Paste As Plain Text By Default
by Victor Duse 5 (9 reviews)

Paste As Plain Text By Default

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

Paste As Plain Text By Default ranks #4,968 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #133 of 1,182 in the Editor & Writing category, a 5/5 rating from 9 reviews, and was last updated Oct 15, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4
v1.2 Current Version v1.2
Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 15 Oct, 2026
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#133 of 1,182 in Editor & Writing Top 10% by installs Downloads -33.5% this week Actively maintained
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KW Avg Position
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Downloads
11K
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Support Resolved
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Rating
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Review 5 out of 5
5 (9 reviews)

Next Milestone 3K

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Reviews & Ratings

5.0
9 reviews
Overall 100%
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Support Threads Overview

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Paste As Plain Text By Default. Checked 3 months ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress users who paste content into page builder editors like Classic Editor, Divi, Elementor, Beaver Builder, WPBakery or WPUF. It solves the problem of unwanted formatting, colors, fonts and junk code being imported when copying and pasting text from sources like PDFs, emails or other websites.

  • Enable paste as text by default
  • One-click activation
  • Classic Editor support
  • Divi Builder support (Divi 5 included)
  • Elementor support
  • Beaver Builder support
  • WPBakery support
  • WPUF support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Paste As Plain Text By Default

Sure, just click the Paste as text icon (T) in your editor to deactivate the setting for that specific element. However, the next time you edit the element, paste as plain text will be active again by default.
No, it will work with Divi Visual Builder, Elementor, Beaver Builder and WPBakery without using the Classic Editor plugin.
The plugin has no effect on the Gutenberg Block Editor but there are no known conflicts either. So if you use a page builder like Divi Builder on your pages and Gutenberg on your posts, you will have plain text by default on your pages but not on your posts.
We have no plans to add support for Gutenberg but we could add support for other WordPress page builders and editors in the future. Feel free to send a feature request on the WordPress Plugin Support Page.

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