9 Best Disable WPautop Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Disable WPautop has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 9 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 9 closest alternatives to Disable WPautop
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Preserved HTML Editor Markup
Closest match5.0 (42) 600+ active installsPreserves white space and developer edits in HTML AND WYSIWYG tab. Supports inline scripts/css, JavaScript code blocks and HTML5 content editing
Shares the wpautop tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
- 2
4.9 (32) 9,000+ active installsEasily disable the default wpautop filter on a post by post basis.
Shares the wpautop tag on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, no update since April 7, 2021.
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4.2 (36) 3,000+ active installsPreserves HTML and developer edits in HTML AND WYSIWYG tab. Supports inline scripts/css, JavaScript code blocks and HTML5 content editing
Shares the wpautop tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, no update since December 11, 2019.
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5.0 (22) 1,000+ active installsThis plugin will disable the visual editor for selected page/post..
Shares the disable tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since February 21, 2018.
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4.7 (31) 20,000+ active installsDisables all RSS/Atom/RDF feeds on your WordPress site.
Shares the disable tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since March 30, 2018.
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5.0 (23) 10,000+ active installsProvides options to disable the extra images generated by WordPress.
Shares the disable tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated July 18, 2026.
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Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)
5.0 (108) 60,000+ active installsDisable the WordPress emoji functionality to improve performance and privacy.
Shares the disable tag on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated June 5, 2026.
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4.8 (36) 30,000+ active installsDisables the WP REST API for visitors not logged into WordPress.
Shares the disable tag on WordPress.org. About 15 times the installs, last updated 28 days ago.
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4.9 (272) 2 million+ active installsEnables the previous "classic" widgets settings screens in Appearance - Widgets and the Customizer. Disables the block editor from managing widgets.
Shares the disable tag on WordPress.org. About 1,000 times the installs, last updated December 8, 2025.
Switching from Disable WPautop: common questions
What is the best alternative to Disable WPautop?
Preserved HTML Editor Markup is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 600+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Disable WPautop alternative has the most users?
Classic Widgets, with 2 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Disable WPautop alternative is rated highest?
Disable Emojis, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 108 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Disable WPautop 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 Disable WPautop 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 Disable WPautop 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
Preserved HTML Editor Markup is the closest match to Disable WPautop by the data we track, and Classic Widgets has the widest reach with 2 million+ active installs. Disable WP REST API shipped the most recent release, on August 10, 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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