Talkify Text To Speech
Talkify Text to speech is the best online Text to speech solution for blogs, articles and more. 400 voices in over 50 languages at your fingertips.
Consider an alternative
Talkify Text To Speech shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 6 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 6 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.4 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Talkify Text To Speech stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| audio | >100 |
| speech | >100 |
| text to audio | >100 |
| text to speech | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Talkify Text To Speech
From the official readme · v1.0.1Description
Talkify Text to speech WordPress plugin brings voice features to your WP blog and website. This very easy to use plugin adds a voice to any WP page in minutes.
Take full control over speech attributes such as rate, pitch and volume. Mix and match voices to add richness to dialogues. Control tone, phonation and pauses to add depth to any content. Why not use a child voice for content aimed at children?
Choose between hundreds of voices in the following languages (we support many cultures in most languages).
English, Chinese, Swedish, German, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, French, Italian, Norweigean, Danish, Arabic, Russian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Icelandic, Portuguese, Romanian, Welsh, Ukranian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Slovenian, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Vietnamese, Filipino, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam
Features
- Listen to any post or page, either automatically or through a click on a button
- High qualiy voices (https://manage.talkify.net/docs#voices)
- Text highligting, or speech marks, for easy read along
- Control pitch, pauses between words, volume, speech rate, phonation and much more
- Choose between 4 different UIs
- Our fully integrated UIs let users control all aspects of playback
- A block component, “talkify button”, comes with this plugin. Configure this button to do magic!
- Declarative (data-attributes) configuration to enable rich dialogues between 2 or more voices. Docs here
- 1000 free requests per month.
Documentation and demo
Talkify on Github
Talkify website
See Talkify in action
Available voices, pricing and other documentation
Usage
- Acquire your API-key at https://manage.talkify.net (login and copy the key, paste it under the general configuration section in WP)
- Add the “Talkify” button (block control) anywhere on your page. Yes, you can even add multiple buttons on the page, if you want to. Each individually configurable.
- Configure it
- Hit update. Voila!
Check out our screenshots for a better understanding on how you can configure your button
Changelog
1.0.0: Initial release
1.0.1: Fixed default voice. Fixed bg-color, color and font-sizes
Screenshots
For developers
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FAQ
Talkify Text To Speech: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 4, 2026
Is Talkify Text To Speech free?
Yes. Talkify Text To Speech is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Talkify Text To Speech safe to use in 2026?
Talkify Text To Speech shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 6 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Talkify Text To Speech?
Talkify Text To Speech is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,797 times since it launched in July 2020. It was downloaded 62 times in the last 30 days.
Does Talkify Text To Speech work with WordPress 7.1?
Talkify Text To Speech is officially tested up to WordPress 5.4.23, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Talkify Text To Speech last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.1, was released on July 31, 2020 (6 years ago).
Who makes Talkify Text To Speech?
Talkify Text To Speech is developed and maintained by talkify.
What are the best alternatives to Talkify Text To Speech?
The most popular alternatives to Talkify Text To Speech are Presto Player (100K+ installs), Seriously Simple Podcasting (30K+ installs) and Compact WP Audio Player (20K+ installs).
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