Is wpuntexturize free?

Yes, wpuntexturize is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use wpuntexturize?

wpuntexturize has 800 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best wpuntexturize alternatives?

Popular alternatives to wpuntexturize include Header and Footer Scripts, Post Type Switcher, Post Duplicator. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does wpuntexturize work with the latest WordPress?

wpuntexturize has been tested up to WordPress 6.8.5. It requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP false+.

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wpuntexturize

Name: wpuntexturize
Rating: 4.6 (12 reviews)
Author: Scott Reilly

Prevent WordPress from converting single and double quotation marks into their curly alternatives.

By Scott Reilly·Post·Free

4.6(12 reviews)

·800 active installs·Updated 12 months ago

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As of April 2026, wpuntexturize is a WordPress post plugin with 800 active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 12 reviews. It has been downloaded 25K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.

4.6/512 reviews

800active installs

25K+total downloads

17 yearssince 2009

Overview

By default, WordPress converts single and double quotation marks into their curly alternatives. This plugin prevents that from happening, so you can enjoy your quotation marks in their non-curly glory. If your content happens to already have curly quotation marks in it, then this plugin can optionally also convert them to their non-curly alternatives.

Note: Despite the unfortunately misleading name, this plugin is NOT the antithesis of WordPress’s wptexturize() function. This ONLY prevents WordPress from making HTML entity code substitutions of single and double quotation marks with their curly alternatives and does NOT prevent wptexturize() from making any other character and string substitutions. See the FAQ for details on the filters processed by the plugin.

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Compatibility

WordPress	5.5+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHP	false+ required

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Changelog

2.3 (2025-04-07)

Highlights:

This recommended release drops support for versions of WP older than 5.5, prevents translations from including unintended markup, verifies compatibility through WP 6.8+ and PHP 8.3+, and a few more minor changes.

Details: