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=== Disable WYSIWYG ===

Contributors: Sparanoid
Donate link: https://sparanoid.com/donate/
Tags: admin, administration, content, contents, excerpt, excerpts, feeds, html, multisite, page, pages, plugin, plugins, post, posts, text, title, wpmu, writing, wysiwyg, editor, visual, visual editor, TinyMCE
Requires at least: 1.5
Tested up to: 5.8
Stable tag: 1.0.9
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Disable TinyMCE Visual Editor (WYSIWYG editor) totally completely permanently forever

== Description ==

Disable WYSIWYG sets `user_can_richedit` to `false` that disable TinyMCE Visual Editor (WYSIWYG editor) totally completely permanently forever. This plugin also works fine with multisite enabled WordPress (aka. WordPress Mu).

More information please visit my [site](https://sparanoid.com/work/disable-wysiwyg/).

== Installation ==

WordPress:

1. Upload the extracted files to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. In 'Plugins' page, choose 'Activate'

Multisite enabled WordPress:

1. Upload the extracted files to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. In 'Site Admin' mode (You need log in as site admin), go to 'Plugins' page, choose 'Network Activate'
3. Just FYI, you can also activate this plugin individually for different sites.

Old-styled WordPress Mu:

1. Upload the extracted files to the `/wp-content/mu-plugins/` directory
2. That's all.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.0.9 =
* Compatibility check for 5.8, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone this plugin still works.

= 1.0.8 =
* Starting from WordPress 5.0, you need an additional plugin Classic Editor by Automattic to disable Gutenberg first.

= 1.0.7 =
* Compatibility check for 4.6 and 4.7, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone this plugin still works.

= 1.0.6 =
* Compatibility check for 4.5, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone this plugin still works.

= 1.0.5 =
* Compatibility check for 4.4, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone this plugin still works.

= 1.0.4 =
* Compatibility check for 4.3, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone this plugin still works.

= 1.0.3 =
* Fix PHP warning, props deMediaWerker.

= 1.0.2 =
* Compatibility check for 4.2.2, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone this plugin still works.

= 1.0.1 =
* Update readme

= 1.0.0 =
* First release

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.9 =
* Compatibility check for 5.8, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone this plugin still works.

= 1.0.8 =
* Starting from WordPress 5.0, you need an additional plugin Classic Editor by Automattic to disable Gutenberg first.

= 1.0.7 =
* Compatibility check for 4.6 and 4.7, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone this plugin still works.

= 1.0.6 =
* Compatibility check for 4.5, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone this plugin still works.

= 1.0.5 =
* Compatibility check for 4.4, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone this plugin still works.

= 1.0.4 =
* Compatibility check for 4.3, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone this plugin still works.

= 1.0.3 =
* Fix PHP warning, props deMediaWerker.

= 1.0.2 =
* Compatibility check for 4.2.2, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone this plugin still works.

= 1.0.1 =
* Update readme

= 1.0.0 =
* First release