Paste As Plain Text By Default

77 Quality Score

Active Installs

15/30

At roughly 2,000 active installs this is a small, niche plugin, but the score gets a boost because it punches above its weight in adoption relative to comparable tools.

Update Freshness

25/25

Updated within days of this assessment against the upcoming WordPress 7.0 release, showing the single author is actively maintaining the code despite the small user base.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100 from 9 reviewers is a strong signal, though the small sample size means a few negative reviews could move the score quickly.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads in the repository is both a positive (no one is reporting unresolved bugs) and a concern (no public track record of author responsiveness).

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested against WordPress 7.0 and requiring PHP 7.4 and WordPress 4.7, the plugin covers a very wide compatibility range across modern and slightly older sites.

Scores higher than 58% of indexed plugins

About

Enable paste as text by default with one click in editors like Classic Editor, Divi, Elementor, Beaver Builder and WPBakery.

Active Installs 2k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-08-18 11:36am GMT

Requires WordPress 4.7+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Paste As Plain Text By Default forces the WordPress editor to strip formatting from copied content, so pasted text from Word, Google Docs, or other rich sources lands as clean text. It works across the Classic Editor, Divi, Elementor, Beaver Builder, and WPBakery, covering most of the popular page builders. The effect is a single click, site-wide removal of messy inline styles, fonts, and spans that usually come along with cross-application copy-paste.

Who It's For

This plugin suits content teams and bloggers who frequently paste from external sources and want to avoid fighting with inherited formatting. Editorial workflows in newsrooms, legal documentation sites, healthcare publishers, and nonprofits with volunteer contributors will benefit most, since consistency of plain text saves editing time. Agencies managing many client sites will also appreciate the one-click simplicity across multiple builders.

Who Should Skip It

Developers and site owners who only use the block editor (Gutenberg) full-time have less need for this plugin, since Gutenberg already handles plain text paste reasonably well and many modern browsers support Ctrl+Shift+V. Anyone using a custom paste workflow or who deliberately relies on pasted formatting should skip it.

The Bottom Line

Paste As Plain Text By Default scores 77.28/100, with standout maintenance and compatibility but modest adoption. It is a focused utility that does one thing well across several popular builders, making it a sensible pick for teams that paste a lot of outside content. If you only use Gutenberg or paste rarely, you can safely skip it.

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