diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/options/builder/text.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/options/builder/text.tsx
index 79ec1bbb8b8..4bd507aaf10 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/options/builder/text.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/options/builder/text.tsx
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ import { OptionsWithTextFormatting } from '@grafana/schema';
  */
 export function addTextSizeOptions<T extends OptionsWithTextFormatting>(
   builder: PanelOptionsEditorBuilder<T>,
-  options: { withValue?: boolean; withTitle?: boolean; withPercentChange?: boolean }
+  options: { withValue?: boolean; withTitle?: boolean; withPercentChange?: boolean } = { withTitle: true }
 ) {
+  // if called from old plugins when parameter was withTitle boolean
+  if (typeof options === 'boolean') {
+    options = { withTitle: options };
+  }
+
   const category = [t('grafana-ui.builder.text.category-text-size', 'Text size')];
   if (options.withTitle) {
     builder.addNumberInput({