Rich Text Editor
This plugin integrates your Wordpress with RichTextEditor - the most powerful online wysiwyg content editor.
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Rich Text Editor shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 50+ sites, is rated 3.2/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 33/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (50+ active installs)
- Mixed reviews — 3.2/5 from 22 ratings
- No update in 9 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.7 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & supportDaily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Rich Text Editor stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| PHP Editor | >100 |
| PHP HTML Editor | >100 |
| rich text editor | >100 |
| RichTextEditor | #1 |
| wysiwyg editor | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 3.2 from 22 reviews
About Rich Text Editor
From the official readme · v1.0.1Description
Rich Text Editor for WordPress [Rich Text Editor for WordPress](http://phphtmleditor.com/wordpress/ “Rich Text Editor for WordPress”1) is by far the fastest, cleanest, most powerful online wysiwyg content editor. It replaces default WordPress wysiwyg(what you see is what you get) editor with a more advanced wysiwyg editor.
Some of the features added by this plugin
- Support for creating and editing tables.
- More options when inserting lists.
- Search and Replace in the editor.
- Ability to set Font Family and Font Size.
- And many others.
Rich Text Editor toolbar is completely configurable and it is also effortless to implement. This Advanced WordPress Editor plug-in is compatible with the WordPress v. 3.0+.
#1 cross-browser support
Most available RTEs fail to support the full spectrum of A-Grade web browsers. Following 9 year old tradition of industry #1 cross-browser support, Rich Text Editor for WordPress continues to offer even better quality and compatibility by supporting all major browsers: IE 6.0+, Firefox 2.0+, Mozilla 1.3+, Netscape 7+, Safari (1.3+), Opera 9.0, IE 9 and Chrome.
Cleanest html code
Most WYSIWYG editors are just JavaScript wrappers around the editing control built into browsers such as MSHTML control found in IE. They generate bad markups and then run code clean-up routines against it. By contrast, Rich Text Editor for WordPress is built from the ground up to be a true XHTML editor in its own right.
Extremely small and fast
Most feature-rich WYSIWYG editors suffer long loading times due to large javascript files. Rich Text Editor for WordPress only loads the necessaery scripts to client browsers. Numerous optimization methods have been applied. It’s clean, compact, extremely fast-loading, but still powerful and efficient.
Insert clean HTML from Microsoft Word
High Reliability, Scalability and High Load Support
When text is pasted from Microsoft Word a lot of unnecessary word specific markup is carried across. This can result in web pages that take an unnecessarily long time to download. The Paste from Word button solves this by removing word markup before pasting the text into your page
Try Demo now! RTE DEMO
Take a tour to see why you need RichTextEditor on your website: http://phphtmleditor.com/screenshots.html
Usage
http://phphtmleditor.com/screenshots.html
Installation
It’s very simple. Just follow the easy steps listed below:
- Upload this plugin(richtexteditor-for-wordpress) to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Check your account profile settings and uncheck option “Disable the visual editor when writing” if checked.
Changelog
2.0.0
- Support version 4.x now.
1.0.0
- First plugin version
1.0.1
- We improved the plugin based on client feedbacks.
Screenshots
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Best Rich Text Editor alternatives
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FAQ
Rich Text Editor: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 10, 2026
Is Rich Text Editor free?
Yes. Rich Text Editor is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Rich Text Editor safe to use in 2026?
Rich Text Editor shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 50+ sites, is rated 3.2/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 33/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Rich Text Editor?
Rich Text Editor is active on 50+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 74,729 times since it launched in October 2014. It was downloaded 136 times in the last 30 days.
Does Rich Text Editor work with WordPress 7.1?
Rich Text Editor is officially tested up to WordPress 4.7.38, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Rich Text Editor last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.1, was released on December 31, 2016 (10 years ago).
Who makes Rich Text Editor?
Rich Text Editor is developed and maintained by richtexteditor.
What are the best alternatives to Rich Text Editor?
The most popular alternatives to Rich Text Editor are Code Manager (500+ installs).
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