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Paste As Plain Text By Default

by Victor Duse · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.1.1 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.4+

Paste As Plain Text By Default has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 9,134 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 18, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Paste As Plain Text By Default at a glance

Active installs
2,000+
Total downloads
9,134
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Paste As Plain Text By Default well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Classic Editor
  • Divi Builder (Divi 5 included)
  • Beaver Builder
  • WPUF (WP User Frontend)

Paste As Plain Text By Default reviews and ratings

9 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

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  • Perfect!

    Exactly what I needed. Easy install and setup. It allowed me to have plain text paste by default so my client won't get messy code from pasting pre-formatted content. Especially from vendor's PDF files it can break your theme/design and your page HTML code. A Must have wordpress plugin!

    ANDiTKO

  • Absolutely great

    Absolutely great plugin. Started using it the other day, will install it on all my Divi sites. Very simple, very effective. I always use plain text for pasting, and having to click the plain text icon (and removing the very annoying Divi message about... using plain text mode!) definitely makes you smile. Should be WP default function.

    Espace66

  • Excellent and much needed!

    I had to do so much clean up after my writers pasting gmail and word docs. This is a great find! thanks for making it!

    kattouf

  • Awesome and very useful

    Great plugin. It, literally, saves you time (and eye ache some times)!!!

    panon

  • Simple yet essential

    A simple yet essential plugin. I use it on all of my sites. Thank you!

    argosmedia

  • Brilliant. Should be in core WP

    Thanks for creating this plugin!

    Andrew

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Details

Enable paste as text by default with one click in editors like Classic Editor, Divi, Elementor, Beaver Builder and WPBakery.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • clean text
  • paste as plain text
  • paste as text
  • paste text
  • tinyMCE
Version
1.1.1
Last updated
Aug 18, 2026
First published
Nov 17, 2021
Requires WordPress
4.7
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Paste As Plain Text By Default FAQ

What does Paste As Plain Text By Default do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Paste As Plain Text By Default offers Classic Editor, Divi Builder (Divi 5 included), Beaver Builder and WPUF (WP User Frontend).

How many active installs does Paste As Plain Text By Default have?

WordPress.org reports 2,000+ active installs for Paste As Plain Text By Default as of September 7, 2026.

Is Paste As Plain Text By Default still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 18, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Is Paste As Plain Text By Default free?

Paste As Plain Text By Default is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.