Comments on: Customising / Configuring the TinyMCE Text Editor in Wordpress

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:19:42 +0000

No, because you’re not editing the tinymce files (just your own theme), the changes will remain in place even if you update the plugin.

By: Mark Williams

Mark Williams — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:11:17 +0000

quick question: if tinymce updates it’s plugin, these changes will be over-written yes?

By: joost baaij

joost baaij — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:08:12 +0000

Great tip, and works like a charm. This is in fact very under-documented at wordpress.org, so thank you!

By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:19:31 +0000

Dude – thanks for this. I was trying to figure out how to disable some of the wp-specific features, like the “kitchen sink” button and the “insert more” button, but wasn’t sure how to label them in theme_advanced_disable list because the TinyMCE wiki doesn’t list them. Turns out, if you view the dashboard and mouseover each button, a tooltip will pop up saying something like *.label_desc, where ‘label’ is the information you’ll need. For instance, if you rollover the kitchen sink button it shows up as ‘advanced.wp_adv_desc’. To remove that button, add ‘wp_adv’ to the theme_advanced_disabled list. Hope this helps save someone some time!

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:30:24 +0000

Beautiful. I normally use the TinyMCE Advanced plugin to configure these options, but that plugin provides no way to change the options in the format select box. Thanks for this!

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:13:39 +0000

Glad to be of use. I was surprised that this wasn’t better documented as it’s something that most themes should probably implement.

By: Kerrick

Kerrick — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:06:14 +0000

Very nice. I’d been wondering how to prevent users from inserting H1 and H2 tags in the visual editor for a while. Thanks for the useful info!