Best valid plugins for WordPress

The most popular valid plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Clean Characters leads with 10+ active installs. All 2 plugins tagged “valid” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

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Top 1 valid plugins

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WP Clean Characters
The most installed valid plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0..

All 2 plugins tagged “valid”

WP Clean Characters
Up in the last 7 days:4,253#42,904
by prettyboymp12 years ago
This plugin will convert the characters pasted from any character set to a valid UTF-8 entities.
Installs
10+
Rating
–
Downloads
0/day