Initial Letter

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1. ★★★★★ aceofjames

   3.9y ago

   I’d give this plugin a 5 especially since all others are pretty bad and or just don’t work. The problem with Initial Letter is that even when you check the box “First Paragraph Only” it shows up on EVERY paragraph. Does anyone have any insight on how to fix this? Thank you in advance, James P. Williams AceOfJames This topic was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by aceofjames.

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2. ★★★★★ americanpigeon

   4.8y ago

   Was working okay, until the plugin was unresponsive. The default (whether or not you want the initial letter in every post to be a drop cap) underneath each post is switched to “Yes.” While this doesn’t affect all the posts it affected one of the pages, so that even upon trying to switch it off manually, the plugin stayed on. This was unacceptable. Two stars because it works. But doesn’t work as optimally as it should. This topic was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by americanpigeon.

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3. ★★★★★ Silhouettist

   5.1y ago

   Works brilliantly with the Gutenberg editor and much better than the limited “drop cap” option that ships with Gutenberg. Please update to get rid of the “not tested with current WP version” message. Either that or sell it to Gutenberg who should really offer these settings as part of the package. Update 4 years later: App still works well. Would be happy to donate but the maker seems to have forgotten to keep updating it. This topic was modified 7 months, 1 week ago by Silhouettist. Reason: Time has passed

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4. ★★★★★ AsaHersh

   5.1y ago

   1. Cannot edit for individual posts. 2. Will show on every first block of text, not every page!

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5. ★★★★★ marcomassimo

   6.0y ago

   Very well

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6. ★★★★★ Elvis1973

   9.0y ago

   I have tried about three plugins that say they do drop caps but most were incompatible with my site or didn’t work at all. This plugin does the job, looks great and is very simple to install. A+++

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7. ★★★★★ trevorNanders

   11.4y ago

   Installed it on my site (WordPress 4.1.1) using Blue Mag theme and it works really well. Very nice plugin.

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8. ★★★★★ zepolo

   12.9y ago

   I’am agree, it would work only for the FIRST paragraph of the blog and not every one.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.6

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-08-31 200+ → 100+ down after 24 days in tier
2. 2026-08-07 100+ → 200+ up after 25 days in tier
3. 2026-07-13 200+ → 100+ down

Competes with

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• Easy Google Fonts 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D
• WP Add Custom CSS 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B

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Initial Letter: 100+ active installs, 3.9★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/initial-letter