Best widows plugins for WordPress
The most popular widows plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. wp-Typography leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Widon't Part Deux (60+) and Text Orphans Remover (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “widows” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 widows plugins
- 1.wp-Typography
The most installed widows plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 71 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.Widon't Part Deux
60+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 3.Text Orphans Remover
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
MITS No Lonely WordsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “widows”
wp-Typography
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,432by pepe11 days ago
Improve your web typography with: hyphenation, space control, intelligent character replacement, and CSS hooks.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(71)
- Downloads
- 252/day
Widon't Part Deux
Down in the last 7 days:251#19,326by Morgan Estes12 years ago
Widon't Part Deux eliminates typographic widows in the titles and content your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Text Orphans Remover
#62,491by Jesse Naylor10 months ago
Prevents typographic “orphans” by replacing the final breaking space with a non‑breaking space in common text blocks (front‑end only).
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MITS No Lonely Words
Down in the last 7 days:6,887#67,704by wpaluchmits4 months ago
Polish typography fix. Prevents lonely conjunctions at line ends. Processes content once on save, zero overhead on frontend.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day