10 Best Special Text Boxes Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Special Text Boxes has 1,000+ 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 Special Text Boxes
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Simple Post Notes
Closest match5.0 (24) 9,000+ active installsAdds simple notes to post, page and custom post type edit screen.
Shares the info tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, no update since September 4, 2025.
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The Events Calendar: Category Colors
5.0 (61) 4,000+ active installsAdd event category background colors to The Events Calendar events.
Shares the color tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated September 16, 2025.
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4.9 (57) 10,000+ active installsManage a site-wide central color palette for a uniform look'n'feel! Supports the new block editor, Theme Customizer and many themes and plug …
Shares the color tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since August 16, 2023.
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4.5 (23) 700+ active installsAllow users to change the website style while reading at night, enabling them to easily read and spend more time on your site.
Shares the color tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since November 9, 2020.
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4.8 (21) 1,000+ active installsChange Case adds buttons to change text case in the WordPress visual editor.
Shares the text tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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4.1 (21) 10,000+ active installsAdd subtitles (subheadings) to your pages, posts or custom post types.
Shares the content tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated March 5, 2026.
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4.2 (26) 3,000+ active installsRelative URL applies wp_make_link_relative function to links to convert them to relative URLs.
Shares the content tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since August 11, 2021.
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4.5 (25) 5,000+ active installsThis plugin will protect the posts content from copying by disable right click and disable selecting text. You can exclude pages and posts.
Shares the content tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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Search Insights – Privacy-Friendly Search Analytics
4.9 (29) 3,000+ active installsUncover exactly what visitors search for on your site. Stop guessing what content to create, fix content gaps, and boost engagement.
Shares the content tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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4.9 (39) 2,000+ active installsLoops & Logic is a template system with content loops and conditions.
Shares the content tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
Switching from Special Text Boxes: common questions
What is the best alternative to Special Text Boxes?
Simple Post Notes is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 9,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Special Text Boxes alternative has the most users?
Central Color Palette, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Special Text Boxes alternative is rated highest?
The Events Calendar, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 61 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Special Text Boxes 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 Special Text Boxes 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 Special Text Boxes 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
Simple Post Notes is the closest match to Special Text Boxes by the data we track, and Central Color Palette has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. Loops & Logic shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 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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