The Content Editor
The Content Editor is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor. This text editing field can be found on all blog posts, and as a field within blocks on many pages. It has a composition field for adding text, plus options for editing, adding formatting, and inserting media or forms.
The content editor consists of two parts:
The Visual Editor
The Text (HTML) Editor
The Visual Editor
The Visual Editor is the default view for the Content Editor. It has word processing options, plus options for adding media (such as images) or forms (such as your Contact form) into the page. A full description of all this space can do is available from the WordPress Codex.
The Visual Editor is the place to be if you need to
Add some text to your page
Add formatting like bold, italic, or a list
Insert an image or video
Add a link
Since it is a WYSIWYG editor, it interprets anything you add into the space as literally as possible. This means that if you need to add some code to your post or page (like a shortcode, or an HTML tag), this view won’t recognize it properly, and it will not work as expected on your website. In these cases, use the Text (HTML) tab instead.
The Text Editor
The Text Editor is the alternate ‘text only’ view for the Content Editor. While you can also add images and forms from this view, it’s most helpful for those times when you need to add a little bit of HTML or a shortcode, or see what code is already there.
While you can add images or forms in this view, it’s best used to
See what formatting the text already has applied
Add some extra formatting
For more information on how the Text Editor differs from the Visual Editor, see the WordPress Codex.
For more information on using HTML in the Visual Editor, see WordPress’ guide to HTML.
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