by scribu 4 (23 reviews)

Front-end Editor

Name: Front-end Editor
Rating: 4.0 (23 reviews)
Author: scribu

Edit content inline, without going to the admin area.

Front-end Editor ranks #9,101 among WordPress.org plugins with 500+ active installations, is #230 of 1,182 in the Editor & Writing category, a 4/5 rating from 23 reviews, and was last updated Jul 23, 2013. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.6 (Current: 7.1.4)

v2.3.1 Current Version v2.3.1

Updated 13 years ago Last Update on 23 Jul, 2013

Refreshed 2 days ago Last Refreshed on

#230 of 1,182 in Editor & Writing Top 25% by installs Downloads -15.6% this week No update in over a year

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#9,101

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Active Installs

500+

-6.2%

KW Avg Position

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Downloads

273.1K

+6 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

80%

Review 4 out of 5

4 (23 reviews)

Next Milestone 600

Total Progress 31%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.0

23 reviews

Overall 80%

15 (65%)

3 (13%)

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4 (17%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Jul 19, 2025

Front-end Editor [front-end-editor] < 2.3 (closed)

CVE-2012-10019 · Fixed in v2.3
Jul 7, 2012

Front-end Editor [front-end-editor] < 2.3 (closed)

Fixed in v2.3
Apr 7, 2012

Front-end Editor [front-end-editor] < 2.3 (closed)

Fixed in v2.3
Front-end Editor [front-end-editor] < 2.3 (closed)

Fixed in v2.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.3.1
Last Updated: Jul 23, 2013
Requires WP: 3.2+
Tested Up To: 3.6
PHP Version: N/A
Author: scribu

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
Reviews: 23
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

edit-in-place editor inline visual wysiwyg

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and editors who want to update content without visiting wp-admin. It solves the problem of having to load the admin backend for small edits by allowing inline front-end editing while enforcing the same permission checks as the admin area.