Shorthand Connect is a WordPress app, with a 3.5 average rating from 2 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Shorthand Connect is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Shorthand. With a rating of 3.5★ from 2 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
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Shorthand Connect is a mixed-rating WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 2 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Shorthand — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (3.5★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Limited review base (2) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Shorthand Connect works
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A new version of this plugin is now available Shorthand for WordPress brings immersive, editorial-quality visual storytelling natively into WordPress. Create and publish captivating Shorthand stories directly within WordPress — no switching between tools, no separate login required.
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Shorthand Connect will continue to work for existing stories and both plugins can be installed simultaneously.
About this plugin This plugin will allow premium Shorthand users to connect their WordPress installation to Shorthand (shorthand.com). This will allow users to single-click publish Shorthand stories into WordPress.
Experimental Features
Import media assets via cron – This feature allows your WordPress installation to ingest Shorthand Story assets via a delayed CRON. This feature was introduced for users with VIP Hosted sites and those who have hard timeout limits set.
Updating https://wordpress.org/plugins/about/svn/
Future Directions
A nicer feed view of the story
HTTPS
If you are experiencing issues related to assets being loaded via http (and your site is using https), check your settings and ensure that the site URLs are set to https.
Troubleshooting Only try these after experiencing issues
Firstly make sure that your www directory is owned by the correct user
In your wp-config.php file, add define('FS_CHMOD_DIR', 0777 );
Contact [email protected] and [email protected] for further support and feedback
Some WP Plugins can aggressively cache or control how content is displayed at the theme-level; check page templates to ensure nothing is conflicting.
Keyword rankings
Shorthand Connect ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
- Rank #845
Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is Shorthand Connect?
Shorthand Connect is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 3.5-star rating from 2 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Shorthand.