by Victor Duse 5 (9 reviews)

Paste As Plain Text By Default

Name: Paste As Plain Text By Default
Rating: 5.0 (9 reviews)
Author: Victor Duse

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 #5,023 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #133 of 1,145 in the Editor & Writing category, a 5/5 rating from 9 reviews, and was last updated Aug 18, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.1.1 Current Version v1.1.1

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 18 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#133 of 1,145 in Editor & Writing Top 10% by installs

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Active Installs

2K+

-28.4%

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9.8

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8.2K

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Review 5 out of 5

5 (9 reviews)

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Total Progress 80.2%

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.1.1
Last Updated: Aug 18, 2026
Requires WP: 4.7+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Victor Duse

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 9
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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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.