Paste As Plain Text By Default

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At the current install trend, crossing 3K+ in roughly 144 days.

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1. ★★★★★ ANDiTKO

   7mo ago

   Exactly what I needed. Easy install and setup. It allowed me to have plain text paste by default so my client won’t get messy code from pasting pre-formatted content. Especially from vendor’s PDF files it can break your theme/design and your page HTML code. A Must have wordpress plugin!

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2. ★★★★★ Espace66

   2.6y ago

   Absolutely great plugin. Started using it the other day, will install it on all my Divi sites. Very simple, very effective. I always use plain text for pasting, and having to click the plain text icon (and removing the very annoying Divi message about… using plain text mode!) definitely makes you smile. Should be WP default function.

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3. ★★★★★ kattouf

   2.8y ago

   I had to do so much clean up after my writers pasting gmail and word docs. This is a great find! thanks for making it!

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4. ★★★★★ panon

   2.8y ago

   Great plugin. It, literally, saves you time (and eye ache some times)!!!

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5. ★★★★★ argosmedia

   3.3y ago

   A simple yet essential plugin. I use it on all of my sites. Thank you!

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6. ★★★★★ Andrew

   4.4y ago

   Thanks for creating this plugin!

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7. ★★★★★ mjfn689

   4.7y ago

   This is such an excellent addition to the plugin library. I lose count of the number of times users forget to paste unformatted text. With this plugin the ability this plugin provides, to switch off the unformatted text is vital. For those occasions when you need to copy between WordPress posts for example. This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by mjfn689.

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8. ★★★★★ adham24a2

   4.7y ago

   i tested it with Divi builder. Great solution.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.1.1 Fix: Paste as text was not enabled on rare occasions in the Divi Visual Builder Improvement: Code optimization 1.1.1
2. — Version 1.1 New: Added support for WPUF (WordPress User Frontend) Rich textarea and Teeny Rich textarea Tweak: Added support for Divi on-page editing (click & type) 1.1
3. — Version 1.0 Initial plugin release 1.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8.2

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-25 1K+ → 2K+ up after 99 days in tier
2. 2026-01-16 2K+ → 1K+ down after 23 days in tier
3. 2025-12-24 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2025-12-23 2K+ → 1K+ down after 8 days in tier
5. 2025-12-15 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-12-14 2K+ → 1K+ down after 11 days in tier
7. 2025-12-03 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-12-02 2K+ → 1K+ down after 7 days in tier

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Paste As Plain Text By Default: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/paste-as-plain-text-by-default