Best wpautop plugins for WordPress

The most popular wpautop plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Toggle wpautop leads with 9K+ active installs, ahead of Preserved HTML Editor Markup Plus (3K+) and Disable WPautop (2K+). All 12 plugins tagged “wpautop” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

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Top 10 wpautop plugins

1.
Toggle wpautop
The most installed wpautop plugin, with 9K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 32 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
2.
Preserved HTML Editor Markup Plus
3K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 36 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
3.
Disable WPautop
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
4.
wpautop control
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 7 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
5.
Empty P Tag
700+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
6.
Preserved HTML Editor Markup
600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 42 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
7.
Remove Blank P Tag
200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
8.
Remove Wpautop
200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
9.
No Format Shortcode
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
10.
Make Autop
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.