Title: New Post/Edit Post help
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# New Post/Edit Post help

 *  Resolved [railcrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/railcrew/)
 * (@railcrew)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-postedit-post-help/)
 * The area where you write a new post or edit a post, add images etc. the editor…
   it seems to be whack. I can only go 57 characters wide before it starts a new
   line.
 * My theme is twenty fourteen. I have tweaked the default 474px width to 800px.
   The pages look fine when published and viewed but the editor still is very narrow.
   It seems to be still at the Twenty Fourteen default 474 width even though I have
   been through every file and changed the 474 to 800.
 * It kind of sucks as it is difficult to see how the page will be laid out as you
   work. how can I fix this?

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 *  [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidsguide/)
 * (@kidsguide)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-postedit-post-help/#post-7144455)
 * I would recommend that you edit the core files directly as I assume that is what
   you did to attempt to change the width.
 * > It kind of sucks as it is difficult to see how the page will be laid out as
   > you work.
 * I would suggest you try this plugin. [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-front-end-editor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-front-end-editor/)
 *  Thread Starter [railcrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/railcrew/)
 * (@railcrew)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-postedit-post-help/#post-7144489)
 * tried it, didn’t like it, but thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [railcrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/railcrew/)
 * (@railcrew)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-postedit-post-help/#post-7144634)
 * Found a work-around. two plugins, “Resize Editor” makes the work area the size
   you want and “Easy Wysiwyg Style” gives me the editor back to looking mostly 
   like how it will look.

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 * Last reply from: [railcrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/railcrew/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-postedit-post-help/#post-7144634)
 * Status: resolved

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