Title: ques abt the_editor() function
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# ques abt the_editor() function

 *  Resolved [cerlin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cerlin/)
 * (@cerlin)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ques-abt-the_editor-function/)
 * Hi all,
 * I need answers for my questions.
 * 1.How to get rid of visual editor in wordpress?
    2.How to force the editor to
   use text mode by default?
 * I have tried something but nothing works.. please help.

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 *  Thread Starter [cerlin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cerlin/)
 * (@cerlin)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ques-abt-the_editor-function/#post-3529369)
 * solved by adding a filter
 * `add_filter( 'wp_default_editor', create_function(null,'return "html";') );`

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 * [the_editor](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/the_editor/)

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