowithink/) February 18, 2025 Simple and convenient plugin. Thank you! [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-switcher/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Content Switcher” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Kleor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kleor/) “Content Switcher” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/content-switcher/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Content Switcher” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/content-switcher) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-switcher/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/content-switcher/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/content-switcher/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/content-switcher/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog * Version 5.0.1 - Improve the security of the “filter” attribute * Version 5.0 - Remove the support for Google Analytics and Google Optimize * Version 4.2 - Replace Google Optimizer with Google Optimize * Version 4.1.1 - Fix a bug with PHP 8 * Version 4.1 - Change the tracking code of Google Analytics * Version 4.0.2 - Improve the security * Version 4.0.1 - Improve the security * Version 4.0 - Use anonymous functions instead of “create_function” * Version 3.9 - Add the ability to use custom languages * Version 3.8 - Add the ability to use custom files * Version 3.7 - Adapt to WordPress 4.3 * Version 3.6.2 - Add Serbian translation * Version 3.6.1 - Improve the stability of the plugin when its folder is renamed * Version 3.6 - Optimize the CSS styles of the options page for WordPress 3.8 - Improve the uninstallation of the plugin * Version 3.5.3 - Add Spanish translation * Version 3.5.2 - Improve the “filter” attribute * Version 3.5.1 - Improve the shortcodes * Version 3.5 - Add a meta box in the edit pages of posts and pages * Version 3.4.1 - Improve the installation instructions * Version 3.4 - Reduce the usage of memory - Improve the structure of files * Version 3.3 - Improve the system of global variables - Add the ability to use and display GLOBALS and REQUEST variables * Version 3.2 - Improve the structure of files * Version 3.1 - Improve the code * Version 3.0 - Add Multisite support * Version 2.1.3 - Add an upgrade notice - Factorize the code to reduce the usage of memory * Version 2.1.2 - Fix a minor bug with shortcodes * Version 2.1.1 - Reduce the usage of memory * Version 2.1 - Reduce the usage of memory - Add the ability to reset the options of Content Switcher * Version 2.0.1 - Minify the code * Version 2.0 - Add the ability to track the back office pages with Google Analytics - Improve the [string] shortcode * Version 1.8.5 - Minify the size of the “languages” folder * Version 1.8.4 - Improve the ability to delete the options of Content Switcher * Version 1.8.3 - Factorize the code of the options page * Version 1.8.2 - Deactivation/reactivation is no longer necessary to add new options when Content Switcher is updated - Add the ability to display the version of Content Switcher * Version 1.8.1 - Add the “default” and “filter” attributes - Add the ability to delete the options of Content Switcher * Version 1.8 - Add the [content-switcher] shortcode - Minify the number of files * Version 1.7.7 - Minify the size of the “initial-options.php”, “install.php” and “options-page. php” files * Version 1.7.6 - Improve the structure of files * Version 1.7.5 - Minify the code of the options page * Version 1.7.4 - Optimize the performance of the options page * Version 1.7.3 - Update the links to the documentation * Version 1.7.2 - Add links to the options page and the documentation below the plugin’s description - Improve the compatibility with other shortcodes * Version 1.7.1 - Improve the options page * Version 1.7 - Improve the code * Version 1.6.2 - Update the Google Optimizer codes * Version 1.6.1 - Don’t load any JavaScript file * Version 1.6 - Add the ability to use shortcodes in titles and excerpts * Version 1.5 - Add the ability to add the Google Analytics code to each page of your website - Best factorization of the code * Version 1.2.1 - Minify the code - Apply the “htmlspecialchars” function to GET and POST variables * Version 1.2 - Add the [variable-string] shortcode - Add the ability to use and display COOKIE, ENV, GET, POST, SERVER and SESSION variables * Version 1.0 - Initial version ## Meta * Version **5.0.1** * Last updated **7 months ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 3.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * PHP version ** 5.3 or higher ** * Languages * [Dutch (Belgium)](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/content-switcher/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-switcher/), and [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/content-switcher/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/content-switcher) * Tags * [content](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content/)[cookie](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cookie/) [env](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/env/)[GET](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/get/) [globals](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/globals/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/content-switcher/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-switcher/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-switcher/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-switcher/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-switcher/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-switcher/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-switcher/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-switcher/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Kleor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kleor/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-switcher/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.kleor.com/donation/)