csmart

Update: the git-svn clone of the full trunk history finally finished, so the fix branch now sits on top of a proper clone of current trunk instead of a flat 5.9.2 snapshot (trunk only differs from the 5.9.2 release by readme “tested up to” updates and a typo fix, so it’s the same plugin code). Same branch and instructions as above, but it was a force-push, so if you already cloned, do a fresh clone rather than a pull (or fetch and reset).

In case it’s helpful, I posted about a fix that works for me here in another thread:

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/classic-paragraph-block-disapears-whit-wp-7-1/

I use this plugin too and have a fix in my git repo that seems to get it going again, if anyone is interested – it works for me, at least (and also should on older WP 5.9+). Hopefully an official fix will be out soon!

Quick note on what it does: WordPress 7.1 always puts the editor canvas in an iframe, which the Classic Paragraph block’s TinyMCE can’t attach to – that’s why the blocks look empty. With the fix, the block shows its content as a preview in the canvas and opens TinyMCE in a modal when you hit Edit – the same approach core’s Classic block uses. Existing content is untouched.

The git repo is created from subversion but only from 5.9.2 because svn is sooo slow.. I really wish there was an up-to-date git mirror (I forked from the old mirror to at least keep a link somewhere). I may update the branch if I manage to mirror the full trunk history.

Feel free to take the patch and apply it to your own version of the code, svn checkout of 5.9.2 or whatever you want to do. It’s GPLv2.

Here is the fork and branch:

https://github.com/csmart/tinymce-advanced/tree/fix/classic-paragraph-iframed-editor

If you want to use my branch directly from git, then something like this should work – clone the branch, create a zip and then upload it, replacing the installed version:

$ git clone \
  -b fix/classic-paragraph-iframed-editor \
  https://github.com/csmart/tinymce-advanced.git
$ cd tinymce-advanced
$ git archive \
  --format=zip \
  --prefix=tinymce-advanced/ \
  -o ~/tinymce-advanced-wp71-test.zip \
  HEAD

Then upload the zip file through Plugins -> Add Plugin -> Upload Plugin -> Choose file -> Select the zip from file picker -> Install Now -> Replace current with uploaded. If it worked, the Plugins screen will show version 5.9.3-wp71-test.