Best visual plugins for WordPress
The most popular visual plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Black Studio TinyMCE Widget leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Hotjar (60K+) and TinyMCE Custom Styles (7K+). All 27 plugins tagged “visual” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 visual plugins
- 1.
Black Studio TinyMCE WidgetThe most installed visual plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 191 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Hotjar60K+ active installs. Rated 2.9 from 18 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 3.
TinyMCE Custom Styles7K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 15 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 4.
Disable Visual Editor WYSIWYG1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 22 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 5.
VRTs800+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 9 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
Front-end Editor500+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 23 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 7.
Woo Visual Hook Guide200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 8.
Custom Fields Shortcodes100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 9.
WYSIWYG Inline Code Command100+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 7 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 10.
AVE30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 27 plugins tagged “visual”
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1#235by Black Studio2 months ago
The visual editor widget for WordPress.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.8(191)
- Downloads
- 838/day
Hotjar
Down in the last 7 days:2#635by Hotjar3 years ago
The fast & visual way to understand your users.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 2.9(18)
- Downloads
- 119/day
TinyMCE Custom Styles
#2,529by Tim Reeves2 years ago
Enhance TinyMCE visual editor with a dedicated stylesheet, a stylesheet shared with the frontend, and custom styles in the Formats dropdown.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 3.9(15)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Disable Visual Editor WYSIWYG
Down in the last 7 days:139#5,488by stanxp8 years ago
This plugin will disable the visual editor for selected page/post..
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(22)
- Downloads
- 11/day
VRTs
Down in the last 7 days:26#7,397by Bleech1 month ago
Keep your WordPress websites bug-free with automatic screenshots, daily comparisons, and instant tests after WordPress and plugin updates.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Front-end Editor
Down in the last 7 days:33#9,120by scribu13 years ago
Edit content inline, without going to the admin area.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.0(23)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Woo Visual Hook Guide
Up in the last 7 days:24#12,831by A.malakar9 years ago
Woo Visual Hook Guide - is a plugin to help developers understand where the template hooks while devloping Woocommerce websites
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Fields Shortcodes
Down in the last 7 days:41#14,775by Amir Helzer15 years ago
Lets you insert custom fields in the visual editor without coding in PHP.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WYSIWYG Inline Code Command
Down in the last 7 days:44#15,843by pkgw12 years ago
Adds a button and keybinding to the WYSIWYG (visual) editor to mark text as inline code.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AVE
#23,356by ziher41 year ago
A collection of addons you can't find in standard builders - customize and display visuals to spice up your website's looks!
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Brix
Down in the last 7 days:243#24,068by Evolve6 years ago
Brix is a powerful drag & drop page builder that allows you to visually compose any layout you can imagine with a grid-based, easy interface.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Easy Disable Visual Editor
Up in the last 7 days:31#25,565by Matt Martz16 years ago
Easily disables the visual editor globally.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Visidea
Up in the last 7 days:544#28,485by Visidea5 months ago
Visidea is the Visual Search, Search Bar and Product Recommendations plugin for WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Tiny Addons for WPBakery Page Builder
#37,195by Sei Nakamura7 years ago
Adds useful elements to WPBakery Page Builder. Build awesome websites with these light, simple and bloat-free widgets.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Escape to Edit for Divi
#42,189by veggie_896 years ago
Allows users to press the escape button on their keyboard to quickly access the Divi Theme Visual Builder (Requires Divi by Elegant Themes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Let it Rain
#46,367by monarchofsouls6 years ago
This Plugin lets you choose an EMOJI or HTML-Encoded Entity that will rain down on your Website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MiniComposer
#47,999by rtowebsites8 years ago
Build layouts with drag&drop for every page/post
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
FormSkins Pro for Contact Form 7
#55,084by ErickDev5 months ago
Easily change the visual style of your Contact Form 7 forms with 11 professional, predefined themes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LC Widget Modules
Up in the last 7 days:2,452#57,996by jamesdlow5 years ago
Additional modules for live composer that can also be used as wordpress shortcodes or widgets
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Allsource
#59,357by Allsource9 months ago
The intuitive way to gain insights into user behavior.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Blocks Google Map
Up in the last 7 days:6,130#66,142by Govind8 years ago
License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Integrate Google Map to your post using Gutenberg.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
YU STORY
Down in the last 7 days:2,715#67,560by Yusuf2 years ago
Yu Story is a WordPress plugin that lets you create and share interactive stories with ease, enhancing your site with engaging visual narratives.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sima Feedback
#69,022by simafeedback2 years ago
Sima allows your clients to leave feedback directly on a page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mamtack
Down in the last 7 days:12,896#71,758by mamtack14 days ago
Collect visual website feedback. Clients pin comments to page elements, and teams discuss and resolve them in threaded conversations.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Session Mirror
Down in the last 7 days:3,668#73,858by oguzcabuk5 years ago
The fast way to understand your users. Use Session Mirror directly from your Wordpress dashboard. Easy installation and use.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day