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https://github.com/scribu/wp-front-end-editor

An inline content editor for WordPress.
https://github.com/scribu/wp-front-end-editor

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An inline content editor for WordPress.

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# Front-end Editor

Contributors: scribu, Jotschi  

Tags: inline, editor, edit-in-place, visual, wysiwyg  

Requires at least: 3.2  

Tested up to: 3.6  

Stable tag: 2.3.1  

License: GPLv3 or later  

License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html  



Edit content inline, without going to the admin area.



## Description



Front-end Editor is a plugin that lets you make changes to your content *directly* from your site. No need to load the admin backend just to correct a typo.



It makes the same [capability](http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities) checks, so that if a user isn't allowed to edit something in wp-admin, they aren't allowed to edit it in the front-end either.



You can edit posts, pages, custom post types, comments, widgets and many [more elements](http://github.com/scribu/wp-front-end-editor/wiki/List-of-editable-elements).



**Goals:**



* save as many trips to the backend as possible

* compatible with any theme, out of the box

* light and fast



**Support and development:**



[Support](http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/front-end-editor) is handled by the lovely [designsimply](http://wordpress.org/support/profile/designsimply).



I am not developing the plugin anymore; only applying the patches that other people send via [Github](https://github.com/scribu/wp-front-end-editor/).



**Credits:**



* [Aloha Editor](http://aloha-editor.org) for the fantastic WYSIWYG editing component



Links: [**Documentation**](http://github.com/scribu/wp-front-end-editor/wiki) | [Plugin News](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor) | [Author's Site](http://scribu.net)



## Installation



See 



## Frequently Asked Questions



### Error on activation: "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected..."



Make sure your host is running PHP 5. The only foolproof way to do this is to add this line to wp-config.php (after the opening `



### I can't see the edit buttons



1. Make sure you're logged in and have the appropriate capabilities.

2. See [Common Mistakes in Themes](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/common-mistakes-in-themes.html).

3. [Check for JavaScript errors](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors).



### Can you change the wysiwyg editor to TinyMCE?



No, because TinyMCE is anything but tiny and would take a long time to load.



Also because I couldn't get it to work.



### Does it work with WP Super Cache?



To avoid problems with WP Super Cache or W3 Total Cache, I recommend disabling caching for logged-in users.



## Screenshots



1. The tooltip

2. Editing the post title and content

3. Editing the categories widget

4. Changing a theme image

5. The settings page



## Changelog



### 2.3.2

* Aloha: make the Format tab appear before the Insert tab again



### 2.3.1

* update to Aloha 0.23.12

* add placeholder for post thumbnails

* fix changing thumbnails to a newly uploaded image. props adrichey

* update translations: Polish (props toszcze) and Estonian (props petskratt).

* added Simplified Chinese translation (props 倡萌)



### 2.3

* make Save/Cancel buttons hover in place of the Edit button

* allow editing multiple elements simultaneously again

* enhanced JavaScript API

* switch from Coco to CoffeeScript

* fix security exploit caused by Aloha demo file and update to Aloha 0.20.16

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-2-3.html)



### 2.2.1

* update to Aloha 0.20.6

* enable align buttons in Aloha

* enable highlighting of elements editable by Aloha

* add `'fee_rich_clean'` filter

* fix 'type' parameter for `editable_option()`



### 2.2

* introduce groups of editable elements

* introduced `fee_insert_dummy_post()` for creating posts

* prevent warnings caused by faulty widgets

* update to Aloha 0.20.0

* switch to Coco

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-2-2.html)



### 2.1.3

* fix widget warning

* update translations



### 2.1.2

* show Aloha toolbar immediately after clicking 'Edit'

* properly handle hierarchical taxonomies edited via text input

* text widgets: edit title and content individually again

* fix bug that prevented saving empty content via Aloha

* fix bug where wpautop wasn't applied to 'rich' custom fields



### 2.1.1

* added option to disable dropdown for categories

* added `single_term_title` field

* set field name as title attribute on placeholders

* use background color as base for ajax loading overlay

* fixed issue with right-aligned images in content

* fixed author description editing

* fixed problem with oEmbeds



### 2.1

* switched to Aloha Editor

* made Edit button follow mouse vertically and removed top border

* better image handling

* other bugfixes

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-2-1.html)



### 2.0.1

* removed right and bottom borders when hovering

* fixed incorrect dimensions in Webkit browsers

* fixed invalid placeholding when content is '0'



### 2.0

* replaced double-click action with an 'Edit' overlay

* added dropdown for editing terms in hierarchical taxonomies

* introduced `front_end_editor_wrap` filter

* introduced `fee_cleditor_css` filter

* introduced `fee_cleditor_height` filter

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-2-0.html)



### 1.9.3

* switched to CLEditor

* fixed encoding issues with paragraph editing

* fixed image fields handling

* fixed typo which made spinner not show

* check `'edit_theme_options'` capability instead of `'edit_themes'`

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-1-9-3.html)



### 1.9.2.1

* disable post locking



### 1.9.2

* nicEdit: limit height to window height

* nicEdit: Google Docs like link tooltip

* nicEdit: expose 'bgcolor' button

* iPhone style tooltip

* make `the_tags()` work no matter what args are used

* apply `esc_attr()` to data attributes



### 1.9.1

* re-added nicEdit to text widgets

* nicEdit: img button opens WordPress media thickbox

* nicEdit: translatable buttons

* nicEdit: extra buttons available in the settings page

* load nicEdit or suggest.js in parallel with first edit

* display spinner on top of editable area

* various bugfixes



### 1.9

* full widget editing

* custom post type support

* new editable field: term description

* more robust paragraph editing

* more robust double-click handling

* nicEdit: button management from the admin

* removed "Reset the post date on each edit" option

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-1-9.html)



### 1.8

* added tooltip

* restyled save/cancel buttons

* fixed widget editing

* exposed JavaScript field types

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-1-8.html)



### 1.7.2

* fixed narrow textarea problem

* fixed IE8 error

* nicEdit: included upload plugin



### 1.7.1

* made date reset optional

* better lightbox detection



### 1.7

* new editable fields: post thumbnails & arbitrary options

* nicEdit: added font-family and font-color buttons

* nicEdit: made configuration filterable

* dropped Growfield from textareas

* load CSS only when needed

* standardized CSS ids and classes

* renamed hooks from `'front_ed_*'` to `'front_end_editor_*'`

* fixed: when editing the post content, the post date isn't updated

* fixed: when editing tags, the input bounces to a new line

* fixed: after editing linked post title, the title is not linked anymore

* fixed: `editable_post_meta()` doesn't work outside The Loop

* fixed: warning when a NULL is passed to `FEE_Field_Base::wrap()`

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-1-7.html)



### 1.6.1

* fixed escaping issues



### 1.6

* new editable field: post categories

* added editing of custom fields with multiple values

* added editing of any widget title

* improved script loading

* added placeholder to `editable_post_meta`

* fixed issue with comment paragraphs

* fixed issues with the $post global

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-1-6.html)



### 1.5.1

* fixed auto-upgrade error

* added German translation



### 1.5

* new editable field: theme images

* switched to NicEdit

* don't remove blockquotes when editing a single paragraph

* better handling of text widgets

* compress JS & CSS

* compatibility with Ajaxed WordPress plugin

* added ES translation

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-1-5.html)



### 1.4

* new editable fields: category title and tag title

* added $echo parameter to `editable_post_meta()`

* easier way to restrict editable content

* don't load CSS & JS if the current user can't edit any of the fields

* switched from Autogrow to Growfield (fixes IE compatibility)

* added Georgian translation

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-1-4.html)



### 1.3.3

* fixed duplicate header error



### 1.3.2

* site title bugfix



### 1.3.1

* settings page bugfix

* updated translations



### 1.3

* new editable fields: site title & site description

* the rich editor respects .alignleft etc.

* ability to add extra css to the rich editor via front-end-editor.css

* added Polish translation

* use id="" instead of rel=""

* postThumbs compatibility

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-1-3.html)



### 1.2.1

* widget bugfix



### 1.2

* made author description editable

* yellow background while hovering over editable field

* experimental wysiwyg autogrow

* hopefully valid xHTML

* HTML code is cleaned up before saving

* added Portuguese translation

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-1-2.html)



### 1.1.4

* fix white screen error for non-admins



### 1.1.3

* css bugfix

* added Belarusian translation

* updated italian translation



### 1.1

* new editable field: post terms

* usability improvements

* added Turkish translation

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-1-1.html)



### 1.0.6

* fixed links with `target="_blank"`

* inputs and textareas are focused after double-clicking

* added Russian translation



### 1.0.5

* added align buttons, fixed autogrow issue

* `the_title` and `the_tags` improvements

* added Swedish translation



### 1.0

* single paragraph editing

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-1-0.html)



### 0.9

* new editable field: post custom fields

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-0-9.html)



### 0.8

* rich text editor (jWYSIWYG)

* l10n

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-0-8.html)



### 0.7

* settings page

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-0-7.html)



### 0.6

* new editable field: post tags

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-0-6.html)



### 0.5

* initial release

* [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor/fee-0-5.html)