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Live from WordPress.org · Sep 26, 2026

Best Text Plugins for WordPress

151 plugins are tagged “text” on WordPress.org. We rank them by active installs and score every one on update freshness, compatibility, ratings and support — so you can pick a safe one in seconds. The most popular right now is String locator with 100K+ active installs.

Plugins in category151
#1 by installsString locator
Top-30 installs153K+
Avg. health (this page)40/100

151 Text plugins

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Best Text Plugins for WordPress
Rank Plugin Active installs Rating Updated Health
1 String locator String locator Find and edit code or texts in your themes and plugins by InstaWP 100K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (125) 2 years ago 39
2 Enhanced Text Widget Enhanced Text Widget An enhanced version of the text widget that supports Text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash… by cl272 30K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 (50) 2 years ago 48
3 Custom Shortcodes Custom Shortcodes Manage custom fields using the insert shortcodes or HTML comment in text of post. by marapper 5K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 17 years ago 36
4 Text Replace Text Replace Replace text with other text. Handy for creating shortcuts to common, lengthy, or… by Scott Reilly 3K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (18) 5 years ago 38
5 Classic Text Widget Classic Text Widget The classic pre-WordPress version 4.8 text widget by Victor Font 2K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (15) 7 years ago 40
6 Gettext override translations Gettext override translations GUI in backend to override texts and translations without any programming knowledge. by ramon fincken 2K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (7) 2 years ago 40
7 Special Text Boxes Special Text Boxes Highlights any portion of text as text in the colored boxes. by minimus 1K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.4 (21) 2 weeks ago 79
8 Change Text Case Change Text Case Change Case adds buttons to change text case in the WordPress visual editor. by Michael Aronoff 1K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (21) 1 month ago 82
9 WP Typograph Lite WP Typograph Lite Russian typography for Wordpress. Lite version. by marapper 1K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 9 years ago 34
10 Visual User Description Editor Visual User Description Editor Replaces the user "Biographical Info" profile field with a TinyMCE visual editor. by zwwuu 1K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 4 years ago 34
11 Image & Text Widget Image & Text Widget Easy to use plugin that uses the native WordPress media manager to add image widgets to… by dFactory 900+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (4) 9 years ago 31
12 Visual Editor Biography Visual Editor Biography Replaces the author "Biographical Info" profile field with a TinyMCE visual editor. by Kevin Leary 900+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (12) 15 years ago 38
13 Easy Font Resize Easy Font Resize Allow your visitors to increase or decrease font size of the "main" section of your website. by ziher4 700+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (11) 3 years ago 39
14 Search and Replace for Block Editor Search and Replace for Block Editor Search and Replace text within the WordPress Block Editor just like Microsoft Word or… by badasswp 600+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (4) 1 month ago 66
15 Simple Note Simple Note The plugin allows you to create colored text notes in the new block editor. by Webliberty 500+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 1 year ago 43
16 Section Widget Section Widget Display arbitrary information only on selected sections of your site. Also allows you to… by ctltwp 500+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (5) 1 year ago 38
17 Lorem Ipsum Block – Placeholders for everyone Lorem Ipsum Block – Placeholders for everyone Rapidly prototype your posts and pages with lorem ipsum paragraphs and headings. by eedee 500+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4) 7 years ago 34
18 Text Domain Inspector Text Domain Inspector Text Domain Inspector is a plugin that helps to inspect text domains of translatable strings by laugei 400+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (4) 2 years ago 31
19 Content text slider on post Content text slider on post Use this plugin to scroll the content vertically in the posts and pages. by gopi_plus 300+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 3 years ago 33
20 HTML Block HTML Block Create your HTML code and place it anywhere on your site using a shortcode. by sidngr 300+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 3 years ago 26
21 Copyrighted Post Copyrighted Post Adds copyright notice in the end of each post of your blog. by minimus 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.8 (5) 1 year ago 42
22 WYSIWYG Editor for Contact Form 7 WYSIWYG Editor for Contact Form 7 Let's you add a WYSIWYG Editor field for Contact Form 7. by Dimitris Chatzis 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 5 years ago 33
23 Kalamatino Kalamatino You can easily replace a letter or every text with your custom text with kalamatino. by Shokrino Team 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 4 years ago 33
24 Quote Master Quote Master This plugin gives you the ability to add, edit, and delete quotes and display them randomly. by Frank Corso 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (10) 8 years ago 37
25 Content Randomizer Content Randomizer This plugin allows you to add texts, images, videos and display them in a random order or… by Dominykas 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (6) 9 years ago 37
26 Show Content Only Show Content Only Display only the post or page content, without a theme, sidebars, scripts or stylesheets. by Zack Katz 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4) 12 years ago 32
27 WP Typograph Full WP Typograph Full Russian typography for Wordpress. Full version with settings. by marapper 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 17 years ago 25
28 Custom Password Protected Text Custom Password Protected Text Custom text message for password protected pages and posts by Marcello Scacchetti 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (5) 14 years ago 37
29 Contact Form 7 Customfield in mail Contact Form 7 Customfield in mail This plugin provides a new tag type for the Contact Form 7 Plugin. It allows the use of… by Jeffrey 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (3) 16 years ago 28
30 Simple Text Shortcodes Simple Text Shortcodes Create text shortocodes with ease! by Alexander Panayotov 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (5) 8 years ago 37

Top Text plugins, head to head

All comparisons →
String locatorString locator vs Enhanced Text WidgetEnhanced Text Widget String locatorString locator vs Custom ShortcodesCustom Shortcodes String locatorString locator vs Text ReplaceText Replace Enhanced Text WidgetEnhanced Text Widget vs Custom ShortcodesCustom Shortcodes Enhanced Text WidgetEnhanced Text Widget vs Text ReplaceText Replace Custom ShortcodesCustom Shortcodes vs Text ReplaceText Replace

How we rank

Popularity first, then a health check you can trust

Plugins are ordered the way WordPress.org ranks them for this category. Next to each one you’ll see its health score, so a popular-but-neglected option never sneaks into your stack.

  • 25 Update freshness
  • 20 Works with the latest WordPress
  • 25 Rating, weighted by review count
  • 15 Support threads resolved
  • 15 Active installs

Popular plugins categories

woocommerce 11.8Kwidget 5.1Kseo 3.5Kadmin 3Kpost 2.8Kshortcode 2.4KAI 2.3Kposts 2.2Ksecurity 2.1Kcomments 2.1Kecommerce 2Kimages 1.8Kemail 1.8Kimage 1.7Kgoogle 1.6Kanalytics 1.5Kgutenberg 1.5Kfacebook 1.5Kelementor 1.5Ktwitter 1.5Kgallery 1.5Klogin 1.5Ksidebar 1.3Kcontent 1.3Kpayment gateway 1.3Kblock 1.2Ksocial 1.2Kperformance 1.2Kpayment 1.2Kvideo 1.2Kpage 1.2Kmedia 1.1Kwidgets 1.1Kslider 1.1Ke-commerce 1Kcontact form 1Kspam 1Kchatbot 996search 992links 977

FAQ

Quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 26, 2026

What is the most popular text plugin for WordPress?

String locator is the most popular text plugin with 100K+ active installs and a 4.6/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many text plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 151 plugins tagged “text” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Which text plugin has the best rating?

Among the most-installed options, Enhanced Text Widget has the highest rating at 4.9/5 from 50 reviews.

Are these text plugins actively maintained?

1 of the top 30 text plugins were updated in the last 30 days. Check each plugin’s health score for update freshness, WordPress compatibility and support responsiveness.

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