What does CKeditor do on the front end?

Hello knowitallninja,

BadgeOS loads two js files on front-end for CKeditor

1. Standard CKeditor js file
2. Custom js file to call it

Their function is to add valuable formatting options to the user when submitting submission / commenting. See screenshot

Although it is not recommended, you can add below snippet to your active theme’s functions.php file to dequeue it.

function dequeue_ckeditor_front_end() {
   if ( is_admin() ) {
       return;
   }

    global $GLOBALS;
    $wp_footer = $GLOBALS["wp_filter"]["wp_footer"];
    if( is_object(  $wp_footer ) && !empty( $wp_footer ) ) {
        $new_array = array();
        foreach( $wp_footer as $key => $frontend_script ) {
            if( $key != 10 ) {
                $new_array[$key] = $frontend_script;
            }
        }
    }

    $new_data = new WP_Hook;
    $new_data->callbacks = $new_array;
    $GLOBALS["wp_filter"]["wp_footer"] = $new_data;

   $handle = 'custom_script';
    $list = 'enqueued';
    if ( wp_script_is( $handle, $list ) ) {
        wp_dequeue_script( 'custom_script' );
        wp_deregister_script( 'custom_script' );
    }
    
    $handle = 'ck_editor_cdn';
    $list = 'enqueued';
    if ( wp_script_is( $handle, $list ) ) {
        wp_dequeue_script( 'ck_editor_cdn' );
        wp_deregister_script( 'ck_editor_cdn' );
    }
}
add_action( 'wp_print_scripts', 'dequeue_ckeditor_front_end', 100 );

Hello @eureka345

Thanks for pointing us to this issue, We are about to release an updated version which will fix this issue.

For now you can add below snippet to your theme’s functions.php file. It will fix the issue for you.

/**
 * Fix - HTML escaping issue for badge submission edit page
 */
add_filter( "the_editor_content", function( $data, $postarr ) {

    if( is_admin() ) {
        global $current_screen;
        $post_type = $current_screen->post_type;
        if( empty( $post_type ) && is_null( $post_type ) ) {
            $post_type = ( isset( $_GET["post_type"] ) ? $_GET["post_type"] : "" );
        }

        if( $post_type == "submission" ) {
            return htmlspecialchars_decode ( $data, ENT_NOQUOTES | ENT_HTML5 );
        }
    }

    return $data;
}, 11, 2);

Hello @eureka345

Glad to hear that. Please add a review here for us and mark the topic as resolved.

Thanks.