WP Editarea
WP Editarea turns your Oldschool textarea code editor in Wordpress Dashboard (plugin/theme editor) into a fancy realtime highlighted code editor using …
3(3 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 12 years agoAs of April 2026, WP Editarea is a WordPress editor plugin with 100 active installations and a 3/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 13K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Elementor Website Builder – more than….
3/53 reviews
100active installs
13K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
WP Editarea turns your Oldschool textarea code editor in WordPress Dashboard (plugin/theme editor) into a fancy realtime highlighted code editor using Editarea.
Plugin Features
- Automatically detect syntax language
- Live preview in plugin option page
- Better than codepress (cPanel also use this)
- Easy integration, no file to edit
- Easy to use configuration page
Editarea Features
- Multi language interface
- Bracket matching highlight
- Support many syntax
- Line numbers
- Toggle word wrap
- Interactive toolbar
- Search/replace with regex
- More at Editarea homepage.
Browser Compatibility
- IE 6 & 7 & 8, Firefox 1.5 & 2 & 3, Safari 3.x & 4, Opera 9, 9.5, 9.6 and Chrome 1 & 2[2] and mostly all modern browsers.
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Ratings & Reviews
33 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.9+ requiredTested up to 3.6.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Top Alternatives to WP Editarea
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.4
- Confirmed works with WordPress 3.6
- Small code changes
Contributors
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.