Best widget titles plugins for WordPress
The most popular widget titles plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Remove Widget Titles leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of Metro Theme Widget Titles (10+) and PWS Better Widget Title (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “widget titles” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 widget titles plugins
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Remove Widget TitlesThe most installed widget titles plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 27 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 2.
Metro Theme Widget Titles10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
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PWS Better Widget TitleFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 3 plugins tagged “widget titles”
Remove Widget Titles
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,705by Stephen Cronin9 years ago
The Remove Widget Titles plugin removes the title from any widget that has a title starting with the "!" character.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(27)
- Downloads
- 15/day
Metro Theme Widget Titles
#39,447by John Sundberg11 years ago
Out of the box, StudioPress Metro theme widget titles are not compatible with some plugins. This plugin fixes that.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PWS Better Widget Title
Down in the last 7 days:17,601#70,092by davidhe20186 years ago
Hide widget titles that are inside the square brackets, "[]". Handles multiple occurrence. Compatible with WordPress version 3.0+.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day