Simple Custom Content is a WordPress app, with a 4.8 average rating from 6 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Simple Custom Content is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Jeff Starr. With a rating of 4.8★ from 6 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
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Simple Custom Content is a category-leading 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. 6 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
- +High average rating (4.8★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Jeff Starr — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (6) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Simple Custom Content works
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Simple Custom Content (SCC) enables you to add custom content to all of your WP Posts and RSS Feeds. Additionally, SCC provides several shortcodes for adding custom content to individual Posts, Pages, or any location in your theme template. This plugin is ideal for adding copyright information, official policies, disclaimers, credits, thank-you messages, custom links, special offers, and anything you can imagine.
Features
Custom content can be text and/or markup
Display custom content automatically on all WP Posts
Display custom content automatically on all RSS Feeds
Optionally display custom content only in Post Excerpts
Optionally display custom content only in Feed Excerpts
Provides setting to reset all plugin options to default values
Provides Shortcodes to add custom content to Posts and Pages
Specify location of custom content (before or after content)
Works perfectly with or without Gutenberg Block Editor
Option to limit custom content to WP Posts
Option to allow custom content on WP Pages
Automatic Custom Content
For each of the automatic inclusion methods (WP Posts and RSS Feeds), you can specify where you would like to display the custom content:
Before content
After content
Both before and after
Do not display (disable)
Post-Specific Custom Content
Here is a summary of the SCC Shortcodes, which may be used to display your custom content based on where it is viewed:
[scs_post] – display custom content for single posts
[scs_feed] – display custom content for RSS feeds
[scs_both] – display custom content for single posts & feeds
[scs_alt] – displays content wherever shortcode is included
Dynamic Post Shortcodes
Customize your content with any of the following post variables:
%%id%% = Post ID %%date%% = Post Date %%title%% = Post Title %%author%% = Post Author %%permalink%% = Post URL %%year%% = Current year
You can use any of these shortcut variables in any of your custom content. More info provided in the plugin settings.
Check out the screenshot to get a better idea of how it works.
Privacy
This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way.
Simple Custom Content is developed and maintained by Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author.
Support development
I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can make a donation or purchase one of my books:
The Tao of WordPress
Digging into WordPress
.htaccess made easy
WordPress Themes In Depth
Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress
And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:
BBQ Pro – Blazing fast WordPress firewall
Blackhole Pro – Automatically block bad bots
Banhammer Pro – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys
GA Google Analytics Pro – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics
Head Meta Pro – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress
REST Pro Tools – Awesome tools for managing the WP REST API
Simple Ajax Chat Pro – Unlimited chat rooms
USP Pro – Unlimited front-end forms
Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂
Keyword rankings
Simple Custom Content ranks for 2 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 2:
- 1.chat botRank #145
- Rank #240
Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is Simple Custom Content?
Simple Custom Content is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.8-star rating from 6 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 Jeff Starr.