{"id":84800,"date":"2012-07-03T14:30:16","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T18:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/?p=84800"},"modified":"2013-04-16T19:23:28","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T23:23:28","slug":"edit-wordpress-posts-on-the-front-end-with-the-raptor-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/edit-wordpress-posts-on-the-front-end-with-the-raptor-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Edit WordPress Posts on the Front End with the Raptor Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you love WordPress but are totally uninspired by creating content within the dashboard, you may want to try editing your posts inline on the frontend. <a title=\"Raptor Editor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.raptor-editor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raptor Editor<\/a> is a free, open source <a href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/top-10-wordpress-plugins-for-front-end-posting-editing-and-uploading\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress front end editor<\/a>, created to be very user-friendly for content editors. WordPress users can take advantage of the editor by installing the <a title=\"Raptor Editor plugin\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/wp-raptor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raptor Editor<\/a> plugin for WordPress. Once activated, this plugin enables you to preview your post live as you&#8217;re writing it. This is perfect for clients or new WordPress users who are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with the regular WordPress post editor.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the Raptor Editor looks like when writing a post:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84852\" title=\"raptor-editor-frontend\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/raptor-editor-frontend.png\" alt=\"Post image\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"706\" height=\"528\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You also have access to the media library when editing posts on the frontend, so there&#8217;s no need to go back into the dashboard to upload images:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84853\" title=\"media-library\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/media-library.png\" alt=\"Post image\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"859\" height=\"557\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Raptor Editor features: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Removes the need to have two tabs open to perfect your post content and layout &#8211; with Raptor Editor fully integrated into WordPress, one can write and update WordPress posts in-place!<\/li>\n<li>Use Raptor Editor on the main post editing screen, dashboard quick edit and even when viewing your posts in place.<\/li>\n<li>WP Raptor combines the power of Raptor Editor with WordPress&#8217; inbuilt media library. Upgrade your WordPress editing capability without losing access to your existing media library!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Try out a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raptor-editor.com\/demo\" target=\"_blank\">live demo<\/a> on the Raptor Editor site to see how easy it is to edit posts from the front end.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the Raptor Editor makes dramatic changes to the content editing experience within WordPress. It&#8217;s a much more efficient and user-friendly approach to editing that saves you a couple clicks, especially when performing quick changes. Make life easier for yourself or your clients by installing the <a title=\"Raptor Editor WordPress plugin\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/wp-raptor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raptor Editor<\/a> WordPress plugin today. It&#8217;s available for free from the plugin repository.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this very cool new frontend editor for WordPress that lets you preview posts live as you&#8217;re writing them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4099,"featured_media":84857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"blog_reading_time":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_tutorials_categories":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1625,2186],"tutorials_categories":[],"class_list":["post-84800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plugins","tag-open-source","tag-wordpress-editor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4099"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84800"},{"taxonomy":"tutorials_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tutorials_categories?post=84800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}