RTE always on text mode by default

Can’t really think of a reason for the behaviour, maybe it is just a bug in the theme, of course I can’t say anything specific without knowing the code. But you should be able get around it by making use of the wp_default_editor hook and explicitly set the type of editor you want to show … Read more

How to make elements not editable in visual editor

I don’t think this is doable on the default visual editor. You can try one of the plugin solutions out there. The most popular ones are: https://wordpress.org/plugins/beaver-builder-lite-version/ (freemium) Visual Composer (careful seem there’s an issue with 4.5) https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-advanced/screenshots/ (just make easier to add HTML elements) One other approach to solve the problem is for you … Read more

Editors can’t edit but administrators can

In the end the new server lock down was a red herring. There is a plugin, somewhere, which is requiring that editors have the role ‘manage_options’ enabled.. I installed a roles plugin (User Role Editor) and just granted them that extra access and it works now. I’ll need to go through the plugins to find … Read more

How to restore visual editor in WordPress

Thanks @Milo What is interesting is that the Super Admin can see the visual editor and gets this in the (chrome) console: JQMIGRATE: Migrate is installed, version 1.4.1 wp-tinymce.php?c=1&ver=4603-20170530:25 Deprecated TinyMCE API call: <target>.onNodeChange.add(..) But the normal Editor role user cannot see the visual editor and gets this in the (ie) console: DOM7011: The code … Read more