24 Sep 2009

WYSIWYG Text Widget Editor for WordPress

General, Wordpress 15 Comments

I just ran into an excellent plugin for WordPress that should be included with every install.

The default WordPress installation offers a basic Text Widget editor that requires HTML knowledge and experience (basically the WordPress editor in ‘Code’ view). When handing off the WordPress installation to clients with little to no HTML experience, it is important to include WYSIWYG edtiors wherever possible.

Update 7/7/2011: The WYSIWYG Widgets plugin does just that. It’s simple to install and can easily be added to any sidebar as a widget. I can confirm that this widget works with WordPress 3.2.

The Rich Text Widget plugin does just that. It’s simple to install and can easily be added to any sidebar as a widget.

15 Responses to “WYSIWYG Text Widget Editor for WordPress”

  1. Brennan says:
    October 15, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    The Advanced Text Widget plugin does not support WYSIWYG. It would be nice if it did so.

  2. chad says:
    October 15, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    Clicking the “Visual” tab in the Advanced Text Widget displays the same editor WordPress uses for editing pages.

    The only difference is that the Advanced Text Widget does not allow you to use the “Kitchen Sink” buttons.

  3. DannyT says:
    November 16, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    I’m not sure the widget you’ve linked is the same as you have installed, I don’t have a “Visual” tab nor a wysiwyg editor with teh Advanced Text Widget. It just allows php in the widget and to choose where it shows up. For me at least

  4. chad says:
    November 16, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    My mistake, I linked to the wrong plugin!

    I have fixed the link, which now points to the “Rich Text Widget” plugin.

  5. marnie says:
    December 26, 2009 at 12:28 am

    This editor not working..

  6. chad says:
    December 26, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    What version of WordPress are you using?

  7. Dean says:
    May 18, 2010 at 4:51 am

    It’s good. Works for me :)

  8. jq says:
    June 26, 2010 at 12:06 am

    Upload Image,video,audio and media not working, it just keeps on showing the loading gif

  9. Phil says:
    July 21, 2010 at 11:54 am

    Like ‘jq’ I cannot get the IMAGE UPLOAD to work at all — any ideas why? or any fixes for this widget?

    thanks

  10. chad says:
    July 21, 2010 at 12:06 pm

    I have not had the chance to test this Widget with newer versions of WordPress, but there is probably a good chance features have been broken.

  11. Jess says:
    July 6, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    I just installed WYSIWYG Widget v1.0.6 on WordPress 3.2 – works good for me :)

  12. chad says:
    July 7, 2011 at 11:35 am

    Jess, thank you for the heads up on that plugin. I’ve updated this post to include it.

  13. Jenise says:
    September 24, 2011 at 3:02 am

    I was successful in installing it but after I added the text..I was unable to save it nor close the overlay window. I had to back out to get it to close.

  14. Lina says:
    October 25, 2011 at 6:02 pm

    I have the same problem as Jenise above. Can’t exit the overlay window at all. Tried it with wp 3.1.3
    Too bad, seemed like a good idea.

  15. Danny van Kooten says:
    November 20, 2011 at 10:33 am

    As the developer of WYSIWYG Widgets I want to give you a quick heads up that I’ve just updated the plugin to version 1.1, which adresses most of the known issues. :-)

    The plugin is now browser compatible again, so give it a try and let me know what you think!

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wysiwyg-widgets/

    Kind regards, Danny

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