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Best text plugins for WordPress

The most popular text plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. String locator leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Enhanced Text Widget (30K+) and Custom Shortcodes (5K+). All 165 plugins tagged “text” 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 10 text plugins

  1. 1.
    String locator

    The most installed text plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 125 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  2. 2.
    Enhanced Text Widget

    30K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 50 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.

  3. 3.
    Custom Shortcodes

    5K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.

  4. 4.
    Text Replace

    3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 18 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.

  5. 5.
    Classic Text Widget

    2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.

  6. 6.
    Gettext override translations

    2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.

  7. 7.
    Change Text Case

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 21 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  8. 8.
    Special Text Boxes

    1K+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 21 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  9. 9.
    WP Typograph Lite

    1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.1.

  10. 10.
    Visual User Description Editor

    1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.0.

All 165 plugins tagged “text”