10 Best Note Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Note 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 Note
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Widget Content Blocks
Closest match4.8 (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 widget, wysiwyg tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
- 2
5.0 (24) 9,000+ active installsAdds simple notes to post, page and custom post type edit screen.
Shares the note tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, no update since September 4, 2025.
- 3
5.0 (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 wysiwyg tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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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.
- 5
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 (21) 10,000+ active installsReplaces the plain-text category and tag description editor with a visual editor.
Shares the wysiwyg tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since August 17, 2024.
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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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4.8 (191) 200,000+ active installsThe visual editor widget for WordPress.
Shares the widget, wysiwyg tags on WordPress.org. About 200 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
- 9
4.8 (48) 8,000+ active installsNot a big fan of green and black? Love the layout of Twenty Fourteen, but need its colors to match your brand? Don't have time to create a child …
Shares the customizer tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated July 18, 2026.
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4.9 (57) 10,000+ active installsManage a site-wide central color palette for a uniform look'n'feel! Supports the new block editor, Theme Customizer and many themes and plug …
Shares the customizer tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since August 16, 2023.
Switching from Note: common questions
What is the best alternative to Note?
Widget Content Blocks is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Note alternative has the most users?
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Note alternative is rated highest?
Central Color Palette, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 57 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Note 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 Note 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 Note 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
Widget Content Blocks is the closest match to Note by the data we track, and Black Studio TinyMCE Widget has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. Black Studio TinyMCE Widget shipped the most recent release, on August 20, 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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