Title: Front-end Editor
Author: scribu
Published: <strong>31 มีนาคม 2009</strong>
Last modified: 23 กรกฎาคม 2013

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Front-end Editor

 By [scribu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scribu/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/front-end-editor.2.3.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-editor/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-editor/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-editor/#installation)
 * [Development](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-editor/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/front-end-editor/)

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

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The tooltip
 * [[
 * Editing the post title and content
 * [[
 * Editing the categories widget
 * [[
 * Changing a theme image
 * [[
 * The settings page

## Installation

See [https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins)

## FAQ

  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 `<?php` tag):

    ```
    var_dump(PHP_VERSION);
    ```

  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](https://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.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fa75e0953a5b3d9f13f2b1c8ff8df6e7f1ee1b1a36d3f8f8779956cc4a4148ca?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Does not work with PHP 7](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-work-with-php-7-6/)󠁿

 [RDoberstein](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rdoberstein/) 18 กันยายน 2019

Does not work with PHP 7. PHP 5 is fine, but to old. Its a pitty.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a576a803c52cd3c2ff7bcabc49a73d2f9873a2cc4cf77b549e75b7246c91efd?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Needs updating](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/needs-updating-19/)󠁿

 [burlyqlady](https://profiles.wordpress.org/burlyqlady/) 30 กรกฎาคม 2019

It’s a shame it doesn’t work anymore in the latest Wordpress. It was the best inline
wordpress editor – no fuss, not heavy, very clean UI. Please update it!

 [ Read all 23 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/front-end-editor/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Front-end Editor” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ scribu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scribu/)
 *   [ Jotschi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jotschi/)

“Front-end Editor” has been translated into 6 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/front-end-editor/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Front-end Editor” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/front-end-editor)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/front-end-editor/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/front-end-editor/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/front-end-editor/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/front-end-editor/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 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)

## Meta

 *  Version **2.3.1**
 *  Last updated **13 ปี ago**
 *  Active installations **500+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.6.1**
 *  Languages
 * [Chinese (China)](https://cn.wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-editor/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-editor/),
   [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-editor/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-editor/),
   [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-editor/), [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-editor/)
   และ [Slovenian](https://sl.wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-editor/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/front-end-editor)
 * Tags
 * [edit-in-place](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/edit-in-place/)[editor](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/editor/)
   [inline](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/inline/)[visual](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/visual/)
   [wysiwyg](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wysiwyg/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-editor/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  15 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/front-end-editor/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  3 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/front-end-editor/reviews/?filter=4)
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 *  [  1 2-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/front-end-editor/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  4 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/front-end-editor/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ scribu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scribu/)
 *   [ Jotschi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jotschi/)

## Support

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