Tom McFarlin

Excerpt Check prompts authors to add an excerpt before publishing or scheduling a post. When no excerpt is present, a modal appears giving the author the choice to add one or proceed without it. This works seamlessly in both the Classic Editor and the Block Editor (Gutenberg).
Features:
<ul>
<li>Intercepts publish and schedule actions when no excerpt is present</li>
<li>Full support for the Classic Editor and the Block Editor (Gutenberg)</li>
<li>Modal prompt that surfaces before the post is saved</li>
<li>Two configurable modes: Remind (allow publishing anyway) or Require (must add an excerpt)</li>
<li>Settings integrated into the existing Settings > Writing page</li>
<li>Works with any post type that has excerpt support enabled</li>
<li>Lightweight with zero impact on front-end performance</li>
</ul>
Why use excerpts?
WordPress can auto-generate excerpts by truncating post content, but the results are often incomplete sentences, leftover shortcodes, or broken HTML. Custom excerpts give you full control over how your posts appear in archive pages, search results, RSS feeds, and SEO meta descriptions.
Use Cases:
<ul>
<li>Content teams that enforce editorial standards requiring excerpts on all posts</li>
<li>SEO-focused publishers who rely on custom excerpts for meta descriptions</li>
<li>Multi-author blogs where editors want to ensure consistent content quality</li>
<li>Any site where auto-generated excerpts are not desirable</li>
</ul>

Excerpt Check

Prompts authors to add an excerpt before publishing or scheduling a WordPress post. Plugin Homepage

DVeb

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Dear and respected members of the WordPress community, especially those who still believe that “Code is Poetry” — believe it or not, there are people like me for whom this removed feature still matters.
This plugin restores the classic 
“Visual Editor Options” 
section to the user profile screen.
It’s a clean, dependable tweak — made for those who prefer writing in plain text, without distraction, without visual clutter.
No extra settings. No noise. Just the option that once was.
Perfect for:
<ul>
<li>writers who live in the HTML tab,</li>
<li>developers who avoid visual editors,</li>
<li>or anyone who simply misses that checkbox.</li>
</ul>
It works with both the Classic and Block editors, 
and doesn’t require any additional plugins.
Just install, and enjoy the silence of plain text.
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<ol>
<li>A checkbox labeled “Disable the visual editor when writing” is added to each user’s profile page.</li>
<li>When checked, the plugin disables visual editing features and saves the preference (<code>rich_editing = false</code>).</li>
<li>Both TinyMCE and Gutenberg are bypassed — only the plain text editor is shown.</li>
</ol>
Additional behaviors (enabled by default):
<ul>
<li>Prevents loading of unnecessary editor scripts and styles for users who opt out.</li>
<li>Removes visual editor metaboxes when not needed.</li>
<li>Displays a dismissible admin notice if visual editing is disabled but the plugin is no longer active.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Compatibility</h3>
<ul>
<li>Works with both Classic and Block (Gutenberg) editors.</li>
<li>Compatible with the Genesis Framework and most modern themes.</li>
<li>Functions independently — does not require the Classic Editor plugin.</li>
<li>Honors native WordPress capabilities like <code>user_can_richedit</code> and <code>use_block_editor_for_post</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Translations</h3>
This plugin is translation-ready. 
Currently available in:
<ul>
<li>Japanese (thanks to @kimipooh) </li>
</ul>
If you would like to contribute a translation, please visit: 
https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/classic-visual-editor-options/

Classic Visual Editor Options


Thank you for providing such a great plugin!I translated the main part into Japanese \^^/;.



When entering code in the classic editor, the forced substitution function would sometimes be activated in the visual editor, so this feature was very useful. I agree with Gutenbeng's philosophy, but it's a shame that the option for a simpler editor is disappearing.


Great plugin!

Restores the “Visual Editor Options” section in user profiles.

Excerpt Check vs Classic Visual Editor Options