Best ascii plugins for WordPress
The most popular ascii plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. de_DE leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of PRyC WP (40+) and WP Figlet (10+). All 6 plugins tagged “ascii” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 ascii plugins
- 1.
de_DEThe most installed ascii plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
PRyC WP40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.WP Figlet
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 4.Stylish Smilies
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 5.
AsciifyFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 6 plugins tagged “ascii”

de_DE
Down in the last 7 days:11#6,665by Frank Bueltge9 months ago
Replace non-ASCII characters for installs that set the German language as a primary language.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day

PRyC WP
#22,844by Patryk5 months ago
Plugin sanitize file name when upload files - remove space, ASCII characters, lowercase, etc...
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Figlet
#39,222by Vladimir Prelovac12 years ago
WP Figlet allows you to draw ASCII art in your posts and page source.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stylish Smilies
Down in the last 7 days:48#46,046by j14 years ago
Stylish Smilies adds CSS classes to text-based emoticons.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Asciify
Down in the last 7 days:4,565#67,325by cyclonecode8 years ago
This plugin creates text based images for uploaded attachments.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day