Can you add the visual editor to the description field for custom taxonomies?

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1. Just wrote the function. It’ll display the tinymce editor in every custom taxonomy description right now. Surely you can edit to show it for only some specific taxonomy.

   /**
    * Display advanced TinyMCE editor in taxonomy page
    */
   function wpse_7156_enqueue_category() {
       global $pagenow, $current_screen;
   
       if( $pagenow == 'edit-tags.php' ) {
           require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/post.php');
           require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/template.php');
   
           wp_tiny_mce( false, array( 'editor_selector' => 'description', 'elements' => 'description', 'mode' => 'exact' ));
       } 
   }
   add_action( 'init', 'wpse_7156_enqueue_category' );
   

   You can provide the first argument in wp_tiny_mce as true if you want a stripped version of tinyMCE

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2. Have you tried The Rich Text Tags Plugin?

   • It does exactly what you need.
   • Works with custom taxonomies.
   • Works well with images.
   • Includes the new WP internal linking.
   • It is regularly updated.

   Screenshot:

   

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3. Not directly, no.

   You could, however, write a custom javascript which applies the appropriate classes to the entry field for the custom taxonomy description.

   If what you really want to do, however, is create a “many-to-many” relationship between posts (e.g. a post type of “Tires” and a post type of “Cars”), then WordPress doesn’t (currently) have a facility for this. However, the Posts 2 Posts plugin does provide this functionality (and gives you a lot more flexibility to create complex relationships).

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