Best characters plugins for WordPress
The most popular characters plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Rename Media Files leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Count Characters, Words and Paragraphs while typing (300+) and Remove Special Characters From Permalinks (80+). All 8 plugins tagged “characters” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 characters plugins
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Rename Media FilesThe most installed characters plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 40 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Count Characters, Words and Paragraphs while typing300+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 6 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 3.
Remove Special Characters From Permalinks80+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
National Characters70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 5.
Textarea Limit Characters Length20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
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Remove Special Characters20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 7.
Accent LettersFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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Topline Character CounterFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “characters”
Rename Media Files
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,386by WPFactory1 month ago
Enhance SEO and organize media effortlessly. Fix upload issues, sanitize & optimize filenames, and improve SEO seamlessly.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.8(40)
- Downloads
- 71/day
Count Characters, Words and Paragraphs while typing
Up in the last 7 days:122#10,933by Web3574 days ago
Live word, character, paragraph and space counts while you write in the Block editor, the Classic editor or any admin text field.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Remove Special Characters From Permalinks
Up in the last 7 days:237#18,111by WPFactory1 month ago
Removes special characters from permalinks
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
National Characters
Down in the last 7 days:236#19,133by OptArt11 years ago
Allows you to enter national characters (special characters) in username during registration.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Textarea Limit Characters Length
Up in the last 7 days:77#25,583by Muhammad Rehman2 years ago
THE SIMPLEST AND EASIEST WAY TO LIMIT THE TYPING LENGTH OF ANY TEXTAREA FIELD.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Remove Special Characters
#26,244by CHR Designer11 years ago
This plugin will help when you add images with special characters, after activated it will remove all special characters of new images added.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Accent Letters
Up in the last 7 days:17,715#49,799by tiwariroshan1 month ago
Insert accented letters at the cursor in the block editor. 682 letters, 55 languages, searchable by letter, language or accent.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Topline Character Counter
Up in the last 7 days:8,563#52,762by alex1003a1 month ago
A simple character and word counter for the Gutenberg editor toolbar.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day