Best text-only plugins for WordPress
The most popular text-only plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Text Only Countdown leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of SLIM Low Bandwidth Mode (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “text-only” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 text-only plugins
- 1.
Simple Text Only CountdownThe most installed text-only plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 2.
SLIM Low Bandwidth ModeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “text-only”
Simple Text Only Countdown
#46,896by deuts8 years ago
A simple countdown shortcode plugin that displays just the text. No flash nor javascript for live timer effect, nor styles, just plain text.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SLIM Low Bandwidth Mode
Up in the last 7 days:11,250#60,545by Caleb Queern4 months ago
Serve your WordPress site in SLIM mode — single-request, text-first, and network-resilient.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day