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Best truncate plugins for WordPress

The most popular truncate plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Truncate Recent Posts Titles leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of Truncate Text (10+) and Text Truncator (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “truncate” 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 4 truncate plugins

  1. 1.
    Truncate Recent Posts Titles

    The most installed truncate plugin, with 20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

  2. 2.
    Truncate Text

    10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  3. 3.
    Text Truncator

    10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.

  4. 4.
    Empty Widget Areas

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.

All 4 plugins tagged “truncate”