WordPress Plugins – replace your default WordPress editor with FCKeditor

If you’ve used the default WordPress editor for any length of time you’ll have encountered its limitations. Recently a web design customer pointed this out when she tried to copy and paste an excel spreadsheet into the editor. It made a complete mess of her table data. After some research I discovered one of the most useful WordPress plugins I’ve experienced thus far – the FCKeditor.

Cons of the default WordPress editor

  • Unable to insert spreadsheets
  • Unable to create tables
  • Unable to insert flash files

Benefits of FCKeditor

  • Full featured web based WYSIWYG html editor

    • Compatible with most internet browsers which include: IE 5.5+ (Windows), Firefox 1.0+, Mozilla 1.3+ and Netscape 7+.

  • Build-in File manager and upload manager
  • WordPress “read more” feature support
  • Create your own smiles
  • Skin selector
  • Toolbar selector
  • Create tables
  • Insert excel spreadsheets
  • Insert flash files

Download
To download the FCKeditor visit:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fckeditor-for-wordpress-plugin/

Installation

This WordPress plugin requires WordPress v.2.0 or later.

1.unzip and upload the file into your wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Note: The FCKeditor contains many files so it takes some time to upload them
2.Activate the plugin on your Admin Panel->Plugin Management page.
3.Go to your dashboard, click on “Write” to write your first post using the FCKeditor.

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6 Responses to “WordPress Plugins – replace your default WordPress editor with FCKeditor”

  1. Tips For Improving Your WordPress Skills | Uncategorized | Search For Blogging Says:
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:56 am

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    February 17th, 2009 at 12:30 am

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  3. pracas upreti Says:
    August 26th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    informative , but the fck editor really made me panic, i want default wp editor, even it was very hard to uninstall it, later on i asked help from sudar and finally the problem was solved ,

  4. Isidra Wiederwax Says:
    October 17th, 2010 at 2:40 pm

    I am looking forward to seeing more on this topic

  5. Rena Byrd Says:
    April 27th, 2011 at 10:35 am

    Is there an editor that handles tables well? Dean’s FCK does not. It does but quite often you only see it in data entry mode and nothing shows up on the actual post.

  6. Herman Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 7:29 am

    Rena..take a look at the Plugin WP-Table Reloaded
    http://tobias.baethge.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-table-reloaded-english/

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