Best string plugins for WordPress
The most popular string plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Say What? leads with 40K+ active installs, ahead of Kalamatino (200+) and Easy Replace (10+). All 9 plugins tagged “string” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 string plugins
- 1.
Say What?The most installed string plugin, with 40K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 92 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Kalamatino200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 3.Easy Replace
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.Simple String Manager
10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 5.
MultiReplace10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 6.
Append User ID10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 7.Url Conditional Category List Plugin Widget
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 8.WPKeyMe
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
All 9 plugins tagged “string”

Say What?
Up in the last 7 days:3#866by Lee Willis2 months ago
An easy-to-use plugin that allows you to change translatable strings from plugins / themes and WordPress core without editing code.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.3(92)
- Downloads
- 127/day

Kalamatino
Down in the last 7 days:195#12,494by Shokrino Team4 years ago
You can easily replace a letter or every text with your custom text with kalamatino.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Replace
Up in the last 7 days:8,671#37,162by Think2018 years ago
Easy Replace provides you easiest way to find a phrase and replace in no time. This can be applied to various categories of post types.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple String Manager
#39,196by Gioowp10 years ago
Manage strings/words from admin panel; Use as string translator at multilanguage sites;
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 2/day

MultiReplace
Up in the last 7 days:4,546#42,604by rtowebsites8 years ago
With this plugin can you replace every string in wp_posts, post-meta and wp_options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Append User ID
#42,955by mrdl6 years ago
A plugin which adds some shortcode to append the current user ID to a link (href).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Url Conditional Category List Plugin Widget
Down in the last 7 days:10,736#46,060by tonio778814 years ago
This Widget Plugin enables a list or dropdown of categories if the url contain a determinate string.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPKeyMe
Down in the last 7 days:8,662#48,124by Aubrey Portwood13 years ago
This plugin allows you to require a secret key that is passed via the URL: http://example.com/post-title/?key=[string]
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day