Best text limit plugins for WordPress
The most popular text limit plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. MB Text Limiter leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Character Counter for Gravity Forms (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “text limit” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 text limit plugins
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MB Text LimiterThe most installed text limit plugin, with 300+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Character Counter for Gravity FormsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 2 plugins tagged “text limit”
MB Text Limiter
Down in the last 7 days:19#10,142by Anh Tran6 months ago
Limit number of characters or words entered for text and textarea fields in meta boxes.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Character Counter for Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:4,945#74,217by Artur Nalobin1 year ago
Add intelligent character counting to Gravity Forms with real-time feedback and optional enforcement. Perfect for content creators and professionals.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day