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Best plain text plugins for WordPress

The most popular plain text plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Classic Visual Editor Options leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Paste as Plain Text (1K+) and TinyMCE Paste in Plain Text by Default (100+). All 5 plugins tagged “plain text” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 5 plain text plugins

  1. 1.
    Classic Visual Editor Options

    The most installed plain text plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Paste as Plain Text

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 14 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

  3. 3.
    TinyMCE Paste in Plain Text by Default

    100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.

  4. 4.
    Plaintext for the Newsletter plugin

    60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Plain Formatted Billing Address for WooCommerce

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

All 5 plugins tagged “plain text”