Better File Editor
Adds line numbers, syntax highlighting, code folding, and lots more to the theme and plugin editors in the admin panel.
Maintenance 24/1003727d since update
Active installs
400
Downloads
41,123
Reviews
17
Age
16.6y
Tagseditorthemecodesyntax
Plugin info
Total downloads: 41,123
Active installs: 400
Total reviews: 17
Average rating: 4.7
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 10/18/2015 (3727 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 6/13/2009 (16 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.9
Tested up to WordPress version: 4.3.34
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 3727 days ago • 17 reviews
24/100
Is Better File Editor abandoned?
Possibly abandoned (last update 3727 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.9
Tested up to: 4.3.34
Requires PHP: f
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Description
Adds line numbers, syntax highlighting, code folding, and lots more to the
theme and plugin editors in the admin panel.
This plugin replaces the boring, clunky, and difficult to use theme and plugin
editor with a full-featured code editor using the Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor.
Requirements:
- Javascript Enabled (will use default editor if disabled)
- Browsers: Internet Explorer 9+, Chrome 21+, Firefox 10+, Safari 6.0+
Included Themes:
- Ambiance
- Chaos
- Chrome
- Clouds
- Clouds Midnight
- Cobalt
- Crimson Editor
- Dawn
- Dreamweaver
- Eclipse
- GitHub
- idleFingers
- IPlastic
- KatzenMilch
- krTheme
- Kuroir
- Merbivore
- Merbivore Soft
- Mono Industrial
- Monokai
- Pastel on Dark
- Solarized Dark
- Solarized Light
- SQL Server
- Terminal
- TextMate
- Tomorrow
- Tomorrow Night
- Tomorrow Night Blue
- Tomorrow Night Bright
- Tomorrow Night 80s
- Twilight
- Vibrant Ink
- Xcode
Supported Languages:
- ABAP
- ABC Notation
- ADA
- ActionScript
- AppleScript
- AsciiDoc
- Assembly x86
- AutoHotKey
- BatchFile
- C9Search
- C/C++
- Clojure
- Cobol
- CoffeeScript
- ColdFusion
- C#
- CSS
- Curly
- D
- Dart
- Diff
- Dot
- Elixir
- Elm
- Erlang
- EJS
- Forth
- FreeMarker
- Gherkin
- gitignore
- Glsl
- Go
- Groovy
- HAML
- Handlebars
- Haskell
- haXe
- HTML
- HTML (Ruby)
- Ini
- Jade
- Java
- JavaScript
- JSON
- JSONiq
- JSP
- JSX
- Julia
- LaTeX
- Lean
- LESS
- Liquid
- Lisp
- LiveScript
- LogiQL
- LSL
- Lua
- LuaPage
- Lucene
- Makefile
- MATLAB
- Markdown
- MaskJS
- Maze
- MySQL
- MUSHCode
- Nix
- Objective-C
- OCaml
- Pascal
- Perl
- pgSQL
- PHP
- Powershell
- Prolog
- Properties
- Protobuf
- Python
- R
- RDoc
- RHTML
- Ruby
- Rust
- SASS
- SCAD
- Scala
- Scheme
- SCSS
- SH
- Smarty
- snippets
- Soy
- SQL
- SQLServer
- Stylus
- SVG
- Tcl
- Tex
- Text
- Textile
- Toml
- Twig
- Typescript
- Vala
- VBScript
- Velocity
- XML
- XQuery
- YAML
Installation
- Upload the entire
better-file-editorfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/
directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Frequently Asked Questions
No FAQ available
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Changelog
2.3.1 (2015-10-18)
- Use no-conflict builds of ACE editor.
- Remove extraneous RequireJS dependency.
- Add extra namespacing to registered scripts to avoid conflicts.
2.3.0 (2015-10-08)
- Updated ACE editor to 1.2.0 (2015-07-11).
- New plugin structure with asset build system.
- Added support for translations (none provided yet).
- Improved autoindent for HTML and PHP.
- New Themes: IPlastic, SQL Server
- New Modes: Elixir, Elm, LiveScript, SQLServer
2.2.0 (2014-10-01)
- Updated ACE editor to 1.1.7 (2014-09-20).
- New Themes: KatzenMilch, Kuroir
- New Notable Modes: Handlebars, Smarty
- New HTML syntax checker, and improved PHP syntax checker.
2.1.2 (2013-12-01)
- Editor enabled based on support for HTML5 Canvas API, which removed
dependency on jQuery migrate layer for browser sniffing.
2.1 (2013-06-08)
- Updated ACE editor with new themes and syntax modes.
- New Themes: Ambiance, Chaos, Terminal, Xcode
- New Notable Modes: INI, Dart, ActionScript, MySQL, SASS, and HAML.
- Saves cursor position in file.
2.0 (2012-07-22)
- Complete rewrite built on Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor, and replacing official
plugin and theme editors rather than adding extra stand-alone editor.
1.0.1 (2009-12-19)
- Include local copy of Bespin editor JS rather than hotlinking from Mozilla.
1.0 (2009-06-13)
- Initial release based on Mozilla’s Bespin editor.
