Best text highlight plugins for WordPress
The most popular text highlight plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Highlight Sitewide Notice, Text, Button Menu leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Highlite (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “text highlight” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 text highlight plugins
- 1.
Highlight Sitewide Notice, Text, Button MenuThe most installed text highlight plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
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Highlite10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 2 plugins tagged “text highlight”
Highlight Sitewide Notice, Text, Button Menu
Up in the last 7 days:525#30,507by QuantumCloud1 month ago
Highlight Sitewide Notice, Highlight text, or Highlight WordPress Menu as Button Menu.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Highlite
#38,522by SacredWP1 year ago
A lightweight frontend text highlighter for WordPress. Highlights are saved per user and post, with a simple yellow color and delete option.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day