Best readability plugins for WordPress
The most popular readability plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Yoast SEO leads with 10M+ active installs, ahead of BoldGrid Easy SEO (40K+) and Semrush SEO Writing Assistant (8K+). All 61 plugins tagged “Readability” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 readability plugins
- 1.
Yoast SEOThe most installed readability plugin, with 10M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 27,820 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
BoldGrid Easy SEO40K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.Semrush SEO Writing Assistant
8K+ active installs. Rated 2.8 from 25 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.Turn Rank Math FAQ Block to Accordion
5K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 5.Turn Yoast SEO FAQ Block to Accordion
2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 6.Topic SEO Content Optimization Tool
1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Textmetrics400+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 7 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.DELUCKS SEO
300+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 17 reviews, updated 7 months ago.
- 9.Clearscope
100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 10.FD Word Statistics Plugin
100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
All 61 plugins tagged “Readability”

Yoast SEO
#2by Yoast13 days ago
Real-time SEO guidance, schema, and AI built in. Help search engines and AI systems understand your content. All AI tools included, no hidden fees.
- Installs
- 10M+
- Rating
- 4.8(27.8K)
- Downloads
- 128.4K/day

BoldGrid Easy SEO
#828by BoldGrid2 months ago
Easy SEO helps you easily create keyword rich content and rank higher in the search engines.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 31/day
Semrush SEO Writing Assistant
Down in the last 7 days:18#2,331by SEMrush CY LTD10 months ago
The Semrush SEO Writing Assistant provides instant recommendations for content optimization based on the best-performing articles in Google's top 10.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 2.8(25)
- Downloads
- 53/day
Turn Rank Math FAQ Block to Accordion
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,165by yasir1292 years ago
This plugin turns Rank Math FAQ blocks into accordion easily and make them accessibility ready.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Turn Yoast SEO FAQ Block to Accordion
Down in the last 7 days:11#4,184by yasir1292 years ago
This plugin turns Yoast SEO FAQ block into accordion easily.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Topic SEO Content Optimization Tool
Down in the last 7 days:26#6,386by Team Topic2 months ago
Find and fix topical gaps in your SEO Content. Rank higher on search.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Textmetrics
Down in the last 7 days:76#9,590by Israpil7 months ago
Textmetrics is the easiest way to create SEO proof content to rank higher and get more traffic. Realtime optimization, keyword research and more.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.3(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
DELUCKS SEO
Down in the last 7 days:5#10,546by DELUCKS7 months ago
The only SEO plugin from Germany for holistic search engine optimization with ChatGPT and Google APIs.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Clearscope
Down in the last 7 days:170#13,022by Clearscope Support25 days ago
Embed the Clearscope Optimize experience directly in your WordPress Gutenberg or Classic editor sidebar.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
FD Word Statistics Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:48#13,877by fd10 years ago
Shows word and sentence counts plus a readability analysis of the post currently being edited using three different readability measurements.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Smartfish Accessibility
Up in the last 7 days:50#19,213by smartfish3 months ago
A free floating accessibility toolbar: contrast, text size, link highlighting, reading guide and more. Full RTL and Hebrew support.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SEO Writing Assistant SEMrush Custom Fields
#20,504by Enrico Sorcinelli7 years ago
The SEMrush SEO Writing Assistant plugin read only from post title and post content elements for the real time check.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Unfluff.io
Down in the last 7 days:244#22,503by Unfluff.io4 years ago
Unfluff helps keep your content on-point and easily readable, can detect fluff/filler and AI-written content, and keeps your content team accountable.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Readability Analysis
#25,197by SalvatoreDP11 years ago
Shows readability analysis of the post or page using Gulpease, Gunning-Fog, Flesch and Flesch-Kincaid readability measurements.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Writing
Up in the last 7 days:377#27,020by Mike Riethmuller12 years ago
Helps you write better content with readability scores and preferred terms as you type. Highly configurable.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AnGo Scroll Analytics
Down in the last 7 days:928#28,360by andrewgolubev5 days ago
Self-hosted, cookie-free scroll depth tracking. See how far visitors actually read your content right inside wp-admin.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 36/day

Reading Time & Word Count Block for Post
#29,484by Saif islam1 year ago
Display reading time and word count for posts and also simple use shortcode ['reading-time']. Automatically or via shortcode. Simple and SEO-friendly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Titula
Down in the last 7 days:152#32,290by abourri1 month ago
Better article design and a better reading experience: heading styles, a table of contents, answer-first components and readable tables.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Read Later Buttons
#33,698by Dana Ross12 years ago
Adds "read later" buttons to a site. Can send content to Kindle (additional plugin required), Instapaper, Pocket, and Readability.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Turgenev
Up in the last 7 days:9,600#36,905by al5dy1 month ago
SEO content analysis for WordPress: detect over-optimization, keyword stuffing, readability issues, style problems and Yandex Baden-Baden risk.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Reader
#37,590by Greg - SiteOrigin16 years ago
Easy Reader is a WordPress plugin that lets your readers open an easy to read version of your blog posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

SiteAttention SEO
#42,685by siteattention6 years ago
Simple and intuitive SEO tool to help you improve your search ranking.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

tas2580 Readability Index
Down in the last 7 days:4,911#42,703by tas258011 years ago
Calculate and display the Flesch-Reading-Ease-Score of an article.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Readability Buttons (readability.com)
#44,952by Sparanoid28 days ago
Adds readability.com widget on your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BLuR
Down in the last 7 days:1,388#45,995by Gero Nikolov6 years ago
BLuR - Blue Light "ur" Remover
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Mester SEO
Up in the last 7 days:19,589#49,063by mohammad.nadr2 months ago
Client plugin to connect your site to the Mester SEO central engine for SEO and performance analysis.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Italian SEO Validator
Down in the last 7 days:2,031#50,762by paoloannoni10 months ago
SEO validation for Italian content. Gulpease readability, keyword density, structure analysis. Compatible with Yoast and Rank Math.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
SEO by Dizetech
Up in the last 7 days:21,572#51,255by DIZE TECH IT SOLUTIONS1 year ago
Check your WordPress posts and site for on-page SEO, keyword usage, readability, content structure, and technical SEO issues.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easyread
Up in the last 7 days:14,943#53,233by Eyeful5 years ago
Easyread This plugin splits large paragraphs up automatically by a specific number of sentences.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Raptor Content Refiner
Up in the last 7 days:10,908#53,669by Amr Issa1 month ago
One-click AI content cleanup: tidies messy markup, fixes heading hierarchy, and improves readability and SEO in the block and classic editors.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Blogpatcher SEO
Up in the last 7 days:5,929#53,694by blogpatcher7 years ago
Blogpatcher SEO: The #1 WordPress SEO and content optimization plugin. Make sure your pages and post have optimized content and follow all SEO best pr …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Search Engine Snitch
#54,722by iamvs9 months ago
Monitor your WordPress site's search engine visibility and get instant alerts when search engines are blocked from indexing your content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SEOMedic Simple Grammar Checker
Up in the last 7 days:651#55,013by andrewmurray3 days ago
Fix grammar across every post in one click — keep older content fresh for Google and see a proprietary Post Score for each page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Text Orphans Remover
Up in the last 7 days:5,522#56,016by Jesse Naylor10 months ago
Prevents typographic “orphans” by replacing the final breaking space with a non‑breaking space in common text blocks (front‑end only).
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ZenRead
Up in the last 7 days:11,387#58,426by Tusher Ikbal9 months ago
ZenRead is a lightweight and secure plugin that adds a sleek reading progress bar and an estimated reading time indicator to your WordPress posts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Matnban
#58,512by webban14 days ago
Persian writing assistant — ZWNJ (half-space) fixes, Arabic character cleanup, readability and a site-wide writing report. دستیار نگارش فارسی وردپرس.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Reading Progress Bar
Up in the last 7 days:6,694#60,257by oscarssanchez6 years ago
A simple and easy to custom progress bar at the top of your posts!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Find Missing More Tags
Down in the last 7 days:5,399#61,124by Tom McFarlin9 months ago
Helps content editors identify posts missing the more tag, making it easy to find and edit them.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

NituLabs AI Content Fixer
Up in the last 7 days:5,929#61,807by NituLabs6 months ago
🚀 Supercharge your WordPress content with Advanced Elite AI. Scan your entire site for weak posts for free and upgrade to fix them instantly using GPT …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Legilo
#62,129by legiloeu1 month ago
Adds the free Legilo reading-aid widget to your website: contrast, font size, reading mask, read-aloud and more, in 37 languages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ReadTrack
#65,674by marcinfilipiak11 months ago
Adds a reading progress bar and an estimated reading time above each single post.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Hipa.ai
#66,851by hipaai1 year ago
Refresh your blog posts on autopilot with intelligent, in-depth updates.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Presslyte AI Search Check
Up in the last 7 days:454#67,151by Presslyte14 days ago
Check headings, link text and long paragraphs. Optional AI writing help with your own OpenAI or OpenRouter connection. No automatic edits.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Editor Writing Goals
#67,442by Rabbi Islam rony5 months ago
Track writing goals, content metrics, length checks, and readability directly inside the block editor sidebar.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

BirchToad
Up in the last 7 days:891#68,553by miotix5 days ago
A toolbar that lets visitors adjust text, color, contrast and motion on your site, served from your own server and never from a CDN.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Post Chick
Down in the last 7 days:13,045#69,489by Samee Ullah Feroz2 months ago
A floating writing and SEO assistant with live checks, green ticks, limited Auto Complete, and draft protection.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

rankd
Down in the last 7 days:3,117#70,303by vøiddo5 months ago
Score any post's quality 0-100 before you publish. Connects to your rankd account and uses your rankd verdict quota.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SearchVesa
Down in the last 7 days:20,372#71,522by metamateplungin1 month ago
Free, simple SEO for WordPress: an SEO score for every post, Google and social previews, and easy title and description fields. No account needed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

LH Nominate This
#71,575by shawfactor6 years ago
Allows users to republish readable extracts of other webpages on their own site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Adjust Accessibility
Down in the last 7 days:8,285#72,168by techlogica9 months ago
Adds an accessibility panel with controls for brightness, saturation, font size, spacing, and dark/light mode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day