10 Best Raw HTML Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Raw HTML has 10,000+ 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 Raw HTML
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Code Embed
Closest match4.4 (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 css, html, javascript tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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WP Super Minify • Minify, Compress and Cache HTML, CSS & JavaScript
4.1 (72) 9,000+ active installsA lightweight plugin that automatically minifies, compresses, and caches HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on demand to improve your website’s load speed.
Shares the css, html, javascript tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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4.0 (40) 800+ active installs[Fixed] This plugin uses the Minify engine to combine and compress JS and CSS files to improve page load time.
Shares the css, html, javascript tags on WordPress.org. 800+ installs against 10,000+, no update since November 28, 2017.
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Shortcoder — Create Shortcodes for Anything
4.9 (227) 100,000+ active installsCreate custom "Shortcodes" easily for HTML, JavaScript, CSS code snippets and use the shortcodes within posts, pages & widgets
Shares the html, javascript tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated August 1, 2026.
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4.4 (30) 30,000+ active installsThis plugin allows Admin users to individually add HTML, custom CSS, Classes and JavaScript directly to Post, Pages or any other custom post types.
Shares the css, javascript tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since June 6, 2023.
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4.3 (101) 80,000+ active installsControl the appearance of WordPress post excerpts
Shares the formatting tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated August 1, 2026.
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4.9 (32) 9,000+ active installsEasily disable the default wpautop filter on a post by post basis.
Shares the formatting tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since April 7, 2021.
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4.6 (65) 9,000+ active installsAdjust an image's margins and border with ease in the Visual editor.
Shares the formatting tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since February 10, 2018.
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4.6 (40) 2,000+ active installsAllows post authors to easily add and manage footnotes in posts and pages.
Shares the formatting tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 23 days ago.
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Advanced Rich Text Tools for Gutenberg
4.8 (20) 3,000+ active installsAdditional tools for rich text fields in Gutenberg.
Shares the formatting tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since February 27, 2019.
Switching from Raw HTML: common questions
What is the best alternative to Raw HTML?
Code Embed is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.4 out of 5 rating.
Which Raw HTML alternative has the most users?
Shortcoder, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Raw HTML alternative is rated highest?
Shortcoder, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 227 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Raw 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 Raw 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 Raw 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
Code Embed is the closest match to Raw HTML by the data we track, and Shortcoder has the widest reach with 100,000+ 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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