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Visual Editor Biography
Replaces the author "Biographical Info" profile field with a TinyMCE visual editor.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.8★ from 12
- Active installs
- 900+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 22 Mar 2012
- Added
- Jan 2012
- Requires WP
- 3.3.0
- Tested up to
- WP 3.3.2
- Downloads
- 19,331
Our analysis
AI-assistedVisual Editor Biography is a WordPress plugin that replaces the standard Biographical Info profile field with a visual editor powered by TinyMCE. This allows you to edit an author's biography using rich text formatting, providing more flexibility in presentation.
The plugin is compatible with WordPress Multisite, enabling you to activate it across multiple sites or for individual sites as needed. It modifies the output of specific functions to ensure the formatted biography displays correctly.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for authors or publishers who want to enhance the presentation of author biographies on their WordPress sites.
What it does well
- ✓Replaces standard biography field with a visual editor
- ✓Supports rich text formatting for biographies
- ✓Compatible with WordPress Multisite
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in March 2012, may not support newer WordPress features
- •Limited information on additional features or support
Verdict
Visual Editor Biography offers a straightforward way to improve author bio presentation, but its age may limit compatibility with newer WordPress versions.
From the developer
Kevin Leary's own description of Visual Editor Biography, lightly tidied.
Replaces the Biographical Info profile field with the WordPress visual editor, TinyMCE, allowing you to editor an author’s biography using rich text.
Please note that this plugins modifies the output of get_the_author_meta('description') and the_author_meta('description'), apply the same filters used to format content in the main editor.
Multisite Compatibility
The Visual Editor Biography plugin is compatibly with WordPress Multisite, just use the Network Activate feature to enable a visual editor on every site. If you only want a visual editor for a specific site then activate the plugin for that site only.
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