Preserved HTML Editor Markup

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Share 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.

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1. ★★★★★ John Clifford

   6.1y ago

   Look no further. This plugin is under-publicised and very good. Took me ages to find it. It works for me with 5.4.2 in July 2020. Prevents the TinyMCE editor from messing up a div wrapped in an href.

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2. ★★★★★ nuvoPoint

   10.2y ago

   Doesn’t seem to retain formatting in new code when editing via the visual editor and then going to the text editor. Vice versa seems to work. Good work though. Hoping for an update soon, a long time has passed and we’re at WP 4.5.2 now, which has its own enhancements.

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3. ★★★★★ brazilkorea

   10.5y ago

   It worked! Thank you! And I wish you and your daughter to be always healthy~

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4. ★★★★★ chrisbeaman

   10.8y ago

   It’s November 2015 and this plugin still works great. Hasn’t been updated in 2 years. Thank you, plugin author!

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5. ★★★★★ jacquid

   11.5y ago

   I thought that’d be a pretty common one. It did keep my onclick event and google track event code though 🙂 Would be 5-star otherwise! Thanks, J

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6. ★★★★★ HudsonValleyWebDesign

   11.5y ago

   Thank you so much. I have been searching for days and experimenting with various bits of code in my functions.php to stop TinyMCE from stripping my HTML code. This plugin does the trick!

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7. ★★★★★ Kargo123

   11.7y ago

   Awesome approach, I actually wanted to try out the plugin since I’m so often pissed off by the error that destroyed the br-tags. I literally planned to install the plugin today, but then the new WordPress update was there and before I tried the plugin, I tested the new WP-version for the above error. And the error doesn’t occur anymore! So: Thanks a lot to the developer of the plugin, your job is done now. 🙂

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8. ★★★★★ bluetower

   11.7y ago

   I can’t thank you enough for this plugin. I can’t even fathom why WordPress wouldn’t have this as a built-in function. Works flawlessly. THANK YOU

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-17 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-05-16 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-05-15 700+ → 600+ down after 163 days in tier
4. 2025-12-03 800+ → 700+ down after 232 days in tier
5. 2025-04-15 900+ → 800+ down after 191 days in tier
6. 2024-10-06 1K+ → 900+ down

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).

• P Preserved HTML Editor Markup Plus 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 5 shared tags D
• Toggle wpautop 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Empty P Tag 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Remove Blank P Tag 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
• Remove Wpautop 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• H HTML Mode Locker 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D

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Preserved HTML Editor Markup: 600+ active installs, 5.0★ (42 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/preserved-html-editor-markup