- Version: 1.2
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- Last Updated: 2009-02-03
- Plays Well with WordPress Version: 2.5-2.7
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Spruce up your sidebar with this WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) widget. We’ve taken the fancy editor you know and love from the “Write Post” screen and added it to the text widget. This means you can add colors, links, and even images to your sidebar without knowing code.
How to use the plugin
- Download the plugin and unzip it on your computer
- Upload the
wysiwyg-text-widgetfolder to your WordPresspluginsdirectory - Go to the “Plugins” section in your WordPress admin panel and look through the list for “WYSIWYG Text Widget” (it’s usually near the bottom)
- Activate the “WYSIWYG Text Widget”
- Go to the “Appearance” section and the “Widgets” sub-section; if all went well, you now have a “WYSIWYG Text 1″ widget
- Use the widget or create more at the bottom of the “Widgets” screen as you like
Get help
If you need help customizing this plugin to suit your specific needs, by all means, contact us for a quote. If you find a bug or need general assistance, please post on the WordPress forum.
Donate to support WYSIWYG Text Widget
If you find this plugin useful, please consider sending a small donation (you choose how much!) via PayPal.
Known issues
- The plugin doesn’t work (on the admin end) in Google Chrome
- The widget is a bit odd in Firefox. There’s sometimes an intermediate page that shows when you edit a widget, and you might have to click the “Visual” link to see the editor buttons. I’d like to fix these things but don’t have time at the moment (new baby = no time!).
History
- 2009-02-03
Updated with fixes from the fine folks at Healthcare Jobs that make the plugin work with WordPress 2.5-2.7 - 2008-02-11
Fixed bug that caused other widgets’ text fields to be WYSIWYG’d - 2008-02-05
Initial release
One of the best, if it only worked on 2.5.x
please update this absolutly nice plugin for 2.5 an mu wordpress !!!!!!
thanks a lot
This would be the best plugin for WordPress if it worked in 2.5+. Any idea when you’ll have time to update it?
This looks awesome. I just upgraded MU and it is linked with 2.5. This would be a great tool for those that are using the widgets sidebar so that they can customize their blog without coding. Nice job!
i wonder why i upgrade to the wordpress new version. I am lack of this nice widget.
I have pledged a 25.00 donation for a 2.5 compatible version. Maybe if others follow suit, we can encourage a speedy conversion.
I just pledged $50 for the support and hopeful upgrade of this plugin to WP 2.6+
In either case, thanks so much for your work and I look forward to a new version in the future!
- Jonah
Hi
This is exactly what I have been looking for - great idea. I wish it worked with Wordpress 2.7 - any ideas when you are planning on rolling it out?
Keep up the good work!
Kash
Having trouble with adding more than 1 Text Widget.
As soon as I add a second one (Text Widget 2, 3, 4, etc) my entry will not save, though Text Widget 1 is unchanged and works perfectly.
Has anyone see this problem?
- Mike
The download button here is broken. Other versions link goes to WP.
@WPPR: Thanks for letting me know. I updated the link and it should work now; let me know if you have any trouble!
The problem I have is that it only installs to the sidebar 1, even if you have several. For example, if I switch to Sidebar 4 and install it, it ends up installed on Sidebar 1. This is on 2.7.1 using the Revolution Magazine theme. It works great when on the first sidebar but I don’t need it there.
Thanks.
Seems to do text ok but I can’t seem to add and images. I click on the “add image icon” which then on to media library after selecting the image from library insert into post I am sent to a blank page. Only way back is back arrow. No image is in to post area. Runing WP 2.7.1