Demonstration of how inline editing can be implemented in the customizer.
As of April 2026, Customize Inline Editing is a WordPress inline plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Inline Image Upload for BBPress.
In WordPress 4.5 the selective refresh framework was introduced in core. One of the key concepts in this framework is the “partial”, the region in a document which is selectively refreshed when a related setting is modified. This means that one or more settings are linked with a given element in the preview. When selective refresh was first was introduced it supported the ability for a user to “shift click” on a partial to jump to and focus on the related control in the pane. In WordPress 4.7 this was then enhanced with visible edit shortcuts so that users could click (touch even) on the icon to be able to reveal the control in the pane.
The Customize Inline Editing plugin builds on edit shortcuts by allowing the setting to be modified inline via direct manipulation in the preview without…
| WordPress | 4.7.0+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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