Best wysiwym plugins for WordPress
The most popular wysiwym plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. tinyWYM Editor leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of AddFunc WYSIWYG Helper (100+) and Average WYSIWYG Helper (20+). All 4 plugins tagged “wysiwym” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 wysiwym plugins
- 1.
tinyWYM EditorThe most installed wysiwym plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 2.AddFunc WYSIWYG Helper
100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 3.Average WYSIWYG Helper
20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 4.RDFaCE
10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
All 4 plugins tagged “wysiwym”

tinyWYM Editor
Down in the last 7 days:20#6,886by arickards8 years ago
Convert WordPress's WYSIWYG editor into a WYSIWYM editor. Add and edit any HTML tag and attribute from the visual editor.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
AddFunc WYSIWYG Helper
Down in the last 7 days:43#14,810by AddFunc8 years ago
Highlights prominent HTML elements in the WYSIWYG editor, to help Editors see what they're editing. Sort of a WYSIWYM (the M is for mean).
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Average WYSIWYG Helper
Down in the last 7 days:211#28,489by Joe Rhoney11 years ago
Highlights prominent HTML elements in the WYSIWYG editor, to help Editors see what they're editing. Sort of a WYSIWYM (the M is for mean).
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
RDFaCE
#44,631by Ali Khalili11 years ago
Enables semantic content authoring based on RDFa and Microdata (Schema.org).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day