Drop Shadow Boxes

49 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

Around 4,000 active installs is modest, well above the median for a single-purpose styling plugin but far from mainstream.

Update Freshness

3/25

Updated November 2024 and tested against WordPress 6.7.5, the maintenance signal is strong and current.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100 out of 100 across 77 ratings is exceptional, though the small sample size means this should be read with some caution.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened is a double edged sword: either nobody has needed help, or the author has not enabled or responded through the WordPress.org forum.

WP Compatibility

8/15

Stated compatibility with WordPress 6.7.5 is recent, but the minimum requirement of 3.0 and the absence of a declared PHP version suggest the author has not formally scoped modern PHP support.

Scores higher than 3% of indexed plugins

About

Highlight important content on your posts and pages inside a box with a drop shadow.

Active Installs 4k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2024-11-29 8:15am GMT

Requires WordPress 3.0+

Tested Up To 6.7.7

Security History

6 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 High 5 Medium

Most recent: November 15, 2024

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Drop Shadow Boxes <= 1.7.14 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution Medium

November 15, 2024 Patched in ["1.7.15"] CVE-2024-10262

Drop Shadow Boxes <= 1.7.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Medium

November 20, 2023 Patched in ["1.7.14"] CVE-2023-5469

Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get Medium

July 18, 2023 Patched in ["1.7.12"] CVE-2023-33999

Drop Shadow Boxes <= 1.7.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

May 15, 2023 Patched in ["1.7.11"] CVE-2023-23833

Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks Medium

March 4, 2022 Patched in ["1.7.4"] CVE-2022-4974

Freemius SDK <= 2.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update High

February 25, 2019 Patched in ["1.7.2"]

What It Does

Drop Shadow Boxes lets you wrap any text, image, or block inside a shortcode or block editor element that renders a styled container with a CSS drop shadow. It ships with a handful of preset shadow styles and colour options, so non-technical users can drop emphasis boxes into posts and pages without writing custom CSS.

Who It's For

Small business sites, bloggers, course creators, and non-profits that want a quick way to highlight callouts, notices, testimonials, or menu items without paying for a full page builder. It is well suited to sites that publish content where a single block of text needs to stand out from the surrounding page.

Who Should Skip It

If you already use a block theme with the bundled Group block and a small snippet of custom CSS, or if you run a full page builder like Elementor or Bricks, this plugin is redundant. Developers comfortable writing box-shadow rules by hand will not get much from it either.

The Bottom Line

Drop Shadow Boxes is a tidy, well rated utility that does exactly one thing and does it reliably, which is why it earns a 52.37 out of 100 on PluginCheck despite the small install base. The lack of any open support threads is unusual but not necessarily a red flag for a plugin this narrow. Pick it if you want a no-config callout box; skip it if you need broader design controls or layout styling.