Better RTL Support

Makes WordPress sites in Persian and other right-to-left languages look right with popular themes.

• Bundled Vazirmatn font, a free Persian font by the late Saber Rastikerdar. One variable font file covers all weights, with no requests to external servers.
• Block themes (Twenty Twenty-Five, Twenty Twenty-Four, …): the theme’s font presets are switched to Vazirmatn, so font choices in the Site Editor keep working. Monospace fonts are left alone.
• Choose where the font is used: the site, the block editor, the dashboard and admin bar.
• RTL layout fixes for Hueman, Twenty Seventeen and Twenty Sixteen.
• Does nothing unless the current language is right-to-left.

Settings: Appearance → RTL Settings.

Tested themes: Astra, Hueman, Twenty Twenty-Five, Twenty Twenty-Four, Twenty Twenty-Three, Twenty Twenty-Two, Twenty Twenty-One, Twenty Twenty, Twenty Nineteen, Twenty Seventeen, Twenty Sixteen. The plugin may also work well with other, untested themes.

Found a problem with your theme? Report it in the support forum. Development happens on GitHub: salar90/better-rtl-support.

1. Install and activate the plugin from Plugins → Add New, or upload it to wp-content/plugins.
2. Go to Appearance → RTL Settings to choose where the font is used.

1. 

   A Persian post in Twenty Twenty-Five (block theme) with the Vazirmatn font.

2. 

   The same post with and without the plugin.

3. 

   Settings: Appearance → RTL Settings.

4. 

   Twenty Sixteen (classic theme) with the font and its RTL list fix.

5. 

   Hueman with the font and its RTL layout fixes (lists, related posts).

3.0.1

• Fix: list bullets stuck out of the text column on the right in Hueman, Twenty Seventeen and Twenty Sixteen.
• Hueman: the post grid, post meta (category and date), related posts and heading icons are mirrored for right-to-left (tested with Hueman 3.7.27).
• The readme is now in English; the Persian version comes from translate.wordpress.org.

3.0.0

• New: settings page (Appearance → RTL Settings): turn the font off, and choose to use it in the site, the block editor and the dashboard.
• New: block theme support. The theme’s font presets switch to Vazirmatn, so the Site Editor and per-block font choices keep working.
• New: the font in the block editor and, optionally, in the dashboard and admin bar.
• New: brtls_font_stack and brtls_font_enabled filters.
• Improved: one variable Vazirmatn file covers every weight (100-900); the plugin is about 470 KB smaller and light, medium and semibold text no longer uses fake weights.
• Improved: nothing is loaded on sites in left-to-right languages, and theme fixes load only for their theme.
• Improved: stylesheets are versioned, so browsers pick up changes after an update.
• Changed: text domain is now better-rtl-support, so translations from translate.wordpress.org work. Persian translation included.
• Changed: requires WordPress 5.3 and PHP 7.2.
• Added the Vazirmatn license (SIL Open Font License).
• Settings are removed when the plugin is deleted.

2.1.0

• Updated plugin description
• Test with WP 6.4.1
• Added Screenshots

2.0.2

• Fix versioning

2.0.1

• Fix a bug where fonts did not load on some installs

2.0

• Switch from Iransans to Vazirmatn free font
• Updated Hueman social network display
• fixed some issues with default themes
• checked compatibility with WordPress 6.3.1

1.0.10

• Added Translation files

1.0.6

• Hueman Search position

1.0.5

• Hueman Nav menu

1.0.2

• tested with WordPress 5.2.2
• fix comment reply link style

1.0

• first release.