{"id":3362,"date":"2008-07-08T16:33:13","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T16:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins-wp\/tinymce-entities-patch\/"},"modified":"2008-07-15T17:20:19","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T17:20:19","slug":"tinymce-entities-patch","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/pcd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/tinymce-entities-patch\/","author":552713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","version":"1.0","stable_tag":"trunk","tested":"2.5.1","requires":"2.5","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":"","header_name":"TinyMCE Entities Patch","header_author":"Mike Walker","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2008-07-15 17:20:19","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"http:\/\/englishmike.net\/other-plugins\/tinymceentities-plugin\/","header_plugin_uri":"http:\/\/englishmike.net\/tinymceentities-plugin\/","header_author_uri":"http:\/\/englishmike.net","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":20,"downloads":3442,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0},"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":[],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[5964,246,29945,166,1719],"plugin_category":[46],"plugin_contributors":[80931],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-3362","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-bug","plugin_tags-html","plugin_tags-html-entities","plugin_tags-posts","plugin_tags-tinymce","plugin_category-editor-and-writing","plugin_contributors-stringfold","plugin_committers-stringfold"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/tinymce-entities-patch.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"\n
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Important Note: The recent release of WordPress 2.6 has fixed the disappearing entities bug this plugin was designed to fix, so once you upgrade to WordPress 2.6 please discontinue using this plugin. I may release a new plugin that prevents spaces from being stripped from the beginning of lines sometime in the near future.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

After a few weeks of writing posts on WordPress, I was getting very irritated when all the HTML entities I added to my examples kept being converted into characters -- e.g. HTML entities like &gt; &lt; &quot; would convert to > < " -- when I saved the post I was working on.<\/p>\n\n

To make matters worse, all the spaces I was using to align my coding examples would disappear when switching between \"HTML\" mode and \"Visual\" mode, even if I used the &nbsp; entity.<\/p>\n\n

So, I finally bit the bullet and wrote this little plugin to fix these problems. It does just two things:<\/p>\n\n

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  1. Allows you to enter HTML entities like &gt; &lt; &amp; etc. while in \"Visual\" mode and they will stay put, even after you save your post.<\/li>\n
  2. Allows you to type extra spaces while in \"Visual\" mode (or &nbsp; in \"HTML\" mode) and they will stay put too, allowing you to correctly indent code samples, etc. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    If you are writing blog posts with source code or HTML examples, you may find this little plugin helps you avoid a ton of aggravation.<\/p>\n\n

    Works with TinyMCE and the TinyMCE Advanced plugin.<\/p>\n\n

    Please note, this plugin is a patch for issues with WordPress's uses of TinyMCE, and not the editor itself.<\/p>\n\n

    If you try this plugin and like what you see, or you have questions or problems, feel free to email me at mike@englishmike.net or visit the TinyMCE Entities Patch Plugin Home Page<\/a> with your feedback.<\/p>\n\n

    (Not tested on any version of WordPress older than 2.5.1. It may work on earlier versions, but I just don't know for sure. Try it and see. If it doesn't work simply deactivate the plugin. If it does work, please let me know!!)<\/em><\/p>\n\n

    Release Notes version 1.0<\/h3>\n\n

    Changes in version 1.0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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    • This is the initial version of the plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n

      Installation Instructions:<\/p>\n\n

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      1. Download the plugin zip file. <\/li>\n
      2. Upload the plugin contents into your WordPress installation's plugin directory.<\/li>\n
      3. The plugin's .php file and readme.txt should be installed in the 'wp-content\/plugins\/tinymce-entities-patch\/' directory. <\/li>\n
      4. From the Plugin Management<\/strong> page, activate the TinyMCE Entities Patch<\/strong> plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

        Getting Started:<\/p>\n\n\n

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        Where's the administration panel for this plugin?<\/dt>\n

        There isn't one. Your only options are to activate or deactivate the plugin from the Plugin Management<\/strong> panel.<\/p><\/dd>\n

        Does the plugin prevent extra blank lines from being removed from my posts?<\/dt>\n

        No, this is a fix for disappearing space characters and HTML entites (tags beginning with &<\/strong> and ending with ;<\/strong>) only.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>","raw_excerpt":"Prevent spaces and HTML entities (e.g. &gt; or ') from disappearing when editing posts with TinyMCE.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/3362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3362"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/stringfold"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=3362"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=3362"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=3362"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=3362"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=3362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}