Activates the visual tab for the bbPress TinyMCE editor and provides a few other options.
As of April 2026, bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab is a WordPress bbPress plugin with 700 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 14 reviews. It has been downloaded 35K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: One User Avatar | User Profile Picture.
bbPress 2.3.0 disabled the TinyMCE “visual tab” by default. When activated, this plugin brings it back.
Additionally, this plugin also:
There are a few things to note about the additional options that are avilable. Please read below.
Enabling the full default TinyMCE editor mode will display all the buttons, similar to the editor inside the WordPress admin. Depending on your configuration some of these buttons may not be compatible with TinyMCE. For example the “Insert More Tag” button will not do anything when used with bbPress. If you have a plugin installed that adds 3rd party buttons to the editor, this option shou…
| WordPress | 3.5.0+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.