Open one shortcut, pick a module from the menu, run it, done. Plug n Play is a launcher that keeps all your small utility shortcuts behind a single tap instead of scattered across your Home Screen and the Shortcuts grid, where they tend to pile up and get lost.
What this shortcut does
Plug n Play works as a module launcher for Apple Shortcuts. Any shortcut whose title starts with the º symbol gets treated as a compatible module, and PnP detects it automatically and lists it under “Run Modules” so you can launch it without leaving the app. There’s also an “Install Modules” market for grabbing new ones, an “Install Toggles” section, and a “Feedback/Request” button if you want a module featured. The point is consolidation: one entry point for a whole toolkit of little shortcuts.
Installing it
- Tap Add Shortcut on this page to open Plug n Play in the Shortcuts app.
- A preview appears; scroll down to the bottom and tap Add Shortcut to confirm.
- Leave the title as “Plug n Play”. Renaming it can break the modules that call it by name.
- Run it once so the launch screen and menus initialize.
Putting it to work
Running Plug n Play drops you at a menu. From there you head into “Run Modules” to launch anything already installed, or into the Module Market to browse what’s available. To make one of your own shortcuts show up, you mark it as compatible: either run !brick in the PnP console or add a º to the very start of the shortcut’s title. Both methods get picked up automatically on the next launch.
Typing the º itself is the one fiddly part. On iOS, hold down the 0 key and slide your finger to the º symbol that pops up. From a Mac keyboard, it’s Option (or Alt) + 0. Once that character is in the title, the shortcut is registered and PnP will surface it for you.
If you build your own shortcuts, you can wire PnP in as a dependency check too. The author’s guide walks through adding a “Run Shortcut” action pointed at Plug n Play, then an “If” that catches the case where it returns no value and tells the user to go install it first.
Quick answers
Do I have to type that weird º every time?
Only once, when you’re setting up a shortcut as a module, and it lives in the title from then on. If typing it is a pain, running !brick in the PnP console does the same registration without you touching the keyboard.
Will this run on my older iPhone?
It’s built with iOS 26 in mind but the author notes it runs fine on iOS 16 and hardware as old as the iPhone X, so an older device shouldn’t be a dealbreaker.
Nothing shows up under Run Modules — what gives?
A shortcut only registers when its title actually starts with the º character (not just contains it). Double-check the symbol is the first thing in the name, then relaunch Plug n Play so it re-scans.
