Best phonetic plugins for WordPress
The most popular phonetic plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BanglKB leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of furikake (10+) and OpenSearchServer Search (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “phonetic” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 phonetic plugins
- 1.
BanglKBThe most installed phonetic plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 2.
furikake10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 3.
OpenSearchServer Search10+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
All 3 plugins tagged “phonetic”
BanglKB
Down in the last 7 days:293#30,303by lavluda11 years ago
Bangla Typing Scripts for wordpress. This Java Script based add-ons will let your visitors type in Bangla without using any 3rd party tool or keyboard …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
furikake
Up in the last 7 days:353#31,088by jidaikobo6 years ago
This plug-in provides Furigana (A.K.A. "Yomigana". Japanese phonetic of Chinese characters) to the text of web pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
OpenSearchServer Search
Up in the last 7 days:2,975#41,937by ekeller11 years ago
The OpenSearchServer Search Plugin enables OpenSearchServer full-text search in WordPress-based websites.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day