10 Best WP-RTL Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP-RTL has 2,000+ 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-RTL
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Visual Term Description Editor
Closest match5.0 (21) 10,000+ active installsReplaces the plain-text category and tag description editor with a visual editor.
Shares the tinyMCE, wysiwyg tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since August 17, 2024.
- 2
4.6 (65) 9,000+ active installsAdjust an image's margins and border with ease in the Visual editor.
Shares the formatting, tinyMCE tags on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, no update since February 10, 2018.
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5.0 (20) 1,000+ active installsTest your themes and plugins in RTL mode.
Shares the rtl tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since August 11, 2020.
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4.3 (33) 10,000+ active installsLets you use raw HTML or any other code in your posts. You can also disable smart quotes and other automatic formatting on a per-post basis.
Shares the formatting tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since November 11, 2024.
- 5
4.8 (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 wysiwyg tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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5.0 (22) 1,000+ active installsThis plugin will disable the visual editor for selected page/post..
Shares the wysiwyg tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since February 21, 2018.
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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. About 4.5 times the installs, no update since April 7, 2021.
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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. A similar number of installs, last updated 23 days ago.
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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 2 times the installs, no update since January 28, 2022.
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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 1.5 times the installs, no update since February 27, 2019.
Switching from WP-RTL: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP-RTL?
Visual Term Description Editor is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which WP-RTL alternative has the most users?
Visual Term Description Editor, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP-RTL alternative is rated highest?
Widget Content Blocks, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 60 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP-RTL 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-RTL 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-RTL 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
Visual Term Description Editor is the closest match to WP-RTL by the data we track, and Visual Term Description Editor has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. Widget Content Blocks 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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