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Placeholder Text

10+ installs · #46,942 most popular

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Enhanced Text Widget

Shares 1 of Placeholder Text's 4 tags.

Most installed

Enhanced Text Widget

30K+ active installs.

Best rated

Enhanced Text Widget

4.9 out of 5 from 50 reviews.

Most recently updated

Special Text Boxes

Updated on Sep 13, 2026.

1. 1

   Enhanced Text Widget

   by cl272

   An enhanced version of the text widget that supports Text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, Shortcodes and PHP with linkable widget title.

   Installs

   30K+

   Rank

   #1,001

   Rating

   4.9(50)

   Updated

   2 years ago

   Sharestext

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2. 2

   Text Replace

   by Scott Reilly

   Replace text with other text. Handy for creating shortcuts to common, lengthy, or frequently changing text/HTML, or for smilies.

   Installs

   3K+

   Rank

   #3,953

   Rating

   4.4(18)

   Updated

   5 years ago

   Sharestext

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3. 3

   Classic Text Widget

   by Victor Font

   The classic pre-WordPress version 4.8 text widget

   Installs

   2K+

   Rank

   #4,451

   Rating

   5.0(15)

   Updated

   7 years ago

   Sharestext

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4. 4

   Gravity Forms

   by neojp

   Adds HTML5 placeholder support to Gravity Forms' fields with a Javascript fallback. Javascript & jQuery are required.

   Installs

   2K+

   Rank

   #4,502

   Rating

   4.9(24)

   Updated

   9 years ago

   Sharesforms

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5. 5

   Gravity Forms Placeholder Add-On

   by phpmypython

   This plugin adds Placeholder support to gravity forms

   Installs

   1K+

   Rank

   #5,741

   Rating

   4.3(12)

   Updated

   9 years ago

   Sharesplaceholder

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6. 6

   Special Text Boxes

   by minimus

   Highlights any portion of text as text in the colored boxes.

   Installs

   1K+

   Rank

   #5,186

   Rating

   3.4(21)

   Updated

   1 month ago

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7. 7

   Change Text Case

   by Michael Aronoff

   Change Case adds buttons to change text case in the WordPress visual editor.

   Installs

   1K+

   Rank

   #5,175

   Rating

   4.8(21)

   Updated

   2 months ago

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