Best content editor plugins for WordPress
The most popular content editor plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Display Kitchen Sink by Default in Visual Editor leads with 70+ active installs, ahead of Create Own ShortCode (10+) and Movable Content Editor (10+). All 9 plugins tagged “Content editor” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 content editor plugins
- 1.
Display Kitchen Sink by Default in Visual EditorThe most installed content editor plugin, with 70+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 2.
Create Own ShortCode10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 3.
Movable Content Editor10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 4.
EditlyFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Hakan Live Content EditorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
ApeariFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
- 7.
Re{code} Front HTML EditorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
BinderyFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
GlobalDev Front-End Content EditorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
All 9 plugins tagged “Content editor”
Display Kitchen Sink by Default in Visual Editor
Up in the last 7 days:8#18,839by Travis Pflanz12 years ago
Display the kitchen sink by default on posts, pages and custom post types in the WordPress visual editor for all users.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Create Own ShortCode
Down in the last 7 days:1,995#45,491by Venugopal11 years ago
This plugin helpful for create your own shortcode for your content and image . You can put this short code in post, page, widget.. etc
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Movable Content Editor
Down in the last 7 days:9,009#45,812by Peter Elmered12 years ago
This plugin makes the main content editor movable with drag and drop.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Editly
Up in the last 7 days:20,662#52,631by EditlyWP1 month ago
Let clients edit Elementor content without giving them the full Elementor builder.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hakan Live Content Editor
Up in the last 7 days:6,700#54,257by hakansalih2 months ago
Safely edit your WordPress pages and content modules live on the front-end without breaking your site's CSS design or layout.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Apeari
#54,795by apeari3 days ago
Describe a change. Preview it. Make it yours. Edit Gutenberg content with AI, rewrite copy and create draft pages without leaving WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Re{code} Front HTML Editor
Up in the last 7 days:828#68,534by re{code}commerce7 months ago
Frontend HTML editor for WordPress — edit post_content directly on the page and preview changes instantly without a page reload.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bindery
Down in the last 7 days:9,878#68,594by dumitrubalaban2 months ago
Let clients edit your theme's text on the live page — you choose exactly what is editable. Clean markup, no page builder, multilingual.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
GlobalDev Front-End Content Editor
Down in the last 7 days:4,854#74,082by Globaldev3 months ago
Indexed front-end content editing for Gutenberg, Classic content, static Elementor widget fields, and WPBakery shortcode elements.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day