Title: Simplified Editor
Last modified: February 25, 2019

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# Simplified Editor

 *  Resolved [supernova42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supernova42/)
 * (@supernova42)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simplified-editor/)
 * There are quite a selection of field options to choose from. If I want to allow
   the user to enter a block of text I can choose between text-area and rich-text.
   The text-area doesn’t give the users any formatting options unless they are familar
   with in-line html, whereas the rich-text gives an abundance of formatting options
   which some users simply abuse.
 * Is there a way I can specify rich-text but reduce some of the formating options.
   Basically I would like a simplified editor.
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simplified-editor/#post-11246563)
 * I’ve never looked into this, but the plugin uses the WordPress built-in visual
   editor for rich text fields. This means that you can use the filters that are
   provided by WordPress to customize the editor. There may be other plugins you
   can get that give you the ability to customize the editor as well.
 * Technical details: [TinyMCE](https://codex.wordpress.org/TinyMCE)
 *  Thread Starter [supernova42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supernova42/)
 * (@supernova42)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simplified-editor/#post-11267032)
 * Yes I use TinyMCE Advanced which allows me to add or subtract the functions that
   are available. It works really well and allows me to limit what users can do.
   I find that if I give users too many choices they enter all types of horrid formatted
   text

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