If you need to make sure that your custom post type doesn’t have the ‘visual’ tab, you can easily diable it. Suppose you have a custom post type named ‘movie’:
add_filter( 'user_can_richedit', 'disable_for_cpt' );
function disable_for_cpt( $default ) {
global $post;
if ( 'movie' == get_post_type( $post ) )
return false;
return $default;
}
Add the font-select menu to the 2nd row of buttons (revealed with the Kitchen Sink button)
If some items aren’t removed from the second row, the buttons won’t fit nicely on a 1024×768 screen.
See WordPress’s default buttons in wp_tiny_mce()
add_filter('mce_buttons_2', 'add_fontselect_row_2' );
function add_fontselect_row_2( $mce_buttons ) {
/*
find the keys of the buttons to be sacrificed
*/
$pastetext = array_search( 'pastetext', $mce_buttons );
$pasteword = array_search( 'pasteword', $mce_buttons );
$removeformat = array_search( 'removeformat', $mce_buttons );
unset( $mce_buttons[ $pastetext ] );
unset( $mce_buttons[ $pasteword ] );
unset( $mce_buttons[ $removeformat ] );
/*
insert the new dropdown where the sacrificed buttons used to be
alter as needed
*/
array_splice( $mce_buttons, $pastetext, 0, 'fontselect' );
return $mce_buttons;
}
But if you’re adding the 3rd row, you’re probably clear (unless you have other plugins that are adding buttons).
add_filter('mce_buttons_3', 'add_fontselect_row_3' );
function add_fontselect_row_3( $mce_buttons ) {
$mce_buttons[] = 'fontselect';
return $mce_buttons;
}
Currently, any buttons added to the 3rd or 4th rows will always be visible (Kitchen Sink only shows/hides the 2nd row) – but a patch has been submitted to correct this, hopefully it’ll be committed.
However, if you’ll probably want to clean up the font options – remove fonts that you’ll never use (or should never be used).
add_filter('tiny_mce_before_init', 'restrict_font_choices' );
function restrict_font_choices( $initArray ) {
$initArray['theme_advanced_fonts'] =
'Andale Mono=andale mono,times;'.
'Arial=arial,helvetica,sans-serif;'.
//'Arial Black=arial black,avant garde;'.
'Book Antiqua=book antiqua,palatino;'.
//'Comic Sans MS=comic sans ms,sans-serif;'.
'Courier New=courier new,courier;'.
'Georgia=georgia,palatino;'.
'Helvetica=helvetica;'.
//'Impact=impact,chicago;'.
//'Symbol=symbol;'.
'Tahoma=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;'.
'Terminal=terminal,monaco;'.
'Times New Roman=times new roman,times;'.
'Trebuchet MS=trebuchet ms,geneva;'.
'Verdana=verdana,geneva;'.
//'Webdings=webdings;'.
//'Wingdings=wingdings,zapf dingbats'.
'';
return $initArray;
}
Normally, WordPress will remember which editor mode you were in (Visual or HTML). So if you were using the HTML editor and you save a page, you’ll be returned to the HTML editor.
If you (or your clients) would benefit from always returning to particular mode, you can set that up
add_filter( 'wp_default_editor', 'force_default_editor' );
function force_default_editor() {
//allowed: tinymce, html, test
return 'tinymce';
}
*Functionality is there but quirky in pre-3.3
If you find yourself needing to add non-standard tags to the WordPress editor, you may also find yourself feeling very frustrated. With just a little bit of code, you can tell the editor to accept extra tags
add_filter( 'tiny_mce_before_init', 'mce_extended_valid_elements', 10, 2);
function mce_extended_valid_elements( $mceInit, $editor_id ) {
//allow only the basic tag
//$mceInit['extended_valid_elements'] .= ',sometag';
//allow the tag and a attribute
$mceInit['extended_valid_elements'] .= ',sometag[someattribute]';
//allow the tag and multiple attribute
//$mceInit['extended_valid_elements'] .= ',sometag[someattribute|anotherattribute]';
//allow the tag and any attribute
//$mceInit['extended_valid_elements'] .= ',sometag[*]';
return $mceInit;
}
If you don’t want your spellchecker dropdown to be too big, you can limit the available languages. Cut it down to only a few, or even just one.
add_filter('mce_spellchecker_languages', 'limit_spellchecker_languages');
function limit_spellchecker_languages() {
//original: +English=en,Danish=da,Dutch=nl,Finnish=fi,French=fr,German=de,Italian=it,Polish=pl,Portuguese=pt,Spanish=es,Swedish=sv
return '+English=en';
}
Have clients that insist on using <h1> tags throughout their posts? Can’t remember the last time you used the <address> tag? This can help you clean up that block format dropdown menu.
add_filter('tiny_mce_before_init', 'change_mce_dropdown' );
function change_mce_dropdown( $initArray ) {
$initArray['theme_advanced_blockformats'] = 'p,h3,h4,h5,h6,pre';
return $initArray;
}
Unnecessary buttons in the Visual Editor? Try this
add_filter('mce_buttons', 'remove_mce_buttons' );
function remove_mce_buttons($buttons) {
unset($buttons[16]);
return $buttons;
}
// [0] => bold
// [1] => italic
// [2] => strikethrough
// [3] => |
// [4] => bullist
// [5] => numlist
// [6] => blockquote
// [7] => |
// [8] => justifyleft
// [9] => justifycenter
// [10] => justifyright
// [11] => |
// [12] => link
// [13] => unlink
// [14] => wp_more
// [15] => |
// [16] => spellchecker
// [17] => fullscreen
// [18] => wp_adv
If you’re concerned about accidentally removing the wrong one, it’s simple enough to add a check
add_filter('mce_buttons', 'remove_mce_buttons' );
function remove_mce_buttons($buttons) {
if ($buttons[16] == 'spellchecker')
unset($buttons[16]);
return $buttons;
}