WP Editor Widget

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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. ★★★★★ timbobo

   9.2y ago

   There is one bad review that I think is based on a mis-understanding. This plugin creates a new TYPE of widget – Rich Text, which features your current rich text editor. You can create as many different widgets as you want with this new template type. This plugin is absolutely perfect for what it does.

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2. ★★★★★ Jesus Parrado Alameda

   9.3y ago

   Editing as in a post or page makes easy to edit text for WordPress users. Thank you!

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3. ★★★★★ Goran Grudic

   9.5y ago

   This plugin makes it easier to edit widgets with rich text and I’m sure my users will love it.

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4. ★★★★★ LogoLogics

   9.9y ago

   After using the Black Studio TinyMCE Widget for years I started looking for a similar one that would not have the same conflicts with other plugins. I installed “WP edit widget” and it had no conflicts, worked out of the box and the widget content was not gone after deactiving the plugin ( something that frustrated me in Black Studio TinyMCE Widget.) I had almost immediate respons to my support question, so I will start using this exellent plugin and hope the developer will update it as soon as it would start behaving badly in time. Thanks! Annie This topic was modified 9 years, 9 months ago by LogoLogics.

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5. ★★★★★ CCDzine

   10.0y ago

   I used it to add client instructions to an admin page. This makes adding screenshots and video quite easy.

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6. ★★★★★ Ryan Skov

   11.0y ago

   Used it a lot om multiple sites.

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7. ★★★★★ ericmulder

   11.1y ago

   Very nice widget. Finally able to have my clients use html with a proper editor in the widget area’s.

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8. ★★★★★ AI.Takeuchi

   11.4y ago

   Must have plugin.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 0.6.0 Added support for WPML – Set the language for each Widget and only the ones for the current active language is output. (Thanks to @docryan ) Added filter wp_editor_widget_html – Makes it possible to change the full HTML 0.6.0
2. — Version 0.5.5 Added Danish translation (Thanks to @docryan ) 0.5.5
3. — Version 0.5.4 Added German translation (Thanks to @ohaucke ) Renamed the editor id to comply with WP Codex tips (Might help with Issue #3 ) 0.5.4
4. — Version 0.5.3 Bugfix: Issue #8 – Filters for WP Editor Widget content wasn’t always loaded (since 0.5.0) 0.5.3
5. — Version 0.5.2 WP Core Issue #27853 has been fixed in WP 3.9.1, this change makes sure that the fix from last version only is active on WP 3.9 and earlier 0.5.2
6. — Version 0.5.1 Bugfix: Couldn’t switch to plain text on customize.php ( Issue #27853 ) Bugfix: JS errors that could appear depending on if you loaded the editor in wysiwyg or plain text Bugfix: Didn’t store plain text widget content co 0.5.1

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

Translated into 65 languages, 4 at 90% or more

Plus 41 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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1. 2026-05-16 10K+ → 9K+ 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).

• Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A
• Widget Content Blocks 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• Re-add text underline and justify 50K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
• V Visual Term Description Editor 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
• A Advanced TinyMCE Configuration 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• Advanced Rich Text Tools for Gutenberg 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D

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WP Editor Widget: 9K+ active installs, 4.6★ (18 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-editor-widget