Best punctuation plugins for WordPress
The most popular punctuation plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. JSM Non-Breaking Space (nbsp) for French Content leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Consistency (70+) and Text Beautify (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “punctuation” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 punctuation plugins
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JSM Non-Breaking Space (nbsp) for French ContentThe most installed punctuation plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 15 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
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Consistency70+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.Text Beautify
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.Oxford Comma Go Away
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
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Hairspaces Around DashesFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
All 5 plugins tagged “punctuation”

JSM Non-Breaking Space (nbsp) for French Content
Down in the last 7 days:23#5,685by JS Morisset10 days ago
Adds a non-breaking space between (nbsp) words and punctuation marks to avoid inappropriate line-breaks in French.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(15)
- Downloads
- 30/day

Consistency
Up in the last 7 days:199#18,783by Loïc Antignac10 months ago
Corrects the input of text content in the Block Editor according to the configured typographic and punctuation rules.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Text Beautify
Down in the last 7 days:8,472#48,219by rsantor13 years ago
Cleans up posts and comments for sentence case or title case, fixes punctuation, makes quotes and commas curly, and allows custom enhancements.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Oxford Comma Go Away
Down in the last 7 days:11,946#67,827by williampatton3 months ago
Remove Oxford Commas in your content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

Hairspaces Around Dashes
Down in the last 7 days:21,919#71,880by James4 years ago
This simple but effective plugin converts spaces around dashes (both em and en dashes) into hairspaces.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day