Visual Term Description Editor

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1. ★★★★★ Daniel

   1.6y ago

   I Have still pages with the old themes and this is really useful for adding text on the category pages. This topic was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by Daniel.

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2. ★★★★★ Hugh Lashbrooke

   3.0y ago

   Great plugin to allow you to make your term descriptions more visually appealing. It works just fine with WP 6.3 in lieu of implementing the block editor for term descriptions.

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3. ★★★★★ marcomassimo

   3.8y ago

   Very simple and useful

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4. ★★★★★ Verdi Heinz

   3.9y ago

   You cannot help but love the simplicity. Can a code Snippet do this as well?

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5. ★★★★★ Jayson Garcia

   5.0y ago

   This plugin is very helpful specially for those client user who want to use the classic editor. Hope to update and maintain this plugin. Thank you.

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6. ★★★★★ Howdy_McGee

   5.5y ago

   No settings to configure. Works as expected out of the box. Easy Peasy 5 stars.

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7. ★★★★★ Maciej Laskowski

   7.3y ago

   Works as expected with minimum code

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8. ★★★★★ mstudioIL

   8.2y ago

   Exactly what I needed, only if it was all ready integrate

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.8.1 Prevented console error when trying to clear editor content. 1.8.1
2. — Version 1.8.0 Fixed: prevent description from persisting in editor field after adding a new term [ # ] Fixed: always load underscore as a dependency of the word count script 1.8.0
3. — Version 1.7.0 Added compatibility with qTranslate-X 1.7.0
4. — Version 1.6.0 Disabled evaluation of shortcodes in the administration area Constrained image widths in description administration column 1.6.0
5. — Version 1.5.0 Fixed action hooked to wrong method Added word count feature to visual editor Added a warning and graceful recovery if plugin is used on PHP 1.5.0
6. — Version 1.4.2 Update field HTML to match what is used in WordPress 4.5 1.4.2

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

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. 2026-04-28 20K+ → 10K+ down after 62 days in tier
2. 2026-02-25 10K+ → 20K+ up after 30 days in tier
3. 2026-01-26 20K+ → 10K+ down after 38 days in tier
4. 2025-12-19 10K+ → 20K+ up after 50 days in tier
5. 2025-10-30 20K+ → 10K+ down after 232 days in tier
6. 2025-03-12 10K+ → 20K+ up after 110 days in tier
7. 2024-11-22 20K+ → 10K+ down after 2 days in tier
8. 2024-11-20 10K+ → 20K+ up after 3 days in tier

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• A Advanced TinyMCE Configuration 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• Widget Content Blocks 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A

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Visual Term Description Editor: 10K+ active installs, 5.0★ (21 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/visual-term-description-editor