Best highlight text plugins for WordPress
The most popular highlight text plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Highlight and Share leads with 700+ active installs, ahead of TweetEverything (10+) and Sticky Notice (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “Highlight text” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 highlight text plugins
- 1.
Highlight and ShareThe most installed highlight text plugin, with 700+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 29 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 2.
TweetEverything10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 3.
Sticky Notice10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
All 4 plugins tagged “Highlight text”
Highlight and Share
Down in the last 7 days:43#7,865by BerryPress1 month ago
A lightweight social sharing plugin for showing social networks when users highlight text, share images, headlines, or use Click to Share.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.9(29)
- Downloads
- 23/day
TweetEverything
Down in the last 7 days:3,571#40,788by mapteo12 years ago
TweetEverything allows tweeting highlighted text.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sticky Notice
Down in the last 7 days:1,567#45,350by b081201513 years ago
This adds a fixed semi-transparent highlighted text box in your site with your own text.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day