Visual Editor Custom Buttons

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1. ★★★★★ gqqnbig

   3.0y ago

   It has been working for a long time, but recently I upgraded my site and this plugin fails to work. Luckily, I just had to change add_action(‘admin_print_footer_scripts’, ‘_add_my_quicktags’); to add_action(‘after_wp_tiny_mce’, ‘_add_my_quicktags’); Then it works fine. Besides, I have no idea how this plugin is updated. https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visual-editor-custom-buttons/ has its history and it seems the author only edited the readme file, while all other files are last modified in 2012. This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by gqqnbig.

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2. ★★★★★ Sagrav

   7.4y ago

   Simple and does exactly the job.

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3. ★★★★★ jforena

   8.3y ago

   Great plugin but generating errors. Please update!

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4. ★★★★★ muzKore

   8.4y ago

   The plugin in fantastic. Easily make custom buttons. Really great. Issue that I am having is that the plugin throws out numerous errors when debug is turned on. It would be great if the plugin author could fix this as it spams my error log every time the editor loads. Other than that, fantastic. This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by muzKore.

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5. ★★★★★ pediwent

   8.6y ago

   Several errors come up on installation. Some might be multisite issues, but at least two are coding issues. First, the plugin uses the deprecated get_currentuserinfo() function where it should use wp_get_current_user(). Not a show stopper, but if you have debug turned on, you’ll get a big warning message. Second, there is a $count++ line of code but $count is never defined. It looks left over after the developer changed a for loop to a foreach one. Last, when I try to create a new button, I get a 502 Bad Gateway error. On top of that, the plugin doesn’t exactly adhere to WordPress coding standards. I like the idea of the plugin, but uninstalling it for now.

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6. ★★★★★ glendeni

   8.7y ago

   simply, easy to understand, just works

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7. ★★★★★ demolishun

   8.8y ago

   Needed to create custom html tagging inside WordPress text editor. Installed this plugin to create a button on the toolbar to insert my custom “pre” tag with my custom shortcodes and parameters. Took about 5 minutes to install, setup and use! Thank You!

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8. ★★★★★ heditox

   8.9y ago

   Crash error bug

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.6.0.3 More bug fixed for php8 1.6.0.3
2. — Version 1.6.0.2 Bug fixed for php8 1.6.0.2
3. — Version 1.6.0.1 Bug fixed not able to load js-button-file 1.6.0.1
4. — Version 1.6 Prepared for php8 Prepared for Language translations Default Square Meter Icon Added 1.6
5. — Version 1.5.2.3 count()-warning error fixed for php 7.x Two new icons added, SEO bold, SEO italic 1.5.2.3
6. — Version 1.5.2.2 Php-error fixed. Thanks tim-reeves. Function conflict error fixed. Minor icon color change. 1.5.2.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.1

Translated into 3 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-07-26 5K+ → 4K+ down after 349 days in tier
2. 2024-08-11 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2024-08-10 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-08-09 6K+ → 5K+ down after 608 days in tier
5. 2022-12-10 7K+ → 6K+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2022-12-08 6K+ → 7K+ up after 8 days in tier
7. 2022-11-30 7K+ → 6K+ down

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Visual Editor Custom Buttons: 4K+ active installs, 4.6★ (37 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/visual-editor-custom-buttons