Title: Disable Visual Editor WYSIWYG Author: stanxp Published: June 20, 2011 Last modified: February 21, 2018 --- Search plugins 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/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg.svg) # Disable Visual Editor WYSIWYG By [stanxp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stanxp/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg.zip) * [Details](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/#description) * [Reviews](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/#reviews) * [Installation](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/#installation) * [Development](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/) ## Description This plugin will disable the visual editor for selected page(s)/post(s)/custom post types. The idea behind this came after i had to keep the html intact by the tinymce editor whenever i switched back to Visual tab in the editor. ## Screenshots [⌊Here you can see the panel where you can disable the visual editor.⌉⌊Here you can see the panel where you can disable the visual editor.⌉[ Here you can see the panel where you can disable the visual editor. ## Installation 1. Upload directory `disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ Installation Instructions 1. Upload directory `disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress How to disable/enable wysiwyg editor for page/post? Go to admin section where you add/edit new page/post and you will see small panel on the right called “Visual Editor” with a checkbox saying “Disable”. When you thick it and update the post, you will no longer be able to edit the page/post until you unthick and update the page/post. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9457ac3f1790d5a2e0e6ec514ec306eae283cf91b069d36df4d2671975adc773? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Working Fine on WordPress 5.2.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/working-fine-on-wordpress-5-2-1/)󠁿 [raycopper](https://profiles.wordpress.org/raycopper/) June 7, 2019 Installed and working as expected on WordPress 5.2.1 using Twenty Fourteen Theme 07.06.2019 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6c6d2e21af43a5a4def56f085c27fec8781f60d4c721230e1f4a1dc5228c8423? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Reduces so much pain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduces-so-much-pain/)󠁿 [ecaron](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ecaron/) April 20, 2018 I've added this to my list of "Essential Plugins". Doesn't need to be by default, but it makes it wonderful for having multiple admins coordinating pages and making sure people know when they can/shouldn't rely on the WYSIWYG editor. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/63516caf7697cbe52ba3d6f3c28c3390273ba5d3ebbf6bf5c12ab0378dc51852? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[A life saver!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-life-saver-41/)󠁿 [mattroslund](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattroslund/) April 9, 2018 It does exactly what it says. I have to add HTML code to certain pages, and this plugin stops the visual editor from royally messing them up. It's a life saver! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/30cf753e07ba9bf8d68aa2ec9fa8d135cc75dd4f7048848c6e516f6c608d6c0c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Yes! Чудово!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/yes-%d1%87%d1%83%d0%b4%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%be/)󠁿 [Roman](https://profiles.wordpress.org/web911/) February 12, 2018 Все працює без проблем! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7b7e1094ea3e0d19534f094322463d2a4cfe05c22c3151cf70edb52d2d1b9d96? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-4599/)󠁿 [Lorenzo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/daguru/) December 1, 2017 Simple and very usefull. Could be nice to be able to keep only visual and hide text. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2b6f10185b76bc0484023207ffca0014ab710404722473a8d5817657ed124a04? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple and Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-perfect-123/)󠁿 [kalico](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kalico/) November 2, 2017 For the second time in 4 months, I had to tell someone not to use the visual editor after it borked custom code. I use another plugin to lock certain posts so that only a superadmin (on a multisite network) can edit them. But for those rare pages where our content managers MUST be able to edit AND must never use the visual editor, this plugin here is the perfect solution. Some users have asked for additional features…. I respectfully disagree. The beauty of this plugin is it's perfect simplicity. There are plenty of plugins out there with multiple features that require extra support and create extra bloat…this one does what it is intended to do, and does it perfectly. [ Read all 23 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Disable Visual Editor WYSIWYG” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ stanxp ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stanxp/) [Translate “Disable Visual Editor WYSIWYG” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.7.1 * Small changes in the documentation #### 1.7 * Fixed visual bug for version 4.1 * Russian translation ( thanks to Aurumdao ) * Bulgarian translation #### 1.6 * You can now disable the editor for all posts/pages/custom post types. #### 1.5.2 * Only super admins can disable/enable the editor. Full screen button is now hidden when tinymce is disabled. #### 1.5.1 * Fixed meta-value duplication #### 1.5 * Custom post types and improvements #### 1.4.1 * Minor change #### 1.4 * Simplified and improved #### 1.3 * Quick fix for 3.3 #### 1.2 * Quick fix for 3.3 #### 1.1 * Quick fix for 3.2 #### 1.0 * Released. ## Meta * Version **1.7.2** * Last updated **9 years ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress Version ** 3.0.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.9.34** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/) * Tags * [admin](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[disable](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable/) [editor](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/editor/)[visual](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/visual/) [wysiwyg](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wysiwyg/) * [Advanced View](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 22 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ stanxp ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stanxp/) ## Support Got something to say? 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