Best utf8 plugins for WordPress
The most popular utf8 plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Full UTF-8 leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of UTF-8 Database Converter (100+) and HW Feed Cleaner (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “utf8” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 utf8 plugins
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Full UTF-8The most installed utf8 plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
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UTF-8 Database Converter100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.2.
- 3.
HW Feed Cleaner10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
All 3 plugins tagged “utf8”
Full UTF-8
Down in the last 7 days:22#10,372by Andrea Ercolino12 years ago
Trustfully write anything in your language. Stop worrying about truncated content.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day
UTF-8 Database Converter
Down in the last 7 days:73#15,300by g30rg3x17 years ago
Easily Converts the WordPress database from any type of character set to UTF-8 character set.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HW Feed Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:6,722#41,083by Håkan Wennerberg13 years ago
If you ever had trouble with WordPress generating non-valid RSS or Atom feeds, this is the plugin for you.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day