10 Best Cleanup HTML Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Cleanup HTML has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Cleanup HTML
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WP-RTL
Closest match5.0 (20) 2,000+ active installsAdds two buttons to the TinyMCE editor to enable writing text in Left to Right (LTR) and Right to Left (RTL) directions.
Shares the tinyMCE, wysiwyg tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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5.0 (21) 10,000+ active installsReplaces the plain-text category and tag description editor with a visual editor.
Shares the tinyMCE, wysiwyg tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since August 17, 2024.
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4.8 (191) 200,000+ active installsThe visual editor widget for WordPress.
Shares the tinyMCE, wysiwyg tags on WordPress.org. About 200 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.0 (23) 500+ active installsEdit content inline, without going to the admin area.
Shares the wysiwyg tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since July 23, 2013.
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4.8 (60) 10,000+ active installsEdit widget content using the default WordPress visual editor and media uploading functionality. Create widgets like you would create posts or pages.
Shares the wysiwyg tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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5.0 (22) 1,000+ active installsThis plugin will disable the visual editor for selected page/post..
Shares the wysiwyg tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since February 21, 2018.
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5.0 (20) 4,000+ active installsA wordpress plugin to automatically resize and improve upon wysiwyg and textarea fields in Advanced Custom Fields.
Shares the wysiwyg tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, no update since January 28, 2022.
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4.3 (33) 10,000+ active installsLets you use raw HTML or any other code in your posts. You can also disable smart quotes and other automatic formatting on a per-post basis.
Shares the html tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since November 11, 2024.
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4.4 (45) 10,000+ active installsCode Embed provides a very easy and efficient way to embed code (JavaScript, CSS and HTML) in your posts and pages.
Shares the html tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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4.7 (33) 10,000+ active installsMinify HTML output for clean looking markup and faster downloading.
Shares the html tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated March 18, 2026.
Switching from Cleanup HTML: common questions
What is the best alternative to Cleanup HTML?
WP-RTL is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 2,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Cleanup HTML alternative has the most users?
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Cleanup HTML alternative is rated highest?
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 191 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Cleanup HTML alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Cleanup HTML score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Cleanup HTML on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
WP-RTL is the closest match to Cleanup HTML by the data we track, and Black Studio TinyMCE Widget has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. Code Embed shipped the most recent release, on August 21, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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