Best whitespace plugins for WordPress
The most popular whitespace plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Whitespace Fixer for XML Sitemap leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Empty Paragraph for TinyMCE Editor (50+) and SyHi (10+). All 7 plugins tagged “whitespace” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 whitespace plugins
- 1.
Whitespace Fixer for XML SitemapThe most installed whitespace plugin, with 300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.Empty Paragraph for TinyMCE Editor
50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 3.SyHi
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 4.
Real Editor SpaceFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
KBSP Spacer & Ad BlocksFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.KeepSpace
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
Hairspaces Around DashesFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
All 7 plugins tagged “whitespace”

Whitespace Fixer for XML Sitemap
Up in the last 7 days:187#10,133by Turbo Addons1 month ago
Fixes XML declaration errors in sitemaps and RSS by removing leading whitespace. Just activate, no setup required.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Empty Paragraph for TinyMCE Editor
Up in the last 7 days:82#20,436by kb_unhammer14 years ago
Adds an editor button that puts in an empty paragraph which won't get deleted when you save.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SyHi
Down in the last 7 days:3,682#42,882by sole16 years ago
Minimalistic Syntax Highlighter plug-in which also makes sure code can still be copied and pasted into your favourite compiler!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Real Editor Space
Up in the last 7 days:7,526#53,457by Qie Lei6 months ago
Preserves real spaces in WordPress Gutenberg editor by converting multiple spaces to entities.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

KBSP Spacer & Ad Blocks
#55,608by biscuitbaby1 year ago
Easily insert customizable blank spaces and ad placeholders into your posts and pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
KeepSpace
Down in the last 7 days:10,765#62,023by cottboy11 months ago
Automatically convert regular spaces into special character spaces to prevent them from being omitted.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Hairspaces Around Dashes
Down in the last 7 days:21,919#71,880by James4 years ago
This simple but effective plugin converts spaces around dashes (both em and en dashes) into hairspaces.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day