Best poetry plugins for WordPress
The most popular poetry plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Lineate leads with 90+ active installs, ahead of Lyrics (20+) and Read a Poem (10+). All 8 plugins tagged “poetry” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 poetry plugins
- 1.
LineateThe most installed poetry plugin, with 90+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
Lyrics20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 3.
Read a Poem10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 4.
Poetry10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 5.
RedactFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Galaktion TabidzeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “poetry”
Lineate
Down in the last 7 days:238#16,902by Johnathon Williams3 months ago
The web has never known what to do with a poem. Lineate settles it: true lines, stanzas, indents, and gaps, on every screen. Built by a poet.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lyrics
Down in the last 7 days:152#27,092by Rocco Tripaldi7 years ago
Add lyrics to your WordPress posts and pages.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Read a Poem
Down in the last 7 days:126#33,327by Ruth Maude11 years ago
Use this plugin to display dynamic fresh post content (poems) each month. Could be used for inspirational quotes or any monthly message.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Poetry
Up in the last 7 days:2,483#39,065by Julian Yanover13 years ago
This Widget will show random poems from 50 poets, obtained from mypoeticside.com
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Redact
#63,835by Johnathon Williams2 months ago
Blackout and erasure poetry in the block editor. Mark the words you keep, ink the rest, and publish a poem that is text — not a picture of one.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Galaktion Tabidze
#74,361by delphiknight2 months ago
When activated you will randomly see a line from მთაწმინდის მთვარე by Galaktion Tabidze in the upper right of your admin screen on every page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day