Title: Ability to make code view default
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Ability to make code view default

 *  [gammablog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gammablog/)
 * (@gammablog)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ability-to-make-code-view-default/)
 * Is there a plugin or whatever that will make the code view the default view. 
   I want this primarily for dealing with embeded video. The Visual editor is very
   handy, but it messes with the code needed to embed Flash, google video etc. I
   know I could turn the visual editor off in my user prefs, but then if I wanted
   to preview a non embeded post, I have to navigate to that page to do it.

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 *  Thread Starter [gammablog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gammablog/)
 * (@gammablog)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ability-to-make-code-view-default/#post-522730)
 * As useful as the visual editor is, I guess I have to keep it switched off for
   most of my blogging needs. But to make it easier to access it I keep a bookmark
   to /wp-admin/profile.php?updated=true handy.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ability-to-make-code-view-default/#post-522732)
 * See this:
    [http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2007/01/31/wordpress-21-more-editor-options/](http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2007/01/31/wordpress-21-more-editor-options/)
   [http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2007/02/11/wordpress-21-more-on-those-editor-options/](http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2007/02/11/wordpress-21-more-on-those-editor-options/)
 *  Thread Starter [gammablog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gammablog/)
 * (@gammablog)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ability-to-make-code-view-default/#post-522736)
 * That looks useful samboll, but unless I don’t understand it completely, it just
   gives an easier way than the keyboard shortcut (shift-alt-v)to display the advanced
   features of the visual editor. What I want is a way to have easy access to the
   visual editor when I want it, but default to the code view when I first go to
   the write or edit page, so that the visual editor doesn’t alter the code to its
   liking. It destroys the embed code for Flash, youtube, google video etc. I know
   I could switch to the code view when writing the post, but editing an existing
   embeded video post is a problem.
 * It’s not a major thing but I think it would be a useful feature.

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 * Last activity: [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ability-to-make-code-view-default/#post-522736)
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