Title: Text Formatting Last modified: January 9, 2018 --- # Text Formatting * [BreeziiKat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breeziikat/) * (@breeziikat) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/) * Hello, * I have a lot of guest writers to my site, and I go through and edit their articles before posting. However, most of them use the headers 1, 2, 3, etc. * I would like my writers to use ONLY the ‘paragraph’ option and disable the rest so they aren’t even able to choose them. * This would save me loads of time during the editing process, is this at all possible to do? * Thank you so much WordPress community! 🙂 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/) * (@binarywc) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9845854) * Are you familiar with editing theme functions? There are a few ways to do this.. I typically us this plugin [https://wordpress.org/plugins/my-custom-functions/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/my-custom-functions/). * Once you install the plugin I mentioned copy and paste the below code it should disable those options in the WYSIWYG Editor for all users. I do not know of a way to do it for just editors/writers and still allow admins to use them. * ``` function wpa_45815($arr){ $arr['theme_advanced_blockformats'] = 'h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6'; return $arr; } add_filter('tiny_mce_before_init', 'wpa_45815'); ``` * Hope this helps. * [fsohrabiii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fsohrabiii/) * (@fsohrabiii) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9846687) * Hi. I use these codes in a project and works correctly. - This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/). Reason: Removed link to site * Thread Starter [BreeziiKat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breeziikat/) * (@breeziikat) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9847667) * Hello, * Thank you for the replies! I would rather not use yet another plugin if at all possible, I already have about 20 in use haha, which I feel is already in excess, but perhaps not? * I don’t use anything but the ‘paragraph’ option so I don’t need the other options at all. * Is there no way to simply plug some form of code into the theme files? I am fairly familiar with using the theme files, I do have a child theme in use and have some light editing/customization in use already. * [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/) * (@binarywc) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9847765) * Same code provided above. You will need to create what is called a child theme. It is a little more complicated than using the plugin but here is info about what a child theme is and how to create one: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes) - This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/). * Thread Starter [BreeziiKat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breeziikat/) * (@breeziikat) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9848095) * Thanks again for the response but I believe you may have missed mine (hehe) – I did already mention that I have a child theme in use. I just need the code that I am to use for this customization as well as exactly where in the child theme files it should go…? 🙂 * Thanks! * [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/) * (@binarywc) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9848135) * I did miss that hehe. Mostly because I stopped reading after the first paragraph! Sorry about that.. The code would go in the functions.php file of your child theme!!!! * Thread Starter [BreeziiKat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breeziikat/) * (@breeziikat) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9848475) * Haha no problem! I put this coding into my functions.php file but it didn’t seem to work – is the plugin necassary to use along with it? Is there no way to forego a plugin and just insert a code snippet to achieve this? :/ * [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/) * (@binarywc) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9848494) * No, the code should work when put into the functions.php file of the child theme. However, there could be a bug where the code is getting ignored. Are you using caching or a CDN? Sometimes those can cause code to not work instantly when it is added. * Thread Starter [BreeziiKat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breeziikat/) * (@breeziikat) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9848579) * I am using the W3 total cache plugin which does caching and has a CDN tab. I am not as tech savvy as I would like to be but am avidly trying to learn haha! I am not sure what needs edited or changed in this plugin in order to get my custom code to work, hmm – any ideas? * [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/) * (@binarywc) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9848667) * Personally, I do not like W3TC it has too many settings and is confusing to use. I would suggest temporarily disabling it and testing to see if the code works with it disabled. If it does then you know there is a conflict with the caching. If the code does not work even with W3TC disabled then it is not a caching issue. * Where it comes to the CDN. Check the CDN tab in W3TC and see if it looks like those options are enabled. My guess is they are not because you would know if they were. * Hope this helps. Let us know what you find out. * Thread Starter [BreeziiKat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breeziikat/) * (@breeziikat) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9848731) * I wouldn’t mind looking into alternate caching plugins, do you have any suggestions on that? * I disabled my W3TC plugin but I still see the heading options when I click to add a new post, so I’m guessing this isn’t the issue, darn. Hmm… it’s looking like maybe I should just get the plugin after all 🙁 * [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/) * (@binarywc) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9848811) * Not necessarily. The code may not work with the custom functions plugin either. Sometimes there is a code conflict with a different plugin and it is not caused by caching. * For caching I prefer: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/hummingbird-performance/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hummingbird-performance/) to W3TC. * It is hard to help you further without seeing your entire setup. What theme are you using that you have a child theme set up for? Also, would you provide a full list of the plugins you are using? This might help me figure out where the conflict is and why the code I provided is not working. * Thread Starter [BreeziiKat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breeziikat/) * (@breeziikat) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9856243) * Thanks for the caching suggestion, I have deactivated W3TC and am now trying out Hummingbird and I must agree with you, it seems much more streamlined and I’ve only started using it. I may stick with this myself, big thanks! * I am using the Genesis child theme on the Genesis platform, as well as the latest edition of wordpress. My plugins are as follows; * – accesspress social counter – admin menu editor – advanced recent posts – attachment pages redirect – disqus comment system – facebook button by bestwebsoft – fancier author box – design palette pro – genesis simple edits – genesis simple sidebars– google font manager – hummingbird – insert HTML snippet – quotes collection – rating-widget: star review system – shareaholic | share buttons, analytics, related content – statebuilt facebook page like popup – wordfence security – wp ultimate recipe – wp-optimize – wptouch mobile plugin – yoast seo * That is all of them. the website is [http://spiritearthawakening.com](http://spiritearthawakening.com) if that helps any as well. Or, would it help if I gave you temporary access to the site to help me troubleshoot via more of a ‘hands-on’ approach? Either way, I greatly appreciate you helping me get this sorted, can’t thank you enough! * [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/) * (@binarywc) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9860026) * While it would be nice to get temp access so that I can help you further that is against WP.org forum rules. That said, I will continue to help as much as I can here in this thread. * When you said you had a child theme I was not thinking you were on the genesis framework. Personally do not use Genesis for my clients sites and have not for approximately 4 years. I have worked with Genesis before and found it to be a hassle especially when trying to add custom code like this code you are trying to add. I found that the custom code rarely worked and I was always doing workarounds to make the custom code I was trying to implement to work when with other themes it would just work with no headache. * My gut is telling me you might be best off sharing this thread with the support guys over at StudioPress and seeing what they say. They should be able to help you nail down why it is not working without having to add the plugin. If they send you back here don’t hesitate to come back here and I will continue trying to help you. * Hope this helps. * Thread Starter [BreeziiKat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breeziikat/) * (@breeziikat) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/#post-9860181) * Oh wow ok, that is unfortunate to hear haha. I have always really liked the Genesis framework. I have used WordPress.org for a few years before I got Genesis and I always had hassles/issues with things, but since I got Genesis (and a few Genesis plugins to edit the site with) I have really enjoyed it. I sure hope this current issue isn’t a Genesis bug. I will take your suggestion and ask them though and let you know, in time, how it goes. Thank you very much 😀 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Text Formatting’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [format](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/format/) * [headers](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/headers/) * [paragraph](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/paragraph/) * [text](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/text/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 18 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/) * Last activity: [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-formatting-18/page/2/#post-9866659) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics