TinyMCE Entities Patch
Important Note: The recent release of WordPress 2.6 has fixed the disappearing entities bug this plugin was designed to fix, so once you upgrade to WordPress 2.6 please discontinue using this plugin. I may release a new plugin that prevents spaces from being stripped from the beginning of lines sometime in the near future.
After a few weeks of writing posts on WordPress, I was getting very irritated when all the HTML entities I added to my examples kept being converted into characters — e.g. HTML entities like > < " would convert to > < " — when I saved the post I was working on.
To make matters worse, all the spaces I was using to align my coding examples would disappear when switching between “HTML” mode and “Visual” mode, even if I used the entity.
So, I finally bit the bullet and wrote this little plugin to fix these problems. It does just two things:
- Allows you to enter HTML entities like > < & etc. while in “Visual” mode and they will stay put, even after you save your post.
- Allows you to type extra spaces while in “Visual” mode (or in “HTML” mode) and they will stay put too, allowing you to correctly indent code samples, etc.
If you are writing blog posts with source code or HTML examples, you may find this little plugin helps you avoid a ton of aggravation.
Works with TinyMCE and the TinyMCE Advanced plugin.
Please note, this plugin is a patch for issues with WordPress’s uses of TinyMCE, and not the editor itself.
If you try this plugin and like what you see, or you have questions or problems, feel free to email me at mike@englishmike.net or visit the TinyMCE Entities Patch Plugin Home Page with your feedback.
(Not tested on any version of WordPress older than 2.5.1. It may work on earlier versions, but I just don’t know for sure. Try it and see. If it doesn’t work simply deactivate the plugin. If it does work, please let me know!!)
Release Notes version 1.0
Changes in version 1.0
- This is the initial version of the plugin.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.