Disable WYSIWYG
by Sparanoid · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 9 other plugins · 2.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Disable TinyMCE Visual Editor (WYSIWYG editor) totally completely permanently forever
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈40 estimated
Momentum
-20%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “administration” and “content” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
85 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 6.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 5 reviews to 2017-12-18Reviewers say it does exactly one job and does it fully, disabling the visual editor where other plugins only hid the button, with one asking it would leave other editors alone.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: WP compatibility
Updated 19 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 6.8; lagging the current branch costs search weight.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| administration your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contents your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| excerpt your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin”, “administration” and “content” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 184 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
19d ago
latest release · v1.0.10 · 12 Oct 2026
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 40.
Install history since 26 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kreo8.9y ago
It work very good.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pmitwithnitin9.6y ago
Handy Dandy! Simple and Functional Thanks to this, I avoided that ugly iframe injecting visual editor for the comments section
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ motokun9.6y ago
Does what expected, no bells & whistles This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by motokun.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ artocean11.3y ago
I have tried 3 others before it and the others only remove the “Visual” button and still let the editor to load (maybe because of a default setting). But this plugin does the job completely. The logo and the description also describes my own feelings towards TinyMCE.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rad196411.6y ago
This did disable the visual editor, unfortunately I wanted TinyMCE out and a different one in that wouldn’t hide aka strip the br tag. I have wp edit installed, this also strips that interface out entirely. If only it would stick to the TinyMCE, we’d have an awesome plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 261 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("admin", "administration", "content", "contents", "excerpt" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-22 40+ → 30+ down after 37 days in tier
- 2026-09-15 30+ → 40+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-09-10 40+ → 30+ down after 240 days in tier
- 2026-01-13 50+ → 40+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2025-12-04 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-02 50+ → 40+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2025-11-18 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-17 50+ → 40+ down after 15 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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