WP Super Edit

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% 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. ★★★★★ Netspark

   7.6y ago

   WP Super Edit has given me a lot of control over TinyMCE in the past but with the release of WP5.0, TinyMCE has brought a lot of customization possibilities by itself. If you’re running an older installation of WP (up to 4.90), then WP Super Edit will definitely make your TinyMCE Advanced a little more superior but with the release of WP5.0, I think this plugin got obsolete as changes in WP Super Edit’s options did not bring the changes expected but rather brought all the buttons in an unlogical order! To the developer: If I wrong, please let me know!

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2. ★★★★★ bruno05

   8.4y ago

   Does not work. Installs fine and then nothing, even after manipulating the button and finishing the install.

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3. ★★★★★ nageshwrites

   9.4y ago

   Doesn’t show up on 4.7.3

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4. ★★★★★ agvip

   9.6y ago

   not working properly

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5. ★★★★★ hal2095

   10.2y ago

   It doesn’t appear in WP 4.5.3. In this case it’s completely useless. Why does it say: Requires: 4.2 or higher?????

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6. ★★★★★ aurotre

   10.2y ago

   It doesn’t change nothing at all in the editor

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7. ★★★★★ gregoryscoblo

   11.2y ago

   Doesn’t work at all for WP 4.2.2 Some strange buttons appear in editor and that’s it.

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8. ★★★★★ miresi

   11.2y ago

   Can create sets of buttons for different levels of users limiting access to what they can do. Love it. We used the Preserved HTML Editor Markup Plus plugin with this editor to help with the wiping of custom code, and the combo has made a great Editor.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.5.3 Merged in TinyMCS plugins from version 4.3.10 Tested with WordPress 4.5 2.5.3
2. — Version 2.5 The following plugins have been removed by the TinyMCE development team: advhr, advimg, advlink, style, xhtmlxtras. Developmental plugins for WP Super Edit Emotions, WP Super Edit Classes, WP Super Edit Upgrade removed. 2.5
3. — Version 2.4.7 Migrate from depreciated functions. Update TinyMCE Plugins to 3.5.8 Start testing for JSON data migration. 2.4.7
4. — Version 2.4.6 Fix $wpdb->prepare() errors. 2.4.6
5. — Version 2.4.5 Remove “default ”” from MySQL for dbDelta since text and defaults don’t play well everywhere. 2.4.5
6. — Version 2.4.4 Bring back wp_tiny_mce() for WordPress 3.2 compatibility. 2.4.4

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 2 still affect the current version.

1. High · 8.8 WP Super Edit <= 2.5.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload ↗
   2026-05-15 CVE-2021-47965 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 2.5.4 No patch available
2. Medium · 6.1 Super Edit <= 2.5.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-07-09 CVE-2025-49948 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.5.4 No patch available

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

Translated into 34 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Plus 10 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-06-05 3K+ → 2K+ down after 446 days in tier
2. 2024-03-16 4K+ → 3K+ down after 335 days in tier
3. 2023-04-16 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2023-04-15 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2023-04-14 5K+ → 4K+ 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
• A Advanced TinyMCE Configuration 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
• A Advanced Image Styles 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D
• Clear Floats Button 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
• WP-RTL 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• D Disable Visual Editor WYSIWYG 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D

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WP Super Edit: 2K+ active installs, 3.7★ (18 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-super-edit