Best editing plugins for WordPress
The most popular editing plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Prepare New Version leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of Proofreading (5K+) and FD Footnotes Plugin (1K+). All 26 plugins tagged “editing” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 editing plugins
- 1.
Prepare New VersionThe most installed editing plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 6 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 2.
Proofreading5K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.
FD Footnotes Plugin1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 21 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 4.
Save and Close400+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 13 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 5.
Advanced Settings 3200+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 7 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 6.
Custom Access Roles200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 7.
FD Word Statistics Plugin100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 8.
Configurator60+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 9.
Hypotext50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 10.
BusinessPress30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 26 plugins tagged “editing”
Prepare New Version
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,914by Globalis12 years ago
Create the next version of your post while preserving its already online version.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.8(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Proofreading
Up in the last 7 days:2#3,137by Scribit1 year ago
Proofreading checks texts on every content of your WordPress site. You can proofread in 30 different languages and get tips to improve your writings.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
FD Footnotes Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:26#5,697by fd10 years ago
Add elegant looking footnotes to your posts simply and naturally.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(21)
- Downloads
- 10/day
Save and Close
Down in the last 7 days:17#9,380by lightbulbdigital13 years ago
Adds a Save and Close button to the admin post edit screen which allows you to return to the post listing page after editing.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Settings 3
Down in the last 7 days:71#12,664by Helmut Wandl14 days ago
Adds settings that you might expect to find in the WordPress core.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.9(7)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Custom Access Roles
Down in the last 7 days:242#12,882by Room 34 Creative Services, LLC4 months ago
Create custom roles with editing capability for only specific pages, categories and post types.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 7/day
FD Word Statistics Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:51#13,895by fd10 years ago
Shows word and sentence counts plus a readability analysis of the post currently being edited using three different readability measurements.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Configurator
Down in the last 7 days:64#19,410by CodeRichard11 years ago
Configurator is a plugin that allows you to edit wp-config.php in the browser.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Hypotext
Down in the last 7 days:56#20,879by DEJAN5 years ago
Click to expand hidden content within your article.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BusinessPress
Up in the last 7 days:69#23,004by FolioVision5 months ago
BusinessPress lets you control the WordPress core updates and plugin installing/editing/upgrading to prevent issues with your business websites.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Glimmernet Spot Check
#25,499by Glimmernet Technologies4 months ago
An on-demand broken link checker. Check one page's links the moment you need to. No crawling, no clutter, no false alarms.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bulk Postmeta Editor
Down in the last 7 days:458#26,884by Phoenix Online7 years ago
Allows you to bulk-edit post meta information (including custom post types) from a single place.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mobile Preview
Up in the last 7 days:857#30,167by jarednova12 years ago
Provides editors a view of their page on a mobile device
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Pagination
#30,514by dimitryz12 years ago
The Custom Pagination plugin allows a user to insert custom next, previous or numbered page links into a post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Customize Inline Editing
Up in the last 7 days:3,420#36,230by Weston Ruter2 years ago
Demonstration of how inline editing can be implemented in the customizer.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Lock
#36,661by ggwicz10 years ago
Post Lock prevents accidental updating or publishing of content by requiring a password to do either.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
David’s Admin Post Control
#42,957by dvg17 years ago
Allows you to control the number of posts displayed in lists in the WP Admin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
editnpublish.com Easy English Editing
#42,979by editnpublish11 years ago
Editnpublish can help all non-native writers write clear and grammatically correct English.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Editorial Guidelines
Down in the last 7 days:2,378#43,229by Thomas McGee11 years ago
This plugin enables you to display a simple panel containing your editorial guidelines in the post edit admin to users of your choosing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Ice Visual Revisions
Down in the last 7 days:4,134#44,661by Nikolay Bachiyski14 years ago
Adds revision tracking to the visual editor. Modified, added, or deleted text is shown in color, along with the user and time of change.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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
FrontKit for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:694#46,225by Joe Hoyle10 years ago
FrontKit for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
David’s Ultra Quicktags
#48,448by dvg17 years ago
Adds new buttons to the Editor window (Amazon Links, Amazon Search, etc.).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SiteHome
Up in the last 7 days:8,491#57,280by bkeetman8 days ago
Edit and publish your website's content from the SiteHome app, with a revision check before every update.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day