Title: TypeAnySymbol – Unicode Symbol Picker Author: typeanysymbol Published: September 7, 2026 Last modified: September 7, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker/assets/banner-772x250.png? rev=3684982) ![](https://ps.w.org/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker/assets/icon-256x256.png? rev=3684982) # TypeAnySymbol – Unicode Symbol Picker By [typeanysymbol](https://profiles.wordpress.org/typeanysymbol/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker/) ## Description TypeAnySymbol adds a **Symbols** button to the block editor’s formatting toolbar. Edit a post or page, click inside a text block, and choose **Symbols** from the block toolbar to open a clean, WordPress-native picker. The workflow is simply: **search, select, insert.** Find the character you need and it is inserted as a real Unicode character at your cursor. It works in any rich-text field – Paragraph, Heading, List, Quote, Button and more. * **Smart search** – match by Unicode name (“rightwards arrow”), everyday term (“ right arrow”, “em dash”, “not equal”), the actual character, or a code point (` U+2192`, `2192`, `→`). Case, spaces and hyphens are all ignored. * **Curated library** – roughly 1,000 genuinely useful _visible_ characters, organised into Popular, Arrows, Math, Currency, Punctuation, Greek, Accented Letters, Shapes, Technical, Signs and Numbers & Fractions. * **Real characters only** – Insert drops a plain Unicode character at the caret. No shortcodes, no wrapper spans, no custom blocks. Deactivate the plugin and every symbol you inserted stays exactly as it was. * **Favorites & Recently Used** – kept in your browser only (localStorage), no database tables, no account. * **Keyboard friendly** – full arrow-key navigation, visible focus, Escape to close, proper labels and ARIA roles. * **Nothing on the front end** – no scripts, styles, fonts, APIs, analytics or telemetry are ever loaded for your visitors. Assets load only inside the block editor. There is no plugin settings page. The symbol picker works directly inside the WordPress Block Editor. Version 1.0 focuses on visible Unicode characters useful for everyday writing and editing. ## Screenshots [⌊The Symbols button in the block toolbar.⌉⌊The Symbols button in the block toolbar .⌉[ The Symbols button in the block toolbar. [⌊The picker: search box, category tabs and the symbol grid.⌉⌊The picker: search box, category tabs and the symbol grid.⌉[ The picker: search box, category tabs and the symbol grid. [⌊Selected-symbol details with the Insert and Favorite actions.⌉⌊Selected-symbol details with the Insert and Favorite actions.⌉[ Selected-symbol details with the Insert and Favorite actions. [⌊Favorites and Recently Used tabs.⌉⌊Favorites and Recently Used tabs.⌉[ Favorites and Recently Used tabs. ## Installation 1. Install and activate the plugin (from **Plugins Add New Upload Plugin**, or by uploading the `typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker` folder to /wp-content/plugins/). 2. Open a post or page using the WordPress Block Editor. 3. Click inside a Paragraph, Heading, List, Quote, Button, or another supported text field. 4. Find the **Symbols** button in the block text toolbar. Depending on available toolbar space, it may appear directly or inside the toolbar’s **More** menu. 5. Search for a symbol such as “copyright”, “degree”, “em dash”, “theta”, or “right arrow”. 6. Select the character and click **Insert**. 7. The real Unicode character is inserted directly into the content. There is no plugin settings page. The symbol picker works directly inside the WordPress Block Editor. ## FAQ ### Where do I find the symbol picker? There is no settings page. Edit a post or page in the WordPress Block Editor, click inside a supported text block, and choose **Symbols** from the block toolbar (it may be under the toolbar’s **More** menu when space is tight). ### Does this plugin add frontend scripts? No. All assets are enqueued exclusively on `enqueue_block_editor_assets`. Your site’s front end is completely untouched. ### Does it use an API? No. Everything ships with the plugin. It never makes a network request. ### Does it collect data? No. There is no analytics, no telemetry, no licensing server and no account. Favorites and recently-used symbols are stored only in your own browser. ### What happens when I deactivate it? Nothing changes in your content. Inserted characters are ordinary Unicode text, so they remain intact and display exactly as before. ### Can I search by Unicode code point? Yes. `U+2192`, `u+2192`, `0x2192`, a bare `2192`, `→` and `→` all resolve to . ### Does it support the Classic Editor? No. Version 1.0 targets the block editor only. ### Which characters are included? Around 1,000 hand-picked visible characters that are useful to writers, bloggers, developers, teachers, students and editors – arrows, math and logic symbols, currency signs, smart punctuation, Greek letters, accented Latin letters, geometric shapes, technical and keyboard symbols, and common fractions. It is intentionally _not_ a full Unicode database. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “TypeAnySymbol – Unicode Symbol Picker” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ typeanysymbol ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/typeanysymbol/) [Translate “TypeAnySymbol – Unicode Symbol Picker” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. * Block-editor toolbar button for RichText fields. * Symbol picker with search, category tabs, grid, symbol details and Insert. * Curated library of ~1,000 visible Unicode characters. * Client-side smart search by name, alias, keyword, character and code point. * Favorites and Recently Used stored in localStorage. * One-time admin welcome notice and a “How to use” Plugins-screen link. * No front-end assets, no network requests, no data collection. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **2 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [Character Map](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/character-map/)[gutenberg](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gutenberg/) [special characters](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/special-characters/)[symbols](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/symbols/) [unicode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/unicode/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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