Title: Disable Visual Editor When Published Author: jeremyweathers Published: September 7, 2015 Last modified: March 9, 2016 --- 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/disable-visual-editor-when-published. svg) # Disable Visual Editor When Published By [jeremyweathers](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeremyweathers/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/disable-visual-editor-when-published.1.0.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-visual-editor-when-published/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-visual-editor-when-published/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-visual-editor-when-published/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-visual-editor-when-published/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-when-published/) ## Description We frequently prefer to use the visual editor to quickly draft new posts, and then polish the markup in the HTML editor before publishing. We’ve wasted hours cleaning up existing content that was mangled because _someone_ switched over to the visual editor. We wanted to make sure that existing content would be safe from mangling, but we still wanted the convenience of the visual editor. This plugin automatically blocks the visual editor – on a per-post basis – only when the post is published. This plugin does not rely on, or override, per-user settings. This plugin does not rely on per-post settings. This automated strategy works well for us – give it a try! ## Installation 1. Upload the `disable-visusal-editor-when-published` directory to the `/wp-content/ plugins/` directory of your site. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. ## FAQ I’m not sure this is for me. Will you support other strategies for disabling the visual editor? No. When possible, we want code to do one thing, well. There are other plugins that might work better for you: * https://wordpress.org/plugins/always-edit-in-html/ * https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-visual-editor/ * https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-visual-editor-wysiwyg/ * https://wordpress.org/plugins/dont-break-the-code/ ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8258da51f2f8ff8b00304da2b6b68a1329a46d619aab731efe2e1eb8aa462aed? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[This is the plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-the-plugin-1/)󠁿 [Mohammed Al-Mahdawi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/engrmth/) September 3, 2016 This plugin make writing codes within the WordPress posts much easier! I used it with SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin and it was awesome! [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-when-published/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Disable Visual Editor When Published” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ jeremyweathers ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeremyweathers/) [Translate “Disable Visual Editor When Published” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-visual-editor-when-published) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/disable-visual-editor-when-published/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/disable-visual-editor-when-published/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-visual-editor-when-published/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-visual-editor-when-published/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.2 * Tested with latest WordPress version. #### 1.0.1 * Fixed a typo in the readme. #### 1.0 * Initial version. ## Meta * Version **1.0.2** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.4.34** * Tags * [disable](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable/)[html](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/html/) [visual editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/visual-editor/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-visual-editor-when-published/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-when-published/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-when-published/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-when-published/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-when-published/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-when-published/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-when-published/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-visual-editor-when-published/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ jeremyweathers ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeremyweathers/) ## Support Got something to say? 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