Title: Add html code in WordPress 5
Last modified: June 25, 2019
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# Add html code in WordPress 5
* [rgentle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgentle/)
* (@rgentle)
* [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-5-2/)
* With the new update to WP5 it is now an extra step to view code view when editing
a page and I cannot add code html code view to the main editor toolbar. Also,
a useful feature in previous version has disappeared: seeing the placement of
the cursor in code view after switching from page view. Editing now takes ages!
- This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
- This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
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* [Rajan Vijayan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rajanit2000/)
* (@rajanit2000)
* [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-5-2/#post-10963167)
* [@rgentle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgentle/) you can edit as HTML
refer this screenshot
* [https://ibb.co/vcJp4Xw](https://ibb.co/vcJp4Xw)
* Thread Starter [rgentle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgentle/)
* (@rgentle)
* [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-5-2/#post-10963390)
* Yes Rajan, that is true, but previously, I was able to click on the editor in
one go, without having to click on that bar with the 3 dots to open a list. I
know that I can also press keys+ctrl+Shift+Alt+M but that is quite clumsy to
do. If I could click Ctrl+Alt+M that would be slightly better.
* Also, I still miss seeing the cursor in the html code view, in the same place
I had it in the normal design view. For the past few years, I have wanted to
have this ability, and for the first time in the previous version of WP, that
ability was there. Now, sadly, it seems to have gone again.
* [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
* (@joyously)
* [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-5-2/#post-10963740)
* You can install the Classic editor plugin: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/)
* Thread Starter [rgentle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgentle/)
* (@rgentle)
* [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-5-2/#post-10964496)
* Thanks Joy. I’ve actually been using TintMCE Advanced. In the past it had a little
little icon to switch between page and code view. It has a couple of similar
icons, but they don’t do the same.
* Thread Starter [rgentle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgentle/)
* (@rgentle)
* [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-5-2/#post-10964623)
* I think WP developers have tried to simplify things for people who just want
a template only system and aren’t interested in working in the coding views.
A page that took me 3 minutes to edit, now takes 10 minutes. I have to find the
place where, for example, I want to embed video, put a line of letters, dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
then change to code view, search for my line of letters and then place my embed
code over the top to replace it!
* Thread Starter [rgentle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgentle/)
* (@rgentle)
* [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-5-2/#post-10983402)
* I’m pleased to say, that with WP v5.0.1 much of the lost functionality has now
returned, or can be activated.
* [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
* (@joyously)
* [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-5-2/#post-10989820)
* It’s interesting that you say that, because the 5.0.1 update was for security
only, not to fix any problems in the editor.
* Thread Starter [rgentle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgentle/)
* (@rgentle)
* [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-5-2/#post-10989855)
* Perhaps a coincidence. I also explored, at about the same time, the settings
in TinyMCE that took me to several WP editor options, allowing me to select a
classic arrangement and get my previous usability. Anyway, I think everything
is okay now. The only thing I would change, is disabling autosave. I know I can
do this with code, but I’d rather have an option to switch it on, if I want it,
rather than having to add the code to delay or stop it. There are occasions when
I want to undo the last operation, before saving. Once it’s autosaved, I can’t
undo in the usual way.
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