Title: WP Edit Author: Josh Published: March 23, 2014 Last modified: October 15, 2018 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-edit/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=880227) 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://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wp-edit_ffffff.svg) # WP Edit By [Josh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josh401/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-edit.4.0.4.zip) * [Details](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/#installation) * [Development](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit/) ## Description #### Welcome Welcome to WP Edit. Finally, take control of the default WordPress editor and unlock the power of additional editor tools. Arrange buttons into toolbars the way you want; to ease your workflow. WP Edit adds dozens of additional custom options to the WordPress editor. #### NEW Custom Buttons API WP Edit now uses a custom buttons API which allows other plugin/theme developers to add their editor buttons into the WP Edit button configuration; allowing a WP Edit user to place the plugin/theme buttons into any desired location. Refer your favorite plugin/theme developers to the [WP Edit Custom Buttons API](http://learn.wpeditpro.com/custom-buttons-api/) documentation to get your favorite buttons added to WP Edit. #### Description WP Edit is built around three years of custom WordPress development. WP Edit adds extensive, additional editing functionality to the default WordPress editor. Begin creating content like the pros; without knowing a single bit of HTML or CSS. [Subscribe to our Feedblitz List](http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=950320), and receive news, update notices and more. [](http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=950320) #### Most Powerful Features WP Edit will provide new buttons, additional options, and extended formatting abilities to the exisiting content editor. * Easily insert images, media, YouTube videos, and clip art. * Create tables via a graphical interface. * Adjust table cell border and background colors. * No need to learn HTML and CSS (although the basics can certainly help); use buttons with visual interfaces instead! * Easily access all shortcodes available to your WordPress environment; and insert them into the content editor. * Use shortcodes to insert columns.. similar to “magazine” style layouts, in your content areas. #### Why should you use this plugin? Because WP Edit is the culmination of three years development in the WordPress content editor. You can begin creating content (with advanced layouts); easily insert all types of external media (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.); adjust fonts, styles, colors, and sizes; and much more! #### What is included in the free version? * Drag and drop functionality for custom creation of the top row of editor buttons. * Adds additional editor buttons such as subscript, superscript, insert media, emoticons, search and replace, html editor, preview.. and many more. * Add your custom editor to excerpt areas and profile descriptions. * Allow shortcodes in excerpt and widget areas. * Highlight admin posts/pages based on status (green = published, yellow = draft, etc.) * Easily import/export plugin options. #### Why should you upgrade to WP Edit Pro? * Drag and drop functionality for custom creation of all rows of editor buttons. * Powerful network installation functionality; WP Network Ready. * User roles for custom button arrangements; allow different user roles access to different editor buttons. * Extreme Custom Widget Builder – create custom widgets just like posts or pages.. and insert them into any widget area or the content editor. #### Translations * Spanish – Provided by Andrew Kurtis with [“WebHostingHub”](http://www.webhostinghub.com). #### Notes * This plugin is provided “as-is”; within the scope of WordPress. We will update this plugin to remain secure, and to follow WP coding standards. * If you prefer more “dedicated” support, with more advanced and powerful plugin features, please consider upgrading to [“WP Edit Pro”](http://wpeditpro.com). #### Resources * [“Complete Guide to WP Edit Buttons”](http://learn.wpeditpro.com/wp-edit-buttons-guide/) ## Screenshots * [[ * Create custom button arrangements from a friendly drag and drop interface. * [[ * The custom button arrangement will be loaded in the content editor. * [[ * Eight tabs packed with options. ## Installation * From the WP admin panel, click “Plugins” -> “Add new”. * In the browser input box, type “WP Edit”. * Select the “WP Edit” plugin (authored by “josh401”), and click “Install”. * Activate the plugin. OR… * Download the plugin from this page. * Save the .zip file to a location on your computer. * Open the WP admin panel, and click “Plugins” -> “Add new”. * Click “upload”.. then browse to the .zip file downloaded from this page. * Click “Install”.. and then “Activate plugin”. OR… * Download the plugin from this page. * Extract the .zip file to a location on your computer. * Use either FTP or your hosts cPanel to gain access to your website file directories. * Browse to the `wp-content/plugins` directory. * Upload the extracted `wp_edit` folder to this directory location. * Open the WP admin panel.. click the “Plugins” page.. and click “Activate” under the newly added “WP Edit” plugin. ## FAQ * Nothing at the moment. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/432e6f5d10cff849eb53236116fe2c8bdcdae847e0df387c6f358b2905ac44e9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[works with WordPress 6.5.3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-with-wp-wordpress-6-5-3/)󠁿 [speefak](https://profiles.wordpress.org/speefak/) June 1, 2024 Plugin also works with WordPress 6.5.3 without any issues. This plugin is very old and not updated. Alternatives for this plugin ? ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/79a3569c2fbb5eb24b147ebe5c4b40b5c1b360f2f57bc0a3a824cf27e60a8052? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[I can edit rich text just like M.Office.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-can-edit-rich-text-just-like-m-office/)󠁿 [greyyard](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greyyard/) March 8, 2022 I am using WordPress 5.8.3 and I can edit the text editor just like I would using M.Office. Thank you. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/136fbfe889bd7c22dd1e118aa3218074f7271b8b46735809dd44efab226724e6? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Cant activate transaction ID](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-transaction-id/)󠁿 [slash069](https://profiles.wordpress.org/slash069/) October 7, 2021 Loved this plugin until the ssl certificate on the site stopped working and can no longer activate my transaction ID to use it. The developer hasn’t replied to my emails yet. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b87b48d47705b51188320de6721472f9f4503c3230fa5460c2c42e07c4b0f1af? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Puts the oomph in your editor..](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/puts-the-oomph-in-your-editor/)󠁿 [EMar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sounds/) September 10, 2021 Been using this for years, Sometimes you do a fresh wordpress install, Start creating page content and realize the editor is missing many features. Or creating a block with classic editor, also lacks important features by default. This plugin adds all those missing features. Thanks! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7660f4eea984b240178f4ec04144b7fa0ed4196be9ec4e5f9d609dd438200c03? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-6122/)󠁿 [mehdi1399](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mehdi1399/) January 23, 2021 good ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bd87d88e0d756127715920ac3f7d9609a9849284c5b7ce5ea28da5df692f809e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Semi-Brilliant WP Edit](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/semi-brilliant-wp-edit/)󠁿 [dwainwilder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dwainwilder/) October 2, 2020 I really like WP Edit. In fact, it is crucial to my use of WordPress. But every editor has a search/replace function. It’s there in the Visual view, but not in Text View, where editing gets particularly challenging. The best I can come up with is the browser’s native search engine, and that is not up to the task in a couple of regards. Clean, slim functionality is the reason I stick with WP Edit. But please give us a fully functional search/replace in both Text and Visual views of what we’re working on. [ Read all 160 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “WP Edit” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Josh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josh401/) “WP Edit” has been translated into 7 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-edit/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “WP Edit” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-edit) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-edit/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-edit/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-edit/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-edit/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 4.0.4 * Updated function for php7 and backwards compatibility (to rid php warning). Thanks @kendawes! #### 4.0.3 * Updated readme. * Ensured plugin not generating any errors/warnings/notices with current version of WordPress. * WordPress 5.0 will include “Gutenberg” (please research); and I am working on a compatible WP Edit version. #### 4.0.2 * 11/17/2017 * Tested to ensure WP 4.9 compatibility. * Fixed icon to insert date/time. * Fixed advanced link nofollow checkbox. #### 4.0.1 * 04/20/2017 * Fixed warnings when plugin is network activated (pertaining to buttons options). * Altered readme file to better display in new WordPress plugins repository design. #### 4.0 * 10/03/2016 * Added Custom Buttons API; other plugins/themes can add buttons to WP Edit. * Added dismissable admin notice for Custom Buttons API (help spread the word!). * Added plugin rating statistics to sidebar (Please rate and review). * Added nonce fields for every form submission used to save database options. * Moved plugins.php page styles to properly enqueue (used for notices). #### 3.9 * 09/05/2016 * Added functionality to enable visual editor on BBPress forums (Editor tab). * Fixed strict standards error on wp_widget_rss_output() function (final fix will be done upstream when WordPress 4.7 is released). * Adjusted plugin css file. #### 3.8.1 * 05/11/2016 * Removed a stray var_dump() function. #### 3.8 * 05/11/2016 * Added support for WP Edit toolbars in custom post types excerpt areas. * Fixed deprecated function. (htmledit_pre changed to format_for_editor) (main. php ~line 115). * Updated introduction video link. * Minor changes to ensure WordPress 4.6 compatibility. * Increased stable tag version. #### 3.7 * 01/11/2016 * Fixed Feedblitz image loading insecure over https. * Fixed WP_PLUGIN_URL constant; switched to using plugins_url() function. * Fixed profile biography editor. * Updated compatibility version. #### 3.6 * 12/16/2015 * Update to be stable with WordPress 4.4. ## Meta * Version **4.0.4** * Last updated **8 years ago** * Active installations **40,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.9.29** * Languages * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/), and [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-edit) * Tags * [button](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/button/)[buttons](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/buttons/) [editor](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/editor/) * [Advanced View](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/advanced/) ## Ratings 4 out of 5 stars. * [ 108 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 10 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 5 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 11 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 26 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Josh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josh401/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A9E5VNRBMVBCS)