Apply French typography rules to your WordPress content automatically.

Jb Audras

Jason Rouet

<p>French Typo is a WordPress plugin that automatically applies French typography rules to your content. It handles non-breaking spaces (espaces insécables) and special character replacements according to French typographic standards.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Non-breaking spaces</strong>: Automatically adds non-breaking spaces or thin non-breaking spaces before punctuation marks (<code>;</code>, <code>:</code>, <code>!</code>, <code>?</code>, <code>%</code>, <code>»</code>) and after opening guillemets (<code>«</code>)</li>
<li><strong>Special characters</strong>: Replaces <code>(c)</code> with <code>©</code> and <code>(r)</code> with <code>®</code></li>
<li><strong>Configurable</strong>: Choose between regular non-breaking spaces (<code>&nbsp;</code> / <code>&#160;</code>) or thin non-breaking spaces (<code>&#8239;</code>)</li>
<li><strong>Respects HTML</strong>: The plugin carefully processes content to avoid breaking HTML tags and shortcodes</li>
<li><strong>Comprehensive coverage</strong>: Processes posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies, archives, comments, widgets, menus, RSS feeds, REST API, user profiles, breadcrumbs, and SEO meta tags</li>
<li><strong>Granular control</strong>: Enable or disable processing for each content area individually</li>
<li><strong>SEO integration</strong>: Automatic support for Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and SEOPress (meta descriptions, Open Graph, Twitter Cards)</li>
<li><strong>Custom fields support</strong>: Works with ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) and Meta Box</li>
</ul>
<h3>Fork and contribution</h3>
<p>This plugin is a fork of the <strong>French Typo</strong> extension created by <strong>Gilles Marchand</strong> (master_shiva). The code has been completely rebuilt since March 2024 with the help of <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/" rel="nofollow ugc">Jean-Baptiste Audras</a>. To see the original code, check commit <a href="https://github.com/jaz-on/french-typo/commit/25940a7d11b08e1f02791812cbdcf840d97a4086" rel="nofollow ugc">25940a7d11b08e1f02791812cbdcf840d97a4086</a>.</p>
<h3>Inspirations</h3>
<p>This plugin is also inspired by other projects:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/typofr/" rel="ugc">TypoFR</a> — WordPress plugin for French typography (archived)</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/orthotypo-orthotypographie-automatique/" rel="ugc">Orthotypo</a> — Automatic orthotypography (inactive)</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/consistency/" rel="ugc">Consistency</a> — Typography Corrector for Gutenberg (active and a most advanced plugin with modern Gutenberg options)</li>
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