Insert Special Characters
by 10up · WordPress.org page · Website
Insert Special Characters has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 82,660 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 1, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Insert Special Characters at a glance
Is Insert Special Characters well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Requires PHP 7.4+
- Requires WordPress 6.6+
- Issues and Pull requests welcome in the GitHub repository
Insert Special Characters reviews and ratings
8 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Easy and useful
Easy and useful. I like it!
olistic -
My new favorite plugin! Does just what I need it to do
As a lover of em dashes, en dashes, diacritics, and typography and Unicode in general, and a pedant for using the precise, proper characters where they are appropriate, this plugin does exactly what I need it to do. It works very similarly to the insert-special-characters feature of MediaWiki's VisualEditor plugin, which I also love. Bravo for this, and please keep up the good work.
LonelyPilgrim -
Dingbats are back!
THANK YOU! I am a typographer from way back when I was hand-setting (and pieing — the term for spilling) little pieces of metal in the forms of letters, numbers & dingbats. Special Characters is the WordPress feature I have missed most in Gutenberg, and your plugin is the first & only that makes inserting Special Characters easy and enjoyable. Look for a donation from this old type lover! ❤
Chaz DeSimone -
Much needed!
Thank You! It solves a big problem in Gutenberg, which misses this function!
burnuser -
Thank You! Works perfectly!
Thank you for this great plugin! WHY special characters are STILL absent from the Gutenberg Wordpress editor -- though it has been requested numerous times -- is quite the annoyance. This plugin is perfect! Thanks again!
GoddessNYC -
Excellent!
This is perfect for me. Thanks for developing it!If there was an option to move it to the main toolbar without the need to use the dropdown, it would be a six-star product
Steve P (UK)
Details
A Special Character inserter for the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg).
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- character inserter
- Character Map
- Omega
- special characters
- symbols
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- Version
- 1.1.3
- Last updated
- Sep 1, 2026
- First published
- Aug 30, 2019
- Requires WordPress
- 6.5
- Tested up to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free, community plugin
Insert Special Characters FAQ
What does Insert Special Characters do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Insert Special Characters offers Requires PHP 7.4+, Requires WordPress 6.6+ and Issues and Pull requests welcome in the GitHub repository.
How many active installs does Insert Special Characters have?
WordPress.org reports 3,000+ active installs for Insert Special Characters as of September 7, 2026.
Is Insert Special Characters still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on September 1, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Does Insert Special Characters have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 0 of 1 recent support threads for Insert Special Characters are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Insert Special Characters free?
Insert Special Characters is free and listed as a community plugin on WordPress.org, with no commercial upgrade.