squarecandy

<h4>Overview</h4>
<p>WordPress is awesome, but some of the TinyMCE rich text editing options that come out of the box are not ideal for less web-savvy editors and clients.  This plugin provides some modifications to the standard editor buttons and features that will make it easier for clients to have as all the formatting options that are good for them and remove options that can break a custom site design.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Removes the toggle advanced button.  This is confusing to many users who can’t find the features they are looking for. Just provides 1 row of editor buttons.</li>
<li>Removes features such as strike through, underline (should be reserved for links online, not emphasis), full justification (generally looks bad online, but clients like to use it), and several other less used and confusing features.</li>
<li>Simplifies the dropdown list of heading and block types available.</li>
<li>Adds several formats that can be added to a paragraph
<ul>
<li>Button – add this format to a paragraph to make the links into “call to action” buttons</li>
<li>Small – a format for create a paragraph of smaller text, such as a “terms & conditions” section.</li>
<li>Big – enlarge the text of a certain paragraph.  This helps client not mis-use heading elements for entire paragraphs when they want slightly larger text for emphasis.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Limits color palette in the text colorpicker to grayscale only by default.</li>
<li>Allows for adding up to 4 custom colors that compliment the site’s design and branding that the user may use. (Under Settings > Writing)</li>
<li>Adds the current theme’s style.css to the editor to make what you see in TinyMCE match the live site better</li>
<li>Allows for adding additional css files to the editor styles.  These could be external resources such as google font stylesheets, additional theme css you want to load in the editor, or a custom stylesheet. Just add the URL you want to add in the Additional CSS field under Settings > Writing. For multiple files separate the files by comma with no spaces.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Scope</h4>
<p>As the description states, this plugin makes <strong>opinionated</strong> changes to the default setup. I don’t plan to grow this into a bulkier plugin that allows you to modify and customize all aspects of TinyMCE.  Try <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-advanced/" rel="ugc">TinyMCE Advanced</a> or other existing plugins for that purpose.</p>


Square Candy TinyMCE Reboot

An opinionated reconfiguration of the default WordPress TinyMCE settings.

Francesco Canovi

Marco Chiesi

Black Studio

<p>This plugin adds a new <code>Visual Editor</code> widget type that allows you to insert rich text and media objects in your sidebars with no hassle. With Black Studio TinyMCE Widget you will be able to edit your widgets in a WYSIWYG manner using the native WordPress TinyMCE editor, just like you do in posts and pages. And if you are a developer you may still switch back and forth from Visual to HTML mode.</p>
<p>For years the default WordPress text widget has been very basic and it required HTML knowledge to add formatting and images/media to the text. This plugin was born in 2011 to overcome these limitations. After a long time, in June 2017, version 4.8 of WordPress finally introduced a new text widget that included the ability to manage text widgets with the visual editor. The new widget available in WordPress core could now be used as a basic replacement of Black Studio TinyMCE Widget, but the plugin still offers some additional features, so it remains a must-have for advanced users.</p>
<h4>Basic Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Add rich text widgets to your sidebars and edit them using the TinyMCE visual editor</li>
<li>Switch between Visual mode and HTML mode (including Quicktags toolbar)</li>
<li>Insert images, videos, and other media from WordPress Media Library</li>
<li>Insert links to existing WordPress pages/posts or external resources</li>
<li>Support for shortcodes, smilies and embed in widget text (including preview)</li>
<li>Support for the Block-based Widgets Editor introduced with WordPress 5.8</li>
<li>Support for Customizer with live preview and quick edit</li>
<li>Support for widgets accessibility mode</li>
<li>Compatible with multi-site (WordPress networks)</li>
<li>Compatible with the most common multi-language plugins</li>
<li>Compatible with Page Builder plugin by SiteOrigin</li>
<li>Translations available in 20+ languages</li>
</ul>
<h4>Advanced Features</h4>
<p>These features are what makes this plugin better than the WordPress (4.8+) native widget:</p>
<ul>
<li>Full featured TinyMCE Visual Editor (the same you have for pages and posts)</li>
<li>Wide text area for an enhanced editing experience</li>
<li>Compatible with 3rd party TinyMCE customization plugins (TinyMCE Advanced, WP Edit, …)</li>
<li>Support for distraction-free (fullscreen) editing mode </li>
<li>Option to “Automatically add paragraphs” to widget text</li>
</ul>
<h4>About the plugin</h4>
<p>The story of the plugin was featured in a talk at WordCamp Europe 2018 in Belgrade.<br />
See the video <a href="https://wordpress.tv/2018/07/11/francesco-canovi-marco-chiesi-once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Once upon a time, there was a plugin…</a> on WordPress.tv.</p>
<h4>Links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.blackstudio.it/en/" rel="nofollow ugc">Author’s web site</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.blackstudio.it/en/wordpress-plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin’s page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/black-studio-tinymce-widget" rel="ugc">Support forum</a></li>
<li>Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/blackstudioita" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/blackstudiocomunicazione" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-studio" rel="nofollow ugc">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://github.com/black-studio" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a></li>
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<h4>Get involved</h4>
<ul>
<li>Developers can contribute to the source code on our <a href="https://github.com/black-studio/black-studio-tinymce-widget" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a>.</li>
<li>Translators can contribute through the <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget" rel="nofollow ugc">Official WordPress Translation platform</a>.</li>
<li>Users can contribute by leaving a 5 stars <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/black-studio-tinymce-widget#postform" rel="ugc">review</a> or making a <a href="https://www.blackstudio.it/en/wordpress-plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget/" rel="nofollow ugc">donation</a>.</li>
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Black Studio TinyMCE Widget

A very convenient plugin if you need some edition tools in widget and you don’t know HTML.

Square Candy TinyMCE Reboot vs Black Studio TinyMCE Widget