Title: RTL Tester Author: Yoav Farhi Published: 2010-04-29 Last modified: 2020-08-11 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/rtl-tester/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=549688) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/rtl-tester/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=978435) # RTL Tester By [Yoav Farhi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yoavf/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/rtl-tester.1.2.zip) * [Details](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/rtl-tester/#description) * [Reviews](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/rtl-tester/#reviews) * [Installation](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/rtl-tester/#installation) * [Development](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/rtl-tester/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rtl-tester/) ## Description This plugin adds a button to the admin bar that allow admins to switch the text direction of the site. It can be used to test WordPress themes and plugins with Right To Left (RTL) text direction. ## Installation Upload, Activate ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4cf44fc9ac39d8e1219b3a786332aa85e5d3231b782b1412a9655e3477335d01? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-7722/)󠁿 [Nauriskolats](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nauriskolats/) 2022-02-19 Really easy to use and helpful while testing and improving RTL support! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/871c3c27a67a0bf99e7f2edaa9c093d2dbeb2829cc6dbe79d1dead02bea35b08? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-23243/)󠁿 [zarou88](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zarou88/) 2019-10-06 Great Plugin ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0750c31ad2e4acbd1e971a549974bf676de83ffafccd57e2dd7e2139fdd9e88d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-5191/)󠁿 [Jose Mortellaro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/giuse/) 2018-07-03 when a plugin does what you expect it should do and you spend a lot less time thanks to it, for me that plugin is great, and this is the case. A perfect plugin for developers ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0f511747c02bbeb0f025ea29190a93e5e4c79fb26b17eaaad2ed81d83ad54dc9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great for plugin development](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-for-plugin-development-2/)󠁿 [kontur](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kontur/) 2018-01-19 Does what it says and makes it easy to test rtl support. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c1285edeff135e324ff5140fa244830a6e601df8320b2ed98b6debdf01f2a28c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Useful and necessary plugin .](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/useful-plugin-387/)󠁿 [janemaddison89](https://profiles.wordpress.org/janemaddison89/) 2017-11-01 I have tested my website theme with this plugin recently and it’s really worth a try. Thanks for useful plugin. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/85ec6db5a3f6a787cd4abe8365e59c2ea2d7ad704ca8f3e8a2570d267505bce9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great simple plugin that helps create URDU or ARABIC Website](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-simple-plugin-that-helps-create-urdu-or-arabic-website/)󠁿 [Mukesh Mali](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mukeshmali/) 2017-06-21 This tool is THE ONE you need to test and develop RTL themes and that help to create URDU or Arabic WebSites. [ Signature moderated ] [ Read all 20 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rtl-tester/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “RTL Tester” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Yoav Farhi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yoavf/) * [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/) “RTL Tester” has been translated into 7 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rtl-tester/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “RTL Tester” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rtl-tester) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rtl-tester/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/rtl-tester/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rtl-tester/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rtl-tester/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.2 * Updated for compatibility with WordPress 5.4. #### 1.1 * Change user check to filterable capability, instead of just calling `is_super_admin()` #### 1.0.5 * Make sure we set the direction the wp_styles object if it already exist. * Enable header translation (props GaryJones); #### 1.0.4 Bug fix #### 1.0.3 Prevent a notice when no direction has been set. #### 1.0.2 Cleanup, bug fix #### 1.0.1 Activate RTL/LTR via the admin bar. Settings are per user, for admins only. #### 0.2 No more hooks – sets the text_direction variable on load. Probably the simplest, yet useful, plugin in the repository 🙂 #### 0.1 Initial version. ## Meta * Version **1.2** * Last updated **6 ел ago** * Active installations **1 000+** * WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.5.18** * Languages * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/rtl-tester/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/rtl-tester/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rtl-tester/), [Hebrew](https://he.wordpress.org/plugins/rtl-tester/), [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/rtl-tester/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/rtl-tester/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/rtl-tester/), һәм [Urdu](https://ur.wordpress.org/plugins/rtl-tester/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rtl-tester) * Tags * [rtl](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rtl/)[testing](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/testing/) * [Advanced View](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/rtl-tester/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 19 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rtl-tester/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rtl-tester/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rtl-tester/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rtl-tester/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rtl-tester/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rtl-tester/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rtl-tester/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Yoav Farhi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yoavf/) * [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rtl-tester/)