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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. 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. 2.
    Just Writing Statistics

    1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  3. 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. 4.
    Novelist

    1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  5. 5.
    WPHindi

    1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.

  6. 6.
    Mooberry Book Manager

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 46 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  7. 7.
    AADMY

    400+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  8. 8.
    AI Content Writer

    100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.

  9. 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. 10.
    SEO GPT

    100+ 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”