Best preformatted plugins for WordPress
The most popular preformatted plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. TinyMCE Preformatted leads with 60+ active installs, ahead of Cipher (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “preformatted” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 preformatted plugins
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TinyMCE PreformattedThe most installed preformatted plugin, with 60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
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Cipher10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
All 2 plugins tagged “preformatted”
TinyMCE Preformatted
#19,402by Takayuki Miyauchi11 years ago
TinyMCE Preformatted plugin will enable to insert preformatted text like <pre>...</pre> to WordPress Visual Editor.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cipher
Down in the last 7 days:3,619#47,482by Luigi Cavalieri3 years ago
Cipher allows commenters to publish (pre-formatted) code.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day