Title: Using TinyMCE in plugin causes edit page problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Using TinyMCE in plugin causes edit page problem

 *  [Travis Ballard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ansimation/)
 * (@ansimation)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-tinymce-in-plugin-causes-edit-page-problem/)
 * Alright here’s the deal. I am using the visual editor with one of my themes. 
   The theme creates menus and sub menus as well as a dashboard widget to make editing
   parts of the theme simple and to the point. the theme has a testimonial section
   and for this, i am using the visual editor. however, i just want to add a new
   page and no matter what i put in for content, it isn’t there.
 * if i disable the tinymce editor in my theme options, it works great and i can
   update the page content as i please. but with it enabled, it does not update 
   the page content at all.
 * screenshot of admin area: [http://www.ansimation.net/tmp/bccp.png](http://www.ansimation.net/tmp/bccp.png)
 * function calling wp_tiny_mce:
 *     ```
       function add_tinymce() {
           wp_admin_css('thickbox');
           wp_print_scripts('jquery-ui-core');
           wp_print_scripts('jquery-ui-tabs');
           wp_print_scripts('editor');
           add_thickbox();
           wp_print_scripts('media-upload');
           if (function_exists('wp_tiny_mce')) wp_tiny_mce();
       }
       ```
   
 * and using the editor. the is a pretty big function so i tried to document it 
   some to help you better understand it. it works great but like i said, the editing
   a page is messed up.
 *     ```
       function best_care_random_tips()
         {
   
           // check for form submission
           if ($_POST['best_care_action'] == 'save')
           {
               if( isset( $_POST['bc_edit_tips'] ) ) // if editing a tip, overwrite instead of creating new.
                   $this->options['tips'][ $_POST['bc_edit_tips'] ] = $_POST['content'];
               else // add new tip
                   $this->options["tips"][] = $_POST['content'];
   
               update_option('best_care', $this->options); // make changes to wp_options.
               echo '<div class="updated fade" id="message" style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 204);"><p>Settings <strong>saved</strong>.</p></div>';
           }
   
           if( $_GET['action'] == 'delete' && isset( $_GET['tid'] ) ) // delete tip
           {
               unset( $this->options['tips'][ $_GET['tid'] ] );
               update_option('best_care', $this->options);
               echo '<div class="updated fade" id="message" style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 204);"><p>tips <strong>Deleted</strong>.</p></div>';
           }
   
           ?>
           <div class="wrap">
               <form action="admin.php?page=random_tips" method="post">
                   <input type="hidden" id="best_care_action" name="best_care_action" value="save" />
                   <?php
                       if( $_GET['action'] == 'edit' && isset( $_GET['id'] ) ) // if editing, include hidden field with id.
                           echo '<input type="hidden" name="bc_edit_tips" value="'.$_GET['id'].'" />';
                   ?>
                   <h2>Best Care Theme Control Panel</h2>
                   <h3>Tips &amp; Tricks</h3>
                   <p>You can add, delete, and modify your tips &amp; tricks here. A random tip will appear on the front page of your website.</p>
                   <?php
                       if( sizeof( $this->options['tips'] ) > 0 ) // show current tips and tricks if any exist.
                       {
                           echo '<h2>Current Tips &amp; Tricks</h2>';
   
                           $x = 0;
                           foreach( $this->options['tips'] as $k => $tips )
                           {
                               echo '<h3>tip #' . ( ++$x ) . ' <a href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?page=random_tips&action=edit&id='.$k.'">edit</a> <a href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?page=random_tips&action=delete&tid='.$k.'">delete</a>';
   
                               echo '</h3>';
                               echo '<p>' . apply_filters('the_content', stripslashes( $tips ) ) . '</p>';
                               echo '<div style="clear:both;"></div>';
                           }
                       }
                   ?>
   
                   <h2><?php echo ( $_GET['action'] == 'edit' && isset( $_GET['id'] ) ) ? 'Tips Editor' : 'Add a Tip'; ?></h2>
                   <table class="form-table">
                       <tr>
                           <td colspan="2">
                               <div id="poststuff">
                                   <?php
                                       if( $_GET['action'] == 'edit' && isset( $_GET['id'] ) ) // if editing, load content into editor with filters and formatting applied.
                                           the_editor( apply_filters( 'the_content', stripslashes( $this->options['tips'][ $_GET['id'] ] ) ) );
                                       else // load new editor.
                                           the_editor('');
                                   ?>
                               </div>
                           </td>
                       </tr>
                   </table>
                   <p class="submit">
                       <input type="submit" class="button-primary" name="wbe_config_submit" value="<?php echo ( $_GET['action'] == 'edit' && isset( $_GET['id'] ) ) ? 'Submit Changes' : 'Add Tip/Trick'; ?>" /><?php if( $_GET['action'] == 'edit' && isset( $_GET['id'] ) ) : ?> <input type="button" value="Cancel" onclick="javascript:location.href = '<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/wp-admin/admin.php?page=tipss';" /> <?php endif; ?>
                   </p>
               </form>
           </div>
         <?php
         }
       ```
   
 * any ideas why using the visual editor in my theme options might make editing 
   pages not work?
 * also, another thing i am looking to do is simply remove dashboard widgets without
   using the screen options. i would like to have my theme automatically remove 
   them temporarily while it is active. less is better as my client is not very 
   good with computers and i dont want anything confusing for him. i will be hiding
   the screen options so removing them through there is not an option.
 * hopefully someone will have some input on this. this may belong in the advanced
   section but you cant post there 🙂

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 *  Thread Starter [Travis Ballard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ansimation/)
 * (@ansimation)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-tinymce-in-plugin-causes-edit-page-problem/#post-936862)
 * alright well i think i solved that issue by only having my theme load the visual
   editor on the pages that i wanted it on. i think because it tried to load the
   visual editor on all the pages it was causing the errors. so i only load it on
   the pages i want now.
 *     ```
       if( isset( $_GET['page'] ) && $_GET['page'] == 'testimonials' || $_GET['page'] == 'random_tips' )
               add_filter('admin_head', array( &$this, 'add_tinymce' ) );
       ```
   
 * still lost on the removing widgets though. any ideas?

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