Best character map plugins for WordPress
The most popular character map plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Insert Special Characters leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Hawaiian Characters (30+) and TypeAnySymbol (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “Character Map” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 character map plugins
- 1.
Insert Special CharactersThe most installed character map plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 8 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Hawaiian Characters30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 3.
TypeAnySymbolFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “Character Map”
Insert Special Characters
#3,716by 10up1 month ago
A Special Character inserter for the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg).
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 36/day
Hawaiian Characters
Down in the last 7 days:126#23,154by mrwweb5 years ago
Adds the correct characters with diacriticals to the WordPress editor Special Characters feature for Hawaiian
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TypeAnySymbol
Up in the last 7 days:4,871#66,249by typeanysymbol2 months ago
Search Unicode symbols by name, common term, character or code point and insert them directly into the WordPress block editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day