Only minimal editing options are visible in WP 5.1

  • Hi

    I’m testing my site in WP 5.1 in a staging environment with the Classic Editor plugin enabled (don’t want Gutenberg yet).

    I have seen posts saying that Classic Editor has all the editing options and functions of WP Edit, Tiny and all other editing plugins out there, and so those plugins are no longer needed.

    That’s not true.

    When I have WP Edit enabled – I can see all its editing functions in the CLssic Editor. However the moment I deactivate WP Edit – my Classic Editor’s editing options are cut by more than half – they don’t even include the font type and size!

    Why isn’t Classic Editor displaying ALL the editing functions as it’s supposed to?
    there is not even the font type or size option visible which indicates a serious issue – unless those additional options are somewhere hidden. Unlike WP Edit however, the Classic Editor settings don’t have any such options to be selected.

    I have both WP Edit and Tiny MCE plugins, but they should not be required for the FULL and COMPREHENSIVE editing funtionality of Classic Editor.

    This is really important, as I will not update my live website from WP 4.9.9 to 5.1 until this issue is resolved.

    I would appreciate your advice.

    thanks

    • This topic was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by magicpowers.
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  • Because this plugin does now work…period. Rate as such to help others avoid the issues we both are having…this is a 100% useless plugin that does nothing.

    Thread Starter magicpowers

    (@magicpowers)

    yes, except that it IS REQUIRED to prevent block editing in WP 5.

    Luckily, WP Edit still works in Wp 5.1 maintaining its comprehensive editing options.

    Plugin Author Andrew Ozz

    (@azaozz)

    I have seen posts saying that Classic Editor has all the editing options and functions of WP Edit

    Where have you seen such posts? Perhaps contact the author and ask what they meant? ??

    As far as I see WP Edit is an “editor enhancement” plugin that hasn’t been updated to work with WP 5.0 or newer.

    Thread Starter magicpowers

    (@magicpowers)

    unfortunately, I don’t remember where I saw it – I have gone through dozens of sites when researching this.

    While not formally updated, WP Edit DOES WORK on my WP 5.1 site – and that’s all I care about.

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