Title: Word Balloon Author: YAHMAN Published: March 11, 2018 Last modified: January 7, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/word-balloon/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2051718) ![](https://ps.w.org/word-balloon/assets/icon.svg?rev=2293150) # Word Balloon By [YAHMAN](https://profiles.wordpress.org/back2nature/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/word-balloon.4.23.1.zip) * [Details](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/word-balloon/#description) * [Reviews](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/word-balloon/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/word-balloon/#installation) * [Development](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/word-balloon/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/word-balloon/) ## Description [Word Balloon](https://dev.word-balloon.com/en/word-balloon/) will easy to add speech balloon in your post. There’s a wide variety of speech balloon. Other than this, there are function to add effect , filter, icon ,sound. Support for Block editor( Gutenberg) & Classic Editor. Translation ready and currently translated in Japanese( 日本語). ### Related links (English): > * [Word Balloon PRO](https://dev.word-balloon.com/en/word-balloon-pro/) ### Related links (Japanese): > * [Documentation](https://docs.word-balloon.com/en/word-balloon/) > * [Demo](https://dev.word-balloon.com/word-balloon/demo/) > * [Word Balloon PRO](https://dev.word-balloon.com/en/word-balloon-pro/) ## Screenshots * [[ * Block Editor: Can be selected from options and attributes. * [[ * Classic Editor: Can be selected from options and attributes. * [[ * Blog Post: Speech bubble with avatar. * [[ * Blog Post: Speech balloon with avatar. * [[ * Blog Post: Chat bubble with avatar. * [[ * Blog Post: Chat balloon with avatar. * [[ * Blog Post: Comic bubble with avatar. * [[ * Blog Post: Comic balloon with avatar. * [[ * Blog Post: Speech bubble with avatar. * [[ ## Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. * Word Balloon ## Installation 1. Upload `word-balloon` folder into your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. “Word Balloon” button in your post page ## FAQ [Japanese](https://support.word-balloon.com/word-balloon/faq/) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eaaeee39eb1cac3fcf014c289236ffe869f5ff7ad62dea1acd564f1c4594df02? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[高機能で使いやすい](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/%e9%ab%98%e6%a9%9f%e8%83%bd%e3%81%a7%e4%bd%bf%e3%81%84%e3%82%84%e3%81%99%e3%81%84/)󠁿 [poncots](https://profiles.wordpress.org/poncots/) May 3, 2025 高機能で使いやすく、とても重宝しています。ありがとうございます。本当はPROにバージョンアップ したいのですが、欲しい機能は無料版で足りているので9,800円で1サイトはちょっと高い かなぁ・・・使用サイト数に制限がなければすぐPROを購入したいです。 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d91e52ae5ef42b97e38f4f7d0041aba962e0fdd3bee7e0943a5804fa1d0d12e4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Too good! Very Precise](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/too-good-very-precise/)󠁿 [alpaind](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alpaind/) April 1, 2023 Too good!!! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a4286401dfd3d96d936e9253c4c41dc3c6a65517f528cd13abe644578f109fec? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Super](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-2687/)󠁿 [sourds29](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sourds29/) November 8, 2022 Salut, top génital ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e155d4da659ce5dbf79b43098aac5099306b13c195f4f00d322a9a37b57715ed? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Get the Pro version!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-the-pro-version-2/)󠁿 [utapuru](https://profiles.wordpress.org/utapuru/) March 18, 2020 1 reply Fantastic plugin. Does what it says and even more — support is lightning fast. Well worth the price! A big thank you from France. Please keep on the good work with Word Balloon! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bb31e6aa68e822ea668f571d8e3a1cce77b8b002f1dd288bf0364e08eefbbe1c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Отлично](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/%d0%be%d1%82%d0%bb%d0%b8%d1%87%d0%bd%d0%be-192/)󠁿 [mixapo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mixapo/) November 1, 2019 1 reply Супер ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8bae2086a0ce157373dc7f1cadd5fd0ada34628793af888f57472b3a861f0ec8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[More configurable than you’ll ever need](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-configurable-than-youll-ever-need/)󠁿 [David Lean](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davele/) July 18, 2019 1 reply This plugin is amazing in its flexibility. Every possible attribute can be modified. So you can get it to be precisely how you want it. In fact there are a lot of options that I’ll never use, ie animation. But maybe that is important for you. It creates some nice looking testimonials. Also great for “Tips from the Teacher” highlights. [ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/word-balloon/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Word Balloon” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ YAHMAN ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/back2nature/) “Word Balloon” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/word-balloon/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Word Balloon” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/word-balloon) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/word-balloon/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/word-balloon/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/word-balloon/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/word-balloon/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 4.23.1 * Released: January 7, 2026 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.23.0 * Released: January 1, 2026 * Support WordPress6.9. * Support Word Balloon PRO 4.23.x #### 4.22.5 * Released: July 5, 2025 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.22.4 * Released: June 7, 2025 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.22.3 * Released: February 6, 2025 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.22.2 * Released: June 28, 2024 * fixed: delete polyfill.io. #### 4.22.1 * Released: June 18, 2024 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.22.0 * Released: June 18, 2024 * fixed: Minor fix. * Support Word Balloon PRO 4.22.x * Unsupport Word Balloon PRO 4.21.x or lower #### 4.21.1 * Released: May 4, 2024 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.21.0 * Released: March 20, 2024 * fixed: Minor fix. * Support Word Balloon PRO 4.21.x * Unsupport Word Balloon PRO 4.20.x or lower #### 4.20.5 * Released: February 9, 2024 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.20.4 * Released: January 23, 2024 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.20.3 * Released: November 7, 2023 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.20.2 * Released: May 16, 2023 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.20.1 * Released: May 12, 2023 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.20.0 * Released: April 18, 2023 * fixed: Minor fix. * Support WordPress6.2. * Support Word Balloon PRO 4.20.x * Unsupport Word Balloon PRO 4.19.x or lower #### 4.19.6 * Released: December 31, 2022 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.19.5 * Released: December 30, 2022 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.19.4 * Released: December 29, 2022 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.19.3 * Released: December 28, 2022 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.19.2 * Released: October 22, 2022 * Support WordPress6.1. * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.19.1 * Released: June 20, 2022 * fixed: for WordPress6.0 and Classic Editor. #### 4.19.0 * Released: March 12, 2022 * add Clay balloon. * add Topic balloon. * Support Word Balloon PRO 4.19.x * Unsupport Word Balloon PRO 4.18.x or lower #### 4.18.5 * Released: February 8, 2022 * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.18.4 * Released: December 7, 2021 * fixed: for iOS. #### 4.18.3 * Released: October 26, 2021 * fixed: BlockEditor. * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.18.2 * Released: August 3, 2021 * add Dutch json file for BlockEditor. * Dutch translation thanks to Pieterjan Deneys and Peter Smits. #### 4.18.1 * Released: July 11, 2021 * Support WordPress5.8. * fixed: Minor fix. #### 4.18.0 * Released: May 1, 2021 * Support Word Balloon PRO 4.18.x * Unsupport Word Balloon PRO 4.17.x or lower * add Thought 3 balloon. * add Hand icon. * add Sigh icon. * add Fade out top right effect. * add Fade out top left effect. * add Fade out bottom right effect. * add Fade out bottom left effect. ## Meta * Version **4.23.1** * Last updated **3 months ago** * Active installations **10,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.9.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 5.3 or higher ** * Languages * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/word-balloon/), [Dutch (Belgium)](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/word-balloon/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/word-balloon/), and [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/word-balloon/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/word-balloon) * Tags * [balloon](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/balloon/)[bubble](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bubble/) [chat](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/chat/)[comic](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comic/) [speech](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/speech/) * [Advanced View](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/word-balloon/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 8 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/word-balloon/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/word-balloon/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/word-balloon/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/word-balloon/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/word-balloon/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/word-balloon/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/word-balloon/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ YAHMAN ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/back2nature/) ## Support Issues resolved in last two months: 1 out of 1 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/word-balloon/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? 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