Orphans

84 Quality Score

Active Installs

21/30

With 50,000 active installs, it has a solid mid-tier user base, mostly concentrated among Polish and Czech publishing communities.

Update Freshness

25/25

Last updated 2026-06-17 and tested against WordPress 7.0, the maintenance signals are excellent and show an actively maintained codebase.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100/100 from 162 ratings indicates that every reviewer who left feedback gave it full marks, which is unusually strong.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads on the repository is actually a positive signal here, since it means users have not needed to report issues, but the sample size is small enough to keep this score at 50.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested with WordPress 7.0, requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 8.0+, making it fully compatible with modern WordPress environments.

Scores higher than 92% of indexed plugins

About

Supports the grammar rule for orphan words at the end of a line.

Active Installs 50k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-07-16 7:54am GMT

Requires WordPress 6.0+

Tested Up To 7.0.4

Requires PHP 8.0+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Orphans (sierotki, the Polish word for orphans) prevents single words from sitting alone at the end of a paragraph or line by inserting non-breaking spaces between designated short words. It targets the typographic orphan rule as applied in Czech and Polish typography, where certain function words such as short prepositions and conjunctions must remain attached to the following word. The plugin runs automatically on the frontend with no manual markup required.

Who It's For

This plugin is built for publishers, editors, and designers who produce content in Czech or Polish and need to follow the local typographic convention regarding orphaned words. It suits literary blogs, news portals, academic journals, and any site where typographic polish in those two languages matters. It will feel essential to copywriters and typography professionals serving Central European clients.

Who Should Skip It

If your site is in English, German, French, Spanish, or any language outside of Czech and Polish, this plugin will do little for you, since the orphan rules it enforces are specific to those two languages. Site owners who are comfortable fixing orphans manually in their theme CSS with `white-space: nowrap` do not need a dedicated plugin for this niche task.

The Bottom Line

Orphans delivers exactly what it promises for a narrow but real need, scoring 83.54/100 with flawless ratings and active upkeep. It is the right choice for Czech and Polish publishers who care about typographic correctness, and a no-op for everyone else. Given its tiny scope and proven reliability, it earns a confident recommendation within its language niche.

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Choose this when you need to upload and serve proprietary font files on your site, since Orphans only addresses word spacing, not font selection.

Zalomení 80/100

Zalomení is a closer functional neighbour that also handles Czech typographic rules, so consider it if you need similar non-breaking space logic but with a different rule set or interface.

WPify Woo 79/100

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