Title: Code editor: DON’T FIX IT mode
Last modified: March 15, 2020

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# Code editor: DON’T FIX IT mode

 *  [vikingjs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vikingjs/)
 * (@vikingjs)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-editor-dont-fix-it-mode/)
 * I was creating a post and I *always* use the code editor. I use the code editor
   because I want to avoid catastrophic errors and I want control of my content.
 * Used to be, when I created an an anchor tag in the code editor but forgot the
   closing quote on the href attribute, I would get a post where the entire content
   after that fateful omission was part of the anchor. Bad, but easily repaired.
 * Today, in the code editor, the editor where it is assumed I know what I am doing,
   my post exploded. Large blocks were repeated, other parts (the most poignant 
   and insightful ones) were just plain gone. Best guess it’s because I left out
   a quotation mark.
 * But that would break the site! It didn’t before. And seriously, any “repair” 
   shouldn’t mean the paragraph with the error has to be repeated several times,
   each time usurping a little more of the rest of the post, and then the final 
   paragraphs being lost. That is not helpful. It is the opposite of helpful.
 * Please, please, give me a chance to fix problems myself, rather than have the
   editor utterly destroy my post. I’m not asking for the editor to do a better 
   job at repairs so ie doesn’t destroy my work (although that would be nice). I
   don’t need your help. I don’t want your help — especially when ‘help’ means I
   lose work.
 * Don’t fix my post. Don’t touch it. All I want is an editor that takes utf-8 characters
   and saves them. If I break something, I will fix it.
 * I searched for an editor plugin that would bypass all the crap, but so far I 
   have failed. Surely one exists?
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not a Requests and Feedback topic

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 *  [Carike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carike/)
 * (@carike)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-editor-dont-fix-it-mode/#post-12545077)
 * The Gutenberg team have been actively asking for feedback on the new editor, 
   but they do not generally monitor these forums.
    They do monitor their forums
   here though: [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/)

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-editor-dont-fix-it-mode/#post-12545077)
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