Best distraction free plugins for WordPress
The most popular distraction free plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Full-Width Distraction-Free Writing leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Minimalist editor (10+) and Jamie's Distraction-Free Writer (10+). All 7 plugins tagged “distraction free” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 distraction free plugins
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Full-Width Distraction-Free WritingThe most installed distraction free plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
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Minimalist editor10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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Jamie's Distraction-Free Writer10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 4.
WP Distraction Free View10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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ReaderNova Reading ModeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
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Focus ModeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Papr EditorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 7 plugins tagged “distraction free”
Full-Width Distraction-Free Writing
#37,569by gschoppe10 years ago
Enlarge DFW (Distraction-Free Writing) mode to fill the screen's width, giving users a real fullscreen editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Minimalist editor
Down in the last 7 days:7,839#45,560by Paul8 years ago
No fuzz post editor - more typewriter, less command prompt.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jamie's Distraction-Free Writer
Down in the last 7 days:7,386#47,321by jamiemarsland4 months ago
A beautiful, distraction-free front-end writing experience for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Distraction Free View
Down in the last 7 days:5,286#47,919by Mehul Gohil1 month ago
Adds frontend Reader Mode so visitors can focus on posts, pages, and selected public post types.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ReaderNova Reading Mode
Down in the last 7 days:17,293#69,897by growthhive2 months ago
Adds a distraction-free Reading Mode with text-to-speech, translation, reading time, progress bar, and appearance controls.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Focus Mode
Down in the last 7 days:795#73,139by Connor Bryant1 year ago
Adds distraction-free reading mode and read time estimate to WordPress posts and pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Papr Editor
#73,828by Tangible Design9 months ago
A calm, distraction-free writing editor for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day