WYSIWYG Widgets, at last a plugin that adds a text widget that uses the same text editor you use when making a post or page. Now you can easily create lists, add links and add images without having to know HTML – WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get). Just follow this WordPress plugin tutorial to get started using HTML free text editing in a text widget today
Plugin features:
- WYSIWYG / Rich-text / TinyMCE widget editor
- Insert media like images into your widgets
- Create stunning widget content without having to know any HTML
- Create easy lists in your widgets
- Use WP Links to easily link to any of your pages or posts from a widget
- Use shortcodes inside your widget to benefit from other WP Plugins.
IMPORTANT 2013 UPDATE: Backwards compatibility has been dropped with version 2.0. Backup your WYSIWYG Widgets before upgrading or loose your WYSIWYG Widgets.
The plugin has undergone a major revamp and all WYSIWYG widgets are created from the dashboard menu. Follow the directions below to create a WYSIWYG Widget “post”:
- Create a WYSIWYG Widget “post” through the new menu item “WYSIWYG Widgets”.
- Go to your Widgets page, drag an instance of the WYSIWYG Widgets widget to one of your widget areas and select which WYSIWYG Widget to display.
- Go to the front end of your website and enjoy your beautiful widget.
Let’s get started:
- Install the plugin.
- Select widgets from the left menu under Appearance.
- Drag your new WYSIWYG Widget from the widget area into your sidebar widget area.
- Type your title.
- Click on the text area to open the WYSIWYG editor.
- Create your content just as you would for a post or page. *Note: that image size should correspond to the size of the area they will be placed in.
- Click on the Send to Widget button.
- The widget is now filled with HTML text you didn’t have to create. Click Save. Open your site and admire your new content!
Thanks to plugin developer, Danny VanKooten, for his great contribution to the WordPress Community! Visit his website for info on this great plugin and other things WordPress.
Hello Sue
Strangely enough the editor does not open when I type in the editing files, what’s hapening?
Regards, inde
Inde-
WYSIWAG widgets has recently been updated and the text editor has been incorporated into the widget text box area and no longer opens in a separate window. If you are seeing no editor at all you could have a plugin conflict – check by disabling the other plugins you are running one at a time.
If plugin conflict isn’t a problem and you are running the most recent version of the plugin; I suggest going to the WYSIWAG forum on WordPress.org . Look there to see if anyone else is experiencing your problem. If you don’t find the solution post your problem on the forum to get help, generally the plugin authors and WP gurus follow the forum threads and step in with advice.
Hope that helps to get you going. Let me know if you find the solution to your problem.
Inde- Another update, the widget is not currently compatible with WordPress 3.3. The plugin author is working on updating the widget.
WISIWAG widgets has been updated. Plugin author Dvan Kooten warns: Please back-up your widgets’ content before updating from an older version. Thanks Dvan for all your work!
Bit how did you register the widget in your theme?
There is no “registration” per say. You will need to active the plugin. After activation, the WISIWAG widget is now available to be drag into the sidebar of your choice. Let me know if you have more questions.
Thank you soooooo much for this information. exactly what I was looking for 🙂
God bless
Your welcome, glad it was of help to you. I’ll be reviewing another plugin that I like that tames the text widget soon!