Best drop caps plugins for WordPress
The most popular drop caps plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Dropcaps Shortcode and Widget leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Initial Letter (100+) and Bukvycja (20+). All 3 plugins tagged “drop caps” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 drop caps plugins
- 1.
Dropcaps Shortcode and WidgetThe most installed drop caps plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 2.
Initial Letter100+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 12 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
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Bukvycja20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 3 plugins tagged “drop caps”
Dropcaps Shortcode and Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1#12,487by OTWthemes4 years ago
Create Dropcaps. Nice and easy interface. Insert anywhere in your site - page/post editor, sidebars, template files.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Initial Letter
Down in the last 7 days:99#13,220by Garrett Grimm5 years ago
Initial Letter is a plugin that adds style options so you can change the size, color, and font of the first letter of each or all post paragraphs.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.9(12)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bukvycja
Up in the last 7 days:352#28,222by Pavlo Degtyaryov9 years ago
The Bukvycja plugin adds drop caps to your posts, pages and comments. It comes with some cool css styling and lots of options.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day