Consistency – Typography Corrector for Gutenberg vs Orphans

Have you seen the typographic corrector in your word processor that formats what you type in real time? Well, it’s the same idea but with Gutenberg. This WordPress plugin ensures consistent typography and punctuation on your site. Corrections are applied automatically both during text entry and when pasting text. All users can choose to enable or disable corrections, but only administrators can configure the correction rules. Autocorrect is available for pages, posts, and custom post types (if they are configured to use the Rest API). The available automatic corrections are listed on the plugin repository on github and are categorized as follows: Apostrophes, Quotation Marks, Dashes, Suffixes, Spaces, Case, Ellipsis, Symbols. Pressing Ctrl+Z or Cmd+Z immediately after a correction disables the correction for the next keystroke. Technical Informations Data Storage: Rules are saved in the wp_options table, while active/inactive states are saved as user meta data. This data is deleted when the plugin is uninstalled. Settings Location: Settings are directly in a plugin sidebar under the Block Editor: no more searching for an options page, always available and discreet. Supported Locales: The locales supported by this plugin are: fr_FR, fr_BE, en_US, en_AU, en_CA, en_NZ, en_ZA, en_GB, de_DE, de_AT, de_CH, ro_RO If your locale is not supported by Consistency but you still want to access all available rules, you can disable the localization of rules via a filter. Add this to your theme’s functions.php file: add_filter( 'Consistency\only_show_locale_correction_rules', '__return_false' ); All correction rules will then appear, with automatic management of rule incompatibilities (if rule A is enabled and it is incompatible with rule B, rule B will be grayed out).

The Orphans plugin automatically improves the typography of your WordPress site by preventing single-letter or very short words—known as orphans—from appearing alone at the beginning of a line. By replacing the space after these words with a non-breaking space, the plugin ensures cleaner, more professional-looking text layouts, especially for languages like Polish where such typographic rules are important. What are Orphans? An orphan in typography is a short word (often a single character) left isolated at the beginning of a line, separated from the rest of the sentence. This is considered a composition error and can negatively affect readability and the visual appeal of your content. Key Features Automatic Orphan Fixing: Scans your content and replaces spaces after short words (orphans) with non-breaking spaces, preventing them from being separated by line breaks. Customizable: Easily modify which words are treated as orphans using filters, or provide your own list of orphan terms. Non-Destructive: The plugin does not alter your original content in the database; changes are applied only when content is displayed. Builder and Plugin Integration: Seamless compatibility with popular page builders like Bricks, Divi, Muffin (beTheme), WPBakery, and Advanced Custom Fields. Flexible Usage: Apply orphan fixes to custom fields or any string using provided filters. How It Works Once activated, Orphans automatically processes your posts, pages, and other content post types, fixing orphaned words on the fly. You can customize its behavior through the settings panel found under Appearance > Orphans, or extend functionality with WordPress filters for advanced use cases. Ideal For Bloggers, publishers, and editors seeking to maintain high typographic standards. Sites in languages (like Polish or Czech) where orphan control is a common publishing requirement. Anyone wanting to enhance the professional appearance and readability of their WordPress content. Open Source & Developer Friendly Orphans is open source, actively maintained, and available on GitHub for those interested in contributing or extending its features. Asset image Manuscript by Muffet, on Flickr