Best HTML-editor plugins for WordPress
The most popular HTML-editor plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. HTML Editor for Contact Form 7 leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting (1K+) and Protect schema.org markup in HTML editor (700+). All 10 plugins tagged “html-editor” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 HTML-editor plugins
- 1.
HTML Editor for Contact Form 7The most installed HTML-editor plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 3.
Protect schema.org markup in HTML editor700+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Syntax Highlight200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 5.
Quicktags for WP100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Easy Tinymce Editor Add Button40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 7.
Jay’s WordPress Admin Theme10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.
- 8.
Remove HTML editor from admin dashboard10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 9.
HTML5 Code editorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 10.
Re{code} Front HTML EditorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 10 plugins tagged “html-editor”
HTML Editor for Contact Form 7
Down in the last 7 days:31#5,131by Wow-Company2 months ago
Add HTML editor to Contact Form 7 with code highlighter and extended form options.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting
Down in the last 7 days:8#6,428by Joris van Montfort6 years ago
Adds syntax higlighting to the Contact Form 7 admin screens. Requires the Contact Form 7 plugin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Protect schema.org markup in HTML editor
Down in the last 7 days:2#7,707by Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart1 month ago
Easy tool to stop HTML editor from removing schema.org/microdata tags from post or page content.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Syntax Highlight
Up in the last 7 days:27#12,308by lukasz.webmaster12 years ago
Syntax Highlighting in WordPress Plugins and Themes Editor.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Quicktags for WP
Up in the last 7 days:37#13,345by David Klhufek2 months ago
This simple plugin adds useful buttons to the native WordPress HTML editor.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Easy Tinymce Editor Add Button
Down in the last 7 days:94#22,712by trubine7 years ago
Simple plugin for adding buttons to the html wp panel of the tinymce editor. Features: Ease of use Ability to add any content Unlimited number of b …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jay’s WordPress Admin Theme
Up in the last 7 days:2,315#38,035by jayrobinson17 years ago
Designates a monospaced font in the HTML editor. Maybe more in the future...
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Remove HTML editor from admin dashboard
Up in the last 7 days:5,374#41,767by Kristopher Lagraff12 years ago
This plugin will remove the HTML editor from the admin dashboard
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTML5 Code editor
Up in the last 7 days:12,282#51,247by Adeleye Ayodeji7 years ago
Integrate code editor to your website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Re{code} Front HTML Editor
Up in the last 7 days:828#68,534by re{code}commerce7 months ago
Frontend HTML editor for WordPress — edit post_content directly on the page and preview changes instantly without a page reload.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day