Best ckeditor plugins for WordPress
The most popular ckeditor plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. CKEditor For WordPress leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of SyntaxHighlighter CKEditor Button (70+) and bpCKEditor (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “ckeditor” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 ckeditor plugins
- 1.
CKEditor For WordPressThe most installed ckeditor plugin, with 100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago.
- 2.
SyntaxHighlighter CKEditor Button70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 3.
bpCKEditor10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
All 3 plugins tagged “ckeditor”
CKEditor For WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:12#16,686by doni200017 years ago
This plugin Replaces the default Wordpress editor with CKeditor.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
SyntaxHighlighter CKEditor Button
Down in the last 7 days:14#18,848by solagirl12 years ago
This plugin adds a code button for WordPress CKEditor which helps to type or edit tag for Alex Gorbatchev's SyntaxHighlighter.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
bpCKEditor
#37,242by willcast16 years ago
This plugin replaces the plain multiline text field on BP forums by a CKEditor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day