Question

I’m developing a WordPress plugin that allows sending a short code into the rich text editor. Assuming the short code content is stored inside shortcode variable, the following code works perfectly:

tinyMCE.execCommand('mceInsertContent', false, shortcode);

…if the user is in “Visual Editor” mode. If they switch to “Plain Text” mode, the code doesn’t work anymore – no content appears in the textarea.

Anyone can help? Thanks in advance.

(Ah, if that matters, I have several instance of editors on the same “Add Post” page).

Answer 1

Just got it! Simply do

send_to_editor(shortcode);

this function is located inside media-upload.js, which should be loaded in Edit/Add Post pages.