Best acronym plugins for WordPress
The most popular acronym plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Abbreviation Button for the Block Editor leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Acronyms 2 (100+) and Acronym Manager (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “acronym” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 acronym plugins
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Abbreviation Button for the Block EditorThe most installed acronym plugin, with 300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
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Acronyms 2100+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 8 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
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Acronym Manager10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
All 3 plugins tagged “acronym”
Abbreviation Button for the Block Editor
Down in the last 7 days:13#10,823by Jb Audras2 months ago
Add an abbreviation format button to the formatting toolbar in the block editor.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 16/day
Acronyms 2
Up in the last 7 days:26#14,132by Chris2 years ago
A plugin to automatically mark up known acronyms and abbreviations in posts and comments. Allows users to manage lists of acronyms through the WordPre …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Acronym Manager
#44,822by danfinnigan13 years ago
A plugin to define acronyms in pages, posts and comments site-wide. Defined acronyms are underlined, and the definition appears as a tool-tip.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day