A simple plugin for the transliteration of Arabic words in posts.
As of April 2026, Transliterate Arabic is a WordPress arabic plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: LTR RTL Admin content.
Use simple ‘codes’ in the post editor to insert romanized Arabic letters. The HTML entities for each symbol are inserted into the saved post, so no conversion is needed at display-time.
In the post editor, simply use the following ‘codes’ to have romanized latin characters inserted in place.
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Added support for the basmalah and salat and salam. Replaced HTML entity codes with characters.
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