This is a simple plugin that enables rich text editing on the excerpt field.
If you have any plugins installed which alter TinyMCE, e.g. to add additional
buttons, they will also be applied to the excerpt editor.
Any issues: contact me.
Known issues / bugs
Please report any issues that you find.
- In WordPress versions prior to WordPress 2.5, when you click the “advanced toolbar” button, the advanced toolbar shows up on the
Content, rather than the excerpt. Reported by Jorge Villalobos - You can’t send images to the excerpt editor from the edit page file browser;
you have to send them to the main editor, then copy and paste. - To show the excerpt you have to use a template which uses
the_excerpt, rather
than the_content.
Requests
I’m simply noting requests here, I’ve not necessarily looked into how possible any of these are or how much effort they might require.
- It would be great if you could switch between TinyMCE and Quicktags as the content does. Requested by Jorge Villalobos
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.