This plugin replaces a taxonomy term description textarea with the buildin TinyMCE WYSIWYG.
As of April 2026, Taxonomy TinyMCE is a WordPress tinyMCE plugin with 900 active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 10K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Black Studio TinyMCE Widget.
This plugin replaces a taxonomy term description textarea with the buildin TinyMCE WYSIWYG.
Do you want to help? https://github.com/jmslbam/Taxonomy-TinyMCE/
Contributors:
| WordPress | 3.3+ requiredTested up to 4.0.38 |
| PHP | false+ required |
2014.11.04 – version 2.0
* Used WooDojo’s code, because mine was broken and I didn’t want to have a broken plugin in the repo. So thanks WooThemes, visit them on http://www.woothemes.com/woodojo/.
2012.02.20 – version 1.0
* Migrated from Category TinyMCE to Taxonomy TinyMCE
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