TinyMCE remove-base-64-image
"TinyMCE remove-base-64-image" immediately removes images dropped into the TinyMCE editor with Firefox and alerts the user with the reason.
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·10 active installs·Updated 12 years agoAs of April 2026, TinyMCE remove-base-64-image is a WordPress image plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
0/5Rating
10active installs
1.9K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Firefox allows a user to drag and drop an image from their desktop into the TinyMCE editor (Visual), where it is immediately converted to base64 code, which is undesirable as the image file size is much larger than the equivalent added by the standard WordPress method because…
- base64 images are larger than binary images
- WordPress would normally have ‘crunched’ the image to give various different sizes, including a thumbnail, all smaller than the original
To prevent this, “TinyMCE remove-base-64-image” contains a small piece of javascript that checks the TinyMCE editor every 1.5 seconds and immediately removes any base64 image found, also displaying an alert message:
‘Sorry, dragging images into the editor is blocked as it will cause your webpages to…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5.1+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0.2
Corrected folder name in path.
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