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Best special plugins for WordPress

The most popular special plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Remove Special Characters From Permalinks leads with 80+ active installs, ahead of National Characters (70+) and Special Characters Remove (20+). All 4 plugins tagged “special” 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 4 special plugins

  1. 1.
    Remove Special Characters From Permalinks

    The most installed special plugin, with 80+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.

  2. 2.
    National Characters

    70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.

  3. 3.
    Special Characters Remove

    20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  4. 4.
    Display This When…

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.

All 4 plugins tagged “special”