Best charset plugins for WordPress
The most popular charset plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Convert WP Database to UTF-8 leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of LightMoving UTF8MB4 Converter (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “charset” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 charset plugins
- 1.
Convert WP Database to UTF-8The most installed charset plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.
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LightMoving UTF8MB4 Converter20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “charset”
Convert WP Database to UTF-8
Down in the last 7 days:28#11,289by yihui15 years ago
Converts the WordPress database (both tables and columns) to UTF-8 character set.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
LightMoving UTF8MB4 Converter
Up in the last 7 days:1,823#28,618by Angelsrock1 month ago
Safely scan and convert WordPress database tables to utf8mb4 for 4-byte character support, including emojis and multilingual Unicode characters.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day