Best curly plugins for WordPress
The most popular curly plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Smart Quote Fixer leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Smart Quotes (80+). All 2 plugins tagged “curly” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 curly plugins
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Smart Quote FixerThe most installed curly plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 2.Smart Quotes
80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
All 2 plugins tagged “curly”

Smart Quote Fixer
Down in the last 7 days:83#15,643by SaltedStone7 years ago
Automatically remove smart quotes from post content and titles, before it gets to the database.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Quotes
Down in the last 7 days:227#17,818by Martin Lormes13 years ago
Change the quotation marks that are automatically rendered as smart or curly quotes inside your content.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day