Black Studio TinyMCE Widget vs Visual Term Description Editor (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
200K+ active installs
Free
Visual Term Description Editor
20K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Visual Term Description Editor has a higher user rating (5/5 from 21 reviews) while Black Studio TinyMCE Widget leads in active installations (200K+ vs 20K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Black Studio TinyMCE Widget has accumulated 11M+ total downloads while Visual Term Description Editor has 97K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Black Studio TinyMCE Widget | Visual Term Description Editor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.8/5 | ► | 5/5 |
| Total Reviews | 192 | ◄ | 21 |
| Active Installs | 200K+ | ◄ | 20K+ |
| Total Downloads | 11M+ | ◄ | 97K+ |
| Support Resolution | 0% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 3 weeks ago | ◄ | 1 year ago |
| First Released | 2011 | 2013 | |
| Age | 15 years | 13 years | |
| WP Requires | 3.1+ | 3.3+ | |
| PHP Requires | 5.2+ | 5.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 2.7.3 | 1.8.1 |
Rating Breakdown
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
Visual Term Description Editor
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Black Studio TinyMCE Widget averaged approximately 237 daily downloads while Visual Term Description Editor averaged 17.
Recent Reviews
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget Reviews
Easypeasy to use!
Great plugin and easypeasy to use! Keep on keepin’ on …
As a Plugin Should Be!
Works as expected. Very stable plugin. No annoying reminders. Makes things at classiccarsszone more structured. Superb.
Good but…
It’s a very good ans simple visual editor, too bad that is missing the possibility to add an image swap (rollover, mouseover). You can just add friezed images.
Visual Term Description Editor Reviews
still very useful
I Have still pages with the old themes and this is really useful for adding text on the category pages. This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Daniel.
Great plugin – works with WP 6.3
Great plugin to allow you to make your term descriptions more visually appealing. It works just fine with WP 6.3 in lieu of implementing the block editor for term descriptions.
Great plugin!
Very simple and useful
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