5 best Figma plugins to convert designs to wireframes (2026)

You have a polished mockup and you need a wireframe of it for a stakeholder review, a UX audit or a case study. Rebuilding it by hand takes an afternoon. These five Figma plugins do it in one click, and they're more different from each other than their listings suggest.

Disclosure: I built Framed, one of the plugins on this list. I've tried to describe the other four using only what their authors publish, and I've said plainly where one of them is the better pick. Usage numbers come from each plugin's Figma Community page as of 2 October 2026.

The short answer

• Want the most proven, free option? Wire Box. It has by far the most users of any plugin here.
• Want control over how text and images are replaced? Lo-Fier, with adjustable corner radius and a choice of image fill color.
• Want to dial fidelity up or down and auto-label elements? Lo-Fi Converter, with three intensity levels and one-click undo.
• Making wireframes for documentation or a case study? Reframe is pitched squarely at that.
• Want several wireframe styles, branded palettes, or wireframes that stay in sync with the source? Framed.

Side-by-side comparison

"Not listed" means the plugin's Community page doesn't mention the feature. It may still exist, so check the plugin itself before ruling it out.

Prices are as of 2 October 2026. "Free on Community" means no paid tier is shown on the listing.

1. Framed: six wireframe styles and watch mode

Framed clones the frames you select and converts the copy, so your originals are never changed. You choose what to convert: color, typography, images, icons and component instances. Each one has its own options. Text can become bars, Greek lorem or disappear. Images can become a diagonal X, hatching, solid grey or dots.

What sets it apart is the output style. Besides the standard greyscale Wireframe mode, there are Sketch (dashed strokes on warm paper), Greybox (solid blocks, no strokes), Blueprint, Napkin and Print (pure black and white). Pro adds custom palettes, so a wireframe can carry your design system's neutrals instead of generic grey. Watch mode re-runs the conversion when you edit the source frame, so the wireframe copy doesn't go stale during a review cycle.

All conversion runs locally in Figma. The only network call validates a Pro license key.

Trade-offs

• It's new. At 30 users it has far less real-world use than Wire Box or Lo-Fier.
• The free tier covers only Wireframe mode, the mono palette and 3 frames per run. The other modes, palettes, watch mode and batch export need Pro ($20 one-time, 3 devices).
• It doesn't auto-label UI elements the way Lo-Fi Converter does.

Best for: teams who run repeated stakeholder reviews, want wireframes that match their brand, or need more than one look.

2. Wire Box: the established free choice

Wire Box by Seán Halpin is the most-used plugin in this category, with 57,648 users and 1,733 likes on its Community page. Its description is short: one click turns your design "back to wires" so teammates focus on UX rather than UI. Its output is deliberately pink ("nasty pink to make sure that happens"), so nobody mistakes the wireframe for the finished design.

Trade-offs

• One look, and that look is pink. That's useful for internal reviews and less so for client decks or case-study screenshots.
• The listing doesn't describe options for text, image or color handling.

Best for: anyone who wants a free, widely used, one-click conversion and doesn't mind the house style.

3. Lo-Fier: control over text and image fills

Lo-Fier by Migo has 2,147 users and 162 likes. It converts text into rectangles and replaces images with neutral grey or a color you choose. You can adjust the corner radius of those text rectangles, which is a small detail that makes the output match your design language more closely.

Trade-offs

• Its options cover how blocks look, not different overall styles.
• The listing doesn't say whether it converts a copy or edits the frame in place, so duplicate your frame first to be safe.

Best for: designers who want a clean, slightly customizable greyscale result for free.

4. Lo-Fi Converter: intensity levels and auto-labels

Lo-Fi Converter has 145 users. Its standout feature is three intensity levels (Light, Medium and Full), so you can strip a little or a lot of fidelity. It also replaces images with classic X-mark placeholders, auto-labels UI elements, converts multiple frames at once and offers one-click undo. Its listing says it works on mobile, web and desktop designs.

Trade-offs

• It's newer and less tested than Wire Box or Lo-Fier.
• "One-click undo" suggests it changes the frame in place. Duplicate your frame first if you want to keep both versions.

Best for: client presentations where labeled elements help non-designers read the wireframe, or when you want a "medium" fidelity step.

5. Reframe: wireframes for documentation and case studies

Reframe by sachu has 141 users and 17 likes. It produces a grayscale wireframe in what it calls a "floating" style and works on any frame or component. Its listing is explicit about use cases: documentation, UX audits, design retrospectives, handoff and teaching design systems.

Trade-offs

• The listing describes one output style and no conversion options.

Best for: UX case studies and portfolio write-ups where you want to show the bones of a shipped design.

How to choose

Four questions sort out most decisions:

1. Who sees the wireframe? For an internal design crit, any of these works, and Wire Box's pink is a feature. For clients or executives, you'll want something neutral or on-brand: Lo-Fier, Reframe, or Framed with a custom palette.
2. Do you need to keep the original? If you can't risk touching the source, use a plugin that converts a copy, or duplicate the frame first.
3. Is it a one-off or a cycle? If the design will keep changing while you review it, re-running a conversion each time gets old. That's what Framed's watch mode is for.
4. How much fidelity should be left? Lo-Fi Converter's intensity levels and Framed's per-element toggles let you keep, say, layout and icons while stripping color and copy.

If you're still unsure what level of fidelity a review needs, our guide on wireframes vs mockups vs prototypes covers when each one is the right artifact. For a step-by-step walkthrough, see how to convert a Figma mockup to a wireframe.

How I compared them

Each plugin's features come from its own Figma Community listing, read on 2 October 2026. Where a listing doesn't mention a feature, the table says "Not listed" rather than "No", because authors often leave things out. User and like counts are the numbers Figma shows on each listing. I'll update this page when any of these plugins ships a significant change. If you maintain one of them and something here is wrong, email hello@framedplugin.com and I'll fix it.

Frequently asked questions

Can Figma convert a design to a wireframe without a plugin?

Not in one step. You can do it manually: duplicate the frame, set fills to grey, swap text for rectangles and replace images. For a single screen that's fine. For a flow of ten or twenty screens, a plugin saves hours.

Will these plugins change my original design?

It depends on the plugin. Framed always converts a copy. For the others, the listings don't say, and Lo-Fi Converter's undo button suggests it edits in place. The safe habit is to duplicate your frames before running any conversion plugin.

Which plugin is free?

All five can be installed for free from Figma Community. Framed has a paid Pro tier ($20 one-time). The other four don't show a paid tier on their listings as of October 2026.

Is a converted wireframe as good as one drawn from scratch?

For reviewing an existing design, it's better, because it shows exactly the structure you built and nothing else. For early exploration of a design that doesn't exist yet, draw wireframes from scratch. Conversion plugins are for going backwards from hi-fi, not for starting out.

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