Best writing plugins for WordPress
The most popular writing plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. TinyMCE Spellcheck leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Just Writing Statistics (1K+) and FD Footnotes Plugin (1K+). All 105 plugins tagged “writing” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.
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Top 10 writing plugins
- 1.TinyMCE Spellcheck
The most installed writing plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 12 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 2.
Just Writing Statistics1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.FD Footnotes Plugin
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 21 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 4.
Novelist1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
WPHindi1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 6.
Mooberry Book Manager1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 46 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 7.AADMY
400+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
AI Content Writer100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 9.FD Word Statistics Plugin
100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 10.
SEO GPT100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
All 105 plugins tagged “writing”
TinyMCE Spellcheck
Up in the last 7 days:6#4,546by Matthew Muro9 years ago
TinyMCE Spellcheck adds the spellcheck button back to the editor in WordPress 3.6 and up.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.8(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Just Writing Statistics
Up in the last 7 days:16#5,189by Greg Ross1 year ago
Calculate your writing statistics on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day
FD Footnotes Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:26#5,697by fd10 years ago
Add elegant looking footnotes to your posts simply and naturally.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(21)
- Downloads
- 10/day

Novelist
Up in the last 7 days:59#6,470by Ashley2 months ago
Easily organize and display your portfolio of books.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WPHindi
Down in the last 7 days:16#6,762by zozuk14 years ago
Type in Hindi inside WordPress. Hello -> हेलो. WPHindi helps you save time by letting you type inside Classic Editor and Gutenberg in Hindi.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Mooberry Book Manager
Down in the last 7 days:8#6,899by mooberrydreams27 days ago
Sell books via Amazon and other retailers directly from your author website with this easy-to-use system. Creates book pages, widgets, and book grids.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(46)
- Downloads
- 22/day
AADMY
Down in the last 7 days:53#9,946by NUMAN RASHEED1 year ago
Short Description: Automatically add dynamic dates, months, and years to your WordPress posts using shortcodes.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 12/day

AI Content Writer
Down in the last 7 days:228#13,065by BeautifulPlugins9 days ago
AI Content Writer helps you automatically generate high-quality, SEO-optimized content for your blog or website.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 45/day
FD Word Statistics Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:51#13,895by fd10 years ago
Shows word and sentence counts plus a readability analysis of the post currently being edited using three different readability measurements.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SEO GPT
Up in the last 7 days:66#15,010by SEO Vendor2 years ago
Use AI to automatically create SEO titles and meta descriptions for Yoast SEO, All-in-One SEO, or Simple SEO.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Lineate
Down in the last 7 days:271#16,924by Johnathon Williams3 months ago
The web has never known what to do with a poem. Lineate settles it: true lines, stanzas, indents, and gaps, on every screen. Built by a poet.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Parsedown for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:212#19,691by rob1n11 years ago
This plugin processes your posts and comments using the Parsedown library. It is a direct replacement for PHP Markdown Extra by Michel Fortin.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Article Forge
Down in the last 7 days:60#19,924by borgboy13 years ago
The Article Forge WP plugin provides a conducive environment for the writing and publishing of hierarchical prose.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
pure writing
Up in the last 7 days:7#20,869by young12 years ago
增强Wordpress的编辑器功能,让你享受纯粹的写作。
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

FICTBASE
Up in the last 7 days:1,185#21,182by fictbase0913 days ago
Serialized fiction and web novel plugin for WordPress. Chapters, drip scheduling, reader bookmarks — self-hosted, no platform lock-in.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Comment-free zone
Up in the last 7 days:180#22,513by Progress Planner9 months ago
This plugin fully removes comments, trackbacks and all related features from your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WPMarathi
Up in the last 7 days:24#22,517by zozuk17 years ago
Type in Marathi inside WordPress. Hello -> हॅलो. WPMarathi helps you save time by letting you type inside Classic Editor and Gutenberg in Marathi.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dave’s Whizmatronic Widgulating Calibrational Scribometer
Down in the last 7 days:121#26,621by davidanaxagoras16 years ago
The Scribometer allows writers to track and display their writing progress in their sidebar.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Wordcount
Down in the last 7 days:119#26,781by Scott Grant10 years ago
Allows authors to show word counts for works in progress.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day

Superdraft
Up in the last 7 days:37#27,615by pbalazs11 months ago
A free WordPress plugin providing AI-powered writing assistance, image generation and editing, smart tagging, and autocomplete for better workflow.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scrippet Block
Down in the last 7 days:925#28,967by Pierre Carion1 year ago
This plugin adds a block to the Gutenberg editor to render HTML Fountain-formatted screenplay snippets.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Zen
#29,077by Mohammad Jangda16 years ago
A distraction-free environment for blogging; inspired by Habari, OmmWriter, WriteRoom, and countless wasted hours of staring at blank screens.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

MD Block
Up in the last 7 days:20#30,647by Mehedi Hasan4 years ago
A Gutenberg Block that allow to write markdown in Block Editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Intelliminds
Up in the last 7 days:1,431#32,928by intelliminds2 months ago
AI-powered writing tool for WordPress that publishes content created in your Intelliminds account.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Small Business Copywriting Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:757#33,285by Ronald Huereca1 year ago
Launch With Words helps small businesses create content with expert prompts. Just follow, publish, and grow—blogging made easy!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CodeMirror for Post Editor
#34,519by Felipe Lavín12 years ago
Write beautiful HTML code using the CodeMirror component for your WordPress posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Quevedo
Down in the last 7 days:542#34,763by Nilo Velez21 days ago
Quevedo is a suite of tools for bloggers and content creators.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Weather Write
Down in the last 7 days:1,835#34,792by Mike Freeman2 months ago
Weather-aware writing prompts/snippets inside WordPress. Generate posts manually or on a schedule using the ManOverMachine API and Open-Meteo.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Word Counter
#37,137by nearchx2 years ago
Show the reading time and number of words in your post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Asimov
Up in the last 7 days:8,261#37,829by asc27luigi5 years ago
Asimov is an AI enhanced platform that can help you write trending content with the best embedded SEO characteristics of the moment in order to maximi …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Writing Prompt
Up in the last 7 days:1,816#39,147by robskidmore12 years ago
A simple writing prompt plugin for Wordpress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Inspiring Dashboards
Up in the last 7 days:1,947#43,677by Chris Klosowski12 years ago
Not sure what to write about for your next blog post? Maybe this Dashboard Widget can inspire you.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pull Quotes
#45,267by Aaron D. Campbell3 months ago
Mark existing post text and echo it as an accessible, server-rendered floated callout.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Influenet
#45,515by Influenet6 years ago
This plugin can connect your blog with the content marketing platform Influenet.com
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Minimalist editor
Down in the last 7 days:7,839#45,560by Paul8 years ago
No fuzz post editor - more typewriter, less command prompt.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scripted.com Writer Marketplace
Up in the last 7 days:1,967#45,594by rbucks8 years ago
Get your blog posts written by our pre-screened network of top-notch writers. Scripted makes it easy to order consistently great blog posts that you o …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Flow by ilys
#46,046by ilys9 years ago
Use Flow by ilys to break through your writer's block and unleash the genius creativity within you.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sunray Author Manager
Up in the last 7 days:1,498#46,102by Matthew1 year ago
A versatile plugin for writers to highlight their work, with a carousel slider and bibliography.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Eloquent
Up in the last 7 days:631#46,261by Avram2 months ago
Eloquent is an awesome front-end editor for your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Publishing Conditions
#46,686by maurobringolf9 years ago
Prevent yourself from publishing unfinished posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Write First
Down in the last 7 days:9,352#46,821by Justin Sainton13 years ago
Write First lets you get to writing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Slick Write
Down in the last 7 days:11,375#47,295by russtek13 years ago
Take your writing to the next level.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Jamie's Distraction-Free Writer
Down in the last 7 days:9,617#47,308by jamiemarsland4 months ago
A beautiful, distraction-free front-end writing experience for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Blog Coach
#47,442by Scott Winterroth10 years ago
Get Blogging! Amp up your blogging with visual reminders in the admin toolbar to publish a new post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AI Content X
Down in the last 7 days:10,456#48,045by Jose Canchila (Jodacame)3 years ago
AI Content X is a powerful WordPress plugin that generates high-quality, engaging content with the help of artificial intelligence (GPT-3).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Fast-Sort-Tags
#48,170by mcvivi16 years ago
"Wp-Fast-Sort Tags" allows you to create a page with the list of all tags sorted by name and then have all the posts related to this tag.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Webmaster.Net SEO Post Quality Analyzer
Down in the last 7 days:1,486#48,465by Oliver Krautscheid (oliversk)11 years ago
Webmaster.Net Post Quality Analyzer is a simple lite-weight plugin to analyze the quality of your posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Bristlecone Markdown
#50,058by Bristlecone IT Services1 month ago
Write in Markdown without Jetpack. Block editor, Classic Editor, comments, and iA Writer publishing, with iA Writer-aligned syntax.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Youmanize
Up in the last 7 days:7,228#50,140by Remi Corson2 months ago
AI wrote it. Youmanize makes it sound like you, right inside the WordPress editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
saidweekly
#50,216by Brent Miller13 days ago
Plans an editorial calendar for your business, then writes researched articles and delivers them to WordPress on the days you choose.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day