Always Edit In HTML
Always opens up a specific page or post in HTML mode to preserve HTML code (classic editor only).
4.4(7 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Always Edit In HTML is a WordPress HTML Tab plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 87K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.2+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 30% this week.
4.4/57 reviews
1.0K+active installs
87K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
If you find yourself entering HTML code into the WordPress page/post editor only to have it reformatted or worse removed when in Visual mode then here is the solution for you.
Always Edit In HTML is a WordPress plugin that removes the “Visual” tab in the page/post editor and opens up your page or post in HTML mode, preserving your HTML code.
Why would you need this plugin?
The WordPress page/post editor has two tabs at the top right – “Visual” and “Text”.
- The Text tab allows you to enter HTML code onto the page or post and when saving or publishing the post it preserves your code just the way you entered it.
- The Visual tab has all the fancy writing style tools but when you save or publish your page or post, WordPress parses and formats the conten…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works with WordPress 5.7.3 & PHP 7.0
by doctordada·4 years ago
Despite WordPress’s “Add Plugin” saying that it couldn’t install this because it doesn’t work with my version of PHP (7.0), I was able to download it as a ZIP, upload it to my site, install it and activate it. And it works fine, in conjunction with the Classic Editor plugin.
It’s great that it works on a page-by-page/post-by-post basis, because there are pages that I’d prefer had a visual editor for others to edit. But for pages that WordPress wants to “mess up”, it’s great to be able to tell it: “Hands off!”
- This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by doctordada.
simple and efficient
by nickperry·8 years ago
It does what it’s supposed to do. Who needs more ?
Works perfectly with WP 4.8
by dragonfly67·8 years ago
great plugin, never loosing html code anymore. no br or p tags anymore. Great plugin, thanks
Just works
by JulianSMoore·10 years ago
What more is there to say? HTML stayed completely as written… of course it didn’t look the way it should, but that’s now my/WP’s problem!
I’m back in control! Nice and simple, well done. Thanks
Its work perfectly
by lfoma·10 years ago
So simple and so requered.
Now you dont lost your HTML code (so annoying)
Thanks!
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.2+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
| Dependencies | classic-editor |
Version Adoption
v2.4
91.0%
Other
9.0%
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.4.6
- Tested on WordPress 6.6 with Classic Editor plugin activated
- Added tag Requires Plugins: classic-editor
Contributors
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