Terminal Command Snippets – PhpStorm Plugin

Manage and copy categorized terminal commands directly from the PhpStorm terminal toolbar.

Features

• Manage snippets under File → Settings → Tools → Terminal Command Snippets
• Categories (Symfony, Composer, WP-CLI, Git, …) – fully customizable
• Dropdown button in the terminal toolbar opens a categorized popup menu
• Keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+S opens the snippet menu from anywhere
• Selected commands are copied to the clipboard and pasted into the terminal automatically where possible
• Highlight individual snippets to display them in bold in the menu
• Import/Export all categories and snippets as JSON backup
• Pre-defined categories: Symfony, Composer, WP-CLI, Git

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Requirements

Tool	Version
JDK	17+
Gradle	8.x (downloaded automatically via wrapper)
IntelliJ IDEA (Community/Ultimate)	for building
PhpStorm (target IDE)	2023.3 or later

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Building

1. Initialize Gradle Wrapper (once)

gradle wrapper

2. Build the plugin

./gradlew buildPlugin

The resulting .zip file will be located at:

build/distributions/terminal-snippets-1.0.0.zip

3. Install in PhpStorm

1. Open PhpStorm
2. Go to File → Settings → Plugins
3. Click the gear icon → Install Plugin from Disk…
4. Select the generated .zip file
5. Restart PhpStorm

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Usage

Managing snippets

File → Settings → Tools → Terminal Command Snippets

+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Categories         | Snippets in "Symfony"                         |
| +--------------+   | +---+------------------+---------------------+ |
| | Symfony  (10)|   | | ★ | Name             | Command             | |
| | Composer  (6)|   | +---+------------------+---------------------+ |
| | WP CLI   (10)|   |     | Cache Clear      | php bin/console …   | |
| | Git       (6)|   |  ★  | Make Controller  | php bin/console …   | |
| +--------------+   | +---+------------------+---------------------+ |
| [+] [✎] [-]        | [+] [✎] [-]          [Import…]  [Export…]   |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+

• + Add a new category or snippet
• ✎ Rename / edit
• – Delete
• ★ Mark a snippet as highlighted (shown in bold in the menu)
• Import… / Export… Load or save all snippets as a JSON file

Using a snippet

1. Open the terminal in PhpStorm (Alt+F12)
2. Click the Terminal Command Snippets button in the terminal toolbar (or press Alt+Shift+S)
3. Select a category, then a command
4. The command is copied to the clipboard and pasted into the terminal automatically
5. If automatic pasting does not work, paste manually with ⌘V / Ctrl+V, then press Enter

Snippet dialog fields

Field	Description
Name	Display name shown in the menu
Command	The terminal command to copy and paste
Description	Optional short description shown next to the name
Highlight in menu (bold)	If checked, the snippet name appears bold in the dropdown

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Compatibility

PhpStorm	Status
2023.3.x	✅ tested
2024.1.x	✅ tested
2024.2.x	✅ tested
2025.1.x	✅ tested

Note: The plugin copies the selected command to the clipboard and attempts to paste it into the terminal automatically. If automatic pasting does not work (e.g. with the new Gen2 terminal engine introduced in PhpStorm 2024.2), paste manually with ⌘V / Ctrl+V.

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License

MIT – free to use and modify.