10 Best WP Editor Widget Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Editor Widget has 9,000+ 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 WP Editor Widget
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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 rich text, widget, wysiwyg tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 18 days ago.
- 2
5.0 (21) 10,000+ active installsReplaces the plain-text category and tag description editor with a visual editor.
Shares the rich text, wysiwyg tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since August 17, 2024.
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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 editor, rich text tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since February 27, 2019.
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5.0 (22) 1,000+ active installsThis plugin will disable the visual editor for selected page/post..
Shares the editor, wysiwyg tags on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 9,000+, no update since February 21, 2018.
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4.7 (26) 50,000+ active installsThis tiny plugin re-adds the Editor text underline & text justify buttons in the WYSIWYG removed in WordPress 4.7.0
Shares the editor, wysiwyg tags on WordPress.org. About 5.6 times the installs, last updated November 30, 2025.
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4.8 (191) 200,000+ active installsThe visual editor widget for WordPress.
Shares the editor, widget, wysiwyg tags on WordPress.org. About 22 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.7 (30) 6,000+ active installsSimple Yearly Archive is a rather neat and simple Wordpress plugin that allows you to display your archives in a year-based list.
Shares the wpml tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 23 days ago.
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4.6 (37) 6,000+ active installsWPML Multilingual for BuddyPress and BuddyBoss allows BuddyPress and BuddyBoss sites to run fully multilingual using the WPML plugin.
Shares the wpml tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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5.0 (20) 5,000+ active installsImport multilingual data from WPML into Polylang.
Shares the wpml tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 28 days ago.
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4.9 (36) 9,000+ active installsWPML Widgets is a simple to use extension to add a language selector dropdown to your widgets.
Shares the wpml tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
Switching from WP Editor Widget: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Editor Widget?
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 WP Editor Widget alternative has the most users?
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Editor Widget alternative is rated highest?
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 191 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP Editor Widget 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 WP Editor Widget 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 WP Editor Widget 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 WP Editor Widget by the data we track, and Black Studio TinyMCE Widget has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. WPML Multilingual for BuddyPress and BuddyBoss 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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