Title: Easy Disable Visual Editor Author: Matt Martz Published: Îlon 25, 2008 Last modified: Îlon 26, 2010 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/easy-disable-visual-editor.svg) # Easy Disable Visual Editor By [Matt Martz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sivel/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/easy-disable-visual-editor.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://kmr.wordpress.org/plugins/easy-disable-visual-editor/#description) * [Reviews](https://kmr.wordpress.org/plugins/easy-disable-visual-editor/#reviews) * [Installation](https://kmr.wordpress.org/plugins/easy-disable-visual-editor/#installation) * [Development](https://kmr.wordpress.org/plugins/easy-disable-visual-editor/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-disable-visual-editor/) ## Description Easily disables the visual editor globally. Hooks the user_can_richedit filter and returns false so that the visual editor is never used. Much more efficient, simple and reliable than the other disable visual editor plugin that requires you to delete the visual editor files from your install. ### Upgrade 1. Delete the previous `easy-disable-visual-editor` folder from the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Upload the new `easy-disable-visual-editor` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory ### Usage 1. Just activate and enjoy! No configuration required. ## Installation 1. Upload the `easy-disable-visual-editor` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress NOTE: See “Other Notes” for Upgrade and Usage Instructions as well as other pertinent topics. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Easy Disable Visual Editor” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Matt Martz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sivel/) [Translate “Easy Disable Visual Editor” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/easy-disable-visual-editor) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-disable-visual-editor/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/easy-disable-visual-editor/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/easy-disable-visual-editor/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/easy-disable-visual-editor/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 (2008-09-25): * Initial Public Release ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **16 sal ago** * Active installations **30+** * WordPress version ** 2.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **2.9.2** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-disable-visual-editor/) * Tags * [disable](https://kmr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable/)[editor](https://kmr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/editor/) [tinyMCE](https://kmr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tinymce/)[visual](https://kmr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/visual/) [wysiwyg](https://kmr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wysiwyg/) * [Advanced View](https://kmr.wordpress.org/plugins/easy-disable-visual-editor/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-disable-visual-editor/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-disable-visual-editor/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-disable-visual-editor/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-disable-visual-editor/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-disable-visual-editor/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-disable-visual-editor/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-disable-visual-editor/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Matt Martz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sivel/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-disable-visual-editor/)