WP Super Edit is a WordPress plugin designed to give some control over the visual / wysiwyg editor and add some functionality without modifying the WordPress source code.
“What Was I Thinking?”
WordPress uses the TinyMCE DHTML / javascript based HTML editor. If you think using an HTML document to edit other HTML documents is crazy then your probably right and it was all a bad dream.
Nonetheless what’s done is done, it works, you can edit HTML with an HTML / Javascript application if you feel like it. Not bad… Not perfect, but not bad.
Please visit Using WP Super Edit for in depth documentation including installation, usage, and notes for non-English languages.
Features
“It’s got stuff.”
This plugin was designed to act as a framework for managing TinyMCE plugins and buttons. This should not be confused with WordPress plugins.
TinyMCE has it’s own plugin system that will allow you to add features and buttons for just about anything you want… If you are willing to create it. WP Super Edit bundles some useful TinyMCE plugins and gives access to built in buttons and functions.
What it CAN do
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What it CAN’T do
WP Super Edit will not make you better at writing HTML. In fact you can encounter bugs, so you should be aware of what these options are, and what they do. BTW. It won’t make you better looking either.
Always present bullet list of features:
- Drag and Drop interface for arranging the visual editor buttons.
- Access to commonly used built-in buttons and functions. This is a short list and does not include the buttons activated by WordPress.
- Paragraphs and Headings
- Anchors
- Subscript
- Superscript
- Foreground color
- Background color
- Special Characters
- Paste as Text
- Paste from Microsoft Word
- Undo option
- Redo option
- Clean up HTML
- HTML Source
- Customized TinyMCE plugins to add additional buttons and features. Beware some of these may change the functionality of your Web site and they are explained in detail in the section on Using WP Super Edit.
- Custom CSS Classes Plugin
- Custom Emoticon / Icon Plugin
- Layers (DIV) Plugin
- Advanced CSS / styles Plugin
- Tables Plugin
- XHTML Extras Plugin
- Full Screen
- Horizontal Rule
- Modified WordPress TinyMCE
License
The WP Super Edit plugin is released under the GNU General Public License. Detailed information is available at the top of the superedit.php file.
You should note that this plugin uses resources contained in other applications and you should contact the original authors about any further licensing restrictions.
TinyMCE is published under the Library General Public License and WordPress is published under the GNU General Public License.
Requirements
WP Super Edit requires WordPress 2.1 or higher. Please use the most secure version of WordPress available!
Of course you should also use a Web browser that can use the WordPress Visual Editor. See the section on Known Issues for browser compatibility issues.
