Remove Problematic Formatting Options From tinyMCE

Removes those extra-tempting but extra-problematic buttons from tinyMCE, like font color, alignment, and other things that will wreck your style sheet.

In addition, it removes “Heading 1” from the role dropdown, as there should never be more than one H1 on a page — and the page or post title is already it.

Why Does Formatting Matter?

When people first get their hands on that shiny WordPress text editor, they often get swept up in the excitement of styling their text. “This is important, so I’ll make it red! And this part will be centered, and this part will use giant letters!”

But as fun as this is, there’s a way to use the WordPress text composer like a pro, and the benefits of doing it in that way are big:

• Better potential rankings on search en…