Visual Editor Biography

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1. ★★★★★ shawfactor

   4.3y ago

   Great plugins last and this one still worsk well.

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2. ★★★★★ certainlyakey

   8.6y ago

   It’s a good plugin, but being so old it’s got its share of problems already. Here’s an updated version that adds Polylang compatibility (by Rocco Marco Guglielmi), composer.json and a hook to change passed WP_editor args.

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3. ★★★★★ lectest1

   8.7y ago

   Nice, straightforward plugin. Replacing the public function save_filters() function with the following appears to sanitize the input: public function save_filters() { // Contributor level user or higher required if ( !current_user_can('edit_posts') ) return; //disable WordPress sanitization to allow more than just $allowedtags from /wp-includes/kses.php remove_filter('pre_user_description', 'wp_filter_kses'); //add sanitization add_filter( 'pre_user_description', 'wp_filter_post_kses'); } Credit for the sanitize snippet to: http://badlywired.com/2015/03/allow-html-in-user-description/ (although it may be seen on 1 or 2 other posts/sites). This topic was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by lectest1. This topic was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by lectest1.

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4. ★★★★★ Mindshare Labs, Inc.

   10.9y ago

   Thanks!

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5. ★★★★★ Jean Michel Caupain

   10.9y ago

   This plugin is extremely convenient but you should change a line of code before using it. File: visual-editor-biography.php Line 137: remove_all_filters(‘pre_user_description’); This allows you to use HTML by removing all filters, making it impossible for other plugins to adjust anything AND more important, it allows users to run <script> tags. Use this instead: remove_filter('pre_user_description', 'wp_filter_kses'); add_filter('pre_user_description', 'wp_filter_post_kses'); This removes only the strict HTML filter and replaces it with a less strict version, allowing links, images and markup including divs.

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6. ★★★★★ MarcLemmens

   11.8y ago

   Does exactly what it needs to do on wordpress 4.0

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7. ★★★★★ entio

   12.4y ago

   great plugin works with current version (3.9)

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8. ★★★★★ rboatright

   12.4y ago

   No, it hasn’t been updated in 2 years. It didn’t need to be. Nothing about it has changed. It just works. five stars

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

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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).

• V Visual User Description Editor 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 5 shared tags D
• R Remove Profile Bio 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
• WYSIWYG Editor for Contact Form 7 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• Simple Author Bio 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• A Author Bio Shortcode 90+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• R Rich Text Biography 70+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D

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Visual Editor Biography: 900+ active installs, 4.8★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/visual-biography-editor