As of April 2026, JS Ligature Replacement is a WordPress ligatures plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Typography Stylist.
0/5Rating
10active installs
1.7K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
NOTE: This plugin has outlived its usefulness. You can use it if you need to support legacy browsers, but modern web sites should be using the text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; declaration in their CSS to encourage context-sensitive kerning and the use of ligatures.
Wyatt Allen’s Ligature.js library is a tool for automatically inserting ligatures in content where appropriate. Ligatures are glyphs that combine two letter forms into one for stylistic and legibility reasons.
By default, this script replaces letter combinations which commonly have ligatures defined in web fonts:
- ffl
- ffi
- fl
- fi
- ff
- ij
- IJ
An “extended” mode is available, which replaces these additional combinations:
- ae
- AE
- oe
- OE
- ue
- st
The configuration screen lets you pick which text on your site gets ligat…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.1.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0.1
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