Title: Get selected text?
Last modified: June 7, 2022

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# Get selected text?

 *  Resolved [gloriousnoise](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gloriousnoise/)
 * (@gloriousnoise)
 * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-selected-text/)
 * Is it possible to use this to get the selected text and act on it? I’m thinking
   I would like to create a button so I can select a word and wrap it in some html.
 * Like if I selected HELLO and clicked my custom button, it would replace the selected
   text with <span class=”whatever”>HELLO</span> .
 * Is that possible? If not does anybody know of a plugin that would do that?

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 *  Plugin Support [Mirza Hamza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hamza1010/)
 * (@hamza1010)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-selected-text/#post-15787652)
 * Hi [@gloriousnoise](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gloriousnoise/),
 * Thanks for using the plugin,
 * I hope you are doing well, we have to check this and we will keep you updated
   on this.
 * Thanks & Regards
 * WP Experts Support Team
 *  Plugin Support [Mirza Hamza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hamza1010/)
 * (@hamza1010)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-selected-text/#post-15794192)
 * Hi [@gloriousnoise](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gloriousnoise/),
 * The plugin functionality works only on the frontend, it is possible to achieve
   this functionality by using post snippets on the site frontend, but you will 
   have to write extensive javascript code depending upon the DOM structure of your
   site.
 * Thanks

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 * Last reply from: [Mirza Hamza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hamza1010/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-selected-text/#post-15794192)
 * Status: resolved