Best character plugins for WordPress
The most popular character plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Content character count live leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of Decon Character Counter (20+) and Special Characters Remove (20+). All 9 plugins tagged “character” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 character plugins
- 1.
Content character count liveThe most installed character plugin, with 30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 2.
Decon Character Counter20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 3.
Special Characters Remove20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 4.
Count Post Signs10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 5.
WoWTag Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 6.
Corner Bracket Lover10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 weeks ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 7.
WoW Armory10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.4.
All 9 plugins tagged “character”
Content character count live
Down in the last 7 days:207#24,101by 204611 years ago
Counts charaters live while you write your content. Works for any kind of "post type" out of the box.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Decon Character Counter
Down in the last 7 days:66#26,758by Michael Tumlad11 years ago
Counts the title, content, and excerpt characters while you edit your post or page (even in Quick Edit).
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Special Characters Remove
Down in the last 7 days:190#27,807by Sirius Pro1 year ago
Simply Remove Special Characters from WordPress attachments, slugs and permalinks.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Count Post Signs
#38,504by Florian TIAR10 years ago
Counts signs (characters and spaces) in real time while you are writing your content. Works for any kind of "post type" out of the box.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
WoWTag Widget
Up in the last 7 days:6,710#40,951by SeiferTim16 years ago
Enter your Character's name and realm and a WoWTag displaying your avatar, name, race, class, guild, level and title will be placed on your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Corner Bracket Lover
Up in the last 7 days:116#45,417by Sparanoid27 days ago
Corner Bracket Lover converts all curly quotation marks (“” and ‘’) in your posts to traditional corner brackets (「」 and 『』).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WoW Armory
#47,261by SeiferTim17 years ago
Easily displays your character's stats from the Armory.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day