Best multibyte plugins for WordPress
The most popular multibyte plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Multibyte Patch leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of RA (30+). All 2 plugins tagged “multibyte” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 multibyte plugins
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WP Multibyte PatchThe most installed multibyte plugin, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 25 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
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RA30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 2 plugins tagged “multibyte”
WP Multibyte Patch
Up in the last 7 days:1#65by Seisuke Kuraishi14 days ago
Multibyte functionality enhancement for the WordPress Japanese package.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Downloads
- 7.7K/day
RA
Down in the last 7 days:1#24,103by skuramoto11 years ago
When the multi-byte character is used in slug of new creation post, it changes so that post_type and post_ID may be used.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day