WPIDE is an Advanced File Manager and Code Editor plugin for WordPress that you can use completely for free.
The Code Editor lets you edit any file within your wp-content folder, not just plugins and themes.
The included code completion will help you remember your WordPress/PHP commands providing function reference along the way. Edit multiple files with the tabbed editor.
The File Manager lets you copy, move, duplicate, create archives, download, upload, edit, delete, preview files & directories without FTP or cPanel access.
WPIDE uses a very modern, clean and easy to use interface to make managing and editing your files a breeze! It comes with 6 different themes and a dark mode to reduce blue light exposure.
Did you know?
More than 700,000 WordPress websites were attacked during September 2020.
Malicious bots are looking to exploit vulnerable versions of WP file manager plugins.
Fortunately, WPIDE is built with security in mind and comes with this vulnerability fixed! So rest assured! WPIDE poses no risk to you!
Auto Save Feature: While editing, files will be auto saved every X seconds to a draft file. Original files are not affected. If you ever close the page by mistake without saving a file, you will be able to restore from the auto saved file.
Auto Saved Quick Diff: You can view and compare differences between the auto saved and the current file using the Quick Diff Viewer, then decide if you wish to restore from the auto saved or keep the current file.
Toggle Full Screen: This will allow you to toggle full screen the editor area by itself, giving you more space while editing on smaller screens.
File Manager
Advanced Mode Option: When enabled, all files and folders will be available for editing including core WordPress files and the wp-config.php file.
What is in place to stop me from breaking my website – “The white screen of death”
When you edit a PHP file, before that file is saved to the filesystem it is syntax checked to make sure there isn’t something obvious that will break your site.
Every file that you edit is backed up before your first save to the filesystem and then on subsequent saves WPIDE will try and make a backup. It will save a maximum of files for up to 5 days to the server.
As you edit or more specifically save PHP files, in case of a fatal error, the File recovery Wizard will appear and a restore button will display which will allow you to restore the most recent backup.
If your WordPress install is fully functional then you can use the file manager to browse all of your backed up files (/upload/wpide/backups/), if your WordPress install isn’t responding then restoring the file directly via FTP/SSH is the only way.
The backed up PHP files cannot be accessed/restored from the web directly without the 40 digit nonce/key so should not pose a security concern.
Can I override the default file permissions when creating files/directories on the local filesystem
Yes you can use the below WordPress settings in wp-config.php which will affect files created with WPIDE and files added during the WordPress upgrade process.
I get an error notification on the bottom right saying ‘something went wrong, unknown error’. How can I fix this ?
Some hosts might disable direct access to PHP files which will block the plugin from accessing them.
Some users reported this issue on Cloudways, and they were able to fix it by enabling Direct PHP File Access under application settings within Cloudways dashboard.
This option might be available on other hosting platforms as well.
fix: Instead of ABSPATH, use the correct root path, relative to the plugin in case WordPress Files are located outside the root directory, which is the case if the site is hosted on WordPress.com.
fix: Minor fixes
3.4.5 – 07.12.2022
new: Pro Config Manager | Added new visual config manager to easily Add, Update or Delete constants within the wp-config.php file
new: Pro File Manager | Added new Advanced Mode option. When enabled, all files and folders will be available for editing including core wordpress files and the wp-config.php unless they are filtered out manually within the settings.
new: Pro File Editor | Added new Auto Save option. While editing, files will automatically be saved every X seconds to a temporary draft file. Original files are not affected. If you every close or refresh the page by mistake without manually saving a file, the next time you open it, a File Recovery modal will display allowing you to restore from the auto saved file. You can also view and compare both files differences using the Quick Diff Viewer. https://d.pr/v/l6SQjD
new: File Editor | Added option to increase / decrease font size within the toolbar
enhance: File Editor | In dark mode, highlighted text bg color will now inherit the theme accent color
support: Added multisite support
fix: Settings | Fixed issue with the repeater field.
fix: Fixed scrolling issue on Firefox
fix: When opening a file, show popup error if for some reason the file does not exist, (deleted from another window) or has no read / write permissions.
fix: Minor fixes
update: Update Freemius SDK
3.4.4 – 19.10.2022
new: Pro File editor | Added new Toggle Full Screen option within the tool bar
fix: Fixed Class ‘finfo’ not found error appearing on servers without fileinfo extension by adding a fallback function.
fix: Minor fixes
3.4.3 – 27.09.2022
new: Added .svg and .yaml file extensions to the editable file extensions option.
new: Added new filter wpide_editable_ext_options to allow adding new extensions to the list by 3rd party.
support: Support SVG syntax check / highlighting
fix: Fixed bug with single file upload
fix: Fixed issue with soft tabs
enhance: Remove uppercase CSS from breadcrumbs. Replaced “Home” with the name of the root folder. Added a nice drive icon.
enhance: Faster file load and switching between display types
enhance: Keep current active file display type after reloading the page
enhance: Keep current active settings tab after reloading the page
fix: Fixed WP admin menu scroll glitch
new: Added right click context menu on folders & files within the file manager and the editor
new: Added sort dropdown above file manager
update: File Tree within the File Editor is now sorted by name (asc)
fix: Pro Image Editor | Fixed glitch with revert image function
fix: Minor fixes
3.4.2 – 05.09.2022
support: Support windows server / xampp on windows
fix: Minor CSS fixes
3.4.1 – 17.08.2022
new: Added append content hash when loading js / css chunks to force cache busting making sure always the latest version is used
3.4 – 16.08.2022
new: File Editor | Added new Settings tab
new: File Editor | Added Scroll Speed option
new: File Editor | Added an option to disable Behaviours, such as auto closing tags and brackets
new: File Manager | The default zip name, which can be changed within the settings, will only be applied when batch zipping or downloading. For a single item, the item name will be used by default instead.
fix: Minor fixes
3.3 – 02.08.2022
support: PHP 8+ Support
support: To use WPIDE on a lower PHP version, use v2.6 or below.
update: Updated PHP required version to 7.4.0
update: Better installation / update handling for the fatal-error-handler.php drop-in to make sure the latest version is always used.
3.2 – 30.07.2022
fix: Fix corrupt file
fix: Replace symfony session with transients to avoid session issues with other plugins
3.0 – 30.07.2022
new: A brand new and completely revamped version of WPIDE.
2.6 – 26.04.2022
update: Plugin acquired by XplodedThemes
update: A brand new and completely revamped version of WPIDE is coming soon, Stay tuned!
2.5 – 2020.04.13
update: getting the plugin back to life
update: started big code cleanup
update: completely removed experimental Git features
support: fully compatible with latest WordPress
2.4.0
new: Context menu option added to file browser to rename, delete, download, zip, unzip!! thanks to shanept https://github.com/shanept for the code behind this.
new: find+replace
update: Stopped using the full functionality of sanitize_file_name() and using a cut down version instead that allows period, dash and underscore at the beginning and end of filename.
fix: corrected invalid regex for determining image type
update: Changed order of PHP4 compatible constructor in an attempt to stop a PHP Strict Standard error
update: Update to Ace Editor 1.2.0
update: Editor settings, so that it’s possible to change the theme and other editor features/behaviours
new: New application icon in menu bar
2.3.2
update: Update the Ace component to 1.1.1 which includes some bug fixes, a PHP worker (showing PHP errors as you work) and a greatly improved search box.
fix: Fixed issue with file save showing javascript alert as if there was a failure when there wasn’t
update: Order folders and files alphabetically
2.3.1
fix: As a quick fix I have commented out the git functionality as the namespacing used is causing issues with old versions of PHP
2.3
new: Added initial git functions using the following library: PHP-Stream-Wrapper-for-Git from https://github.com/teqneers/PHP-Stream-Wrapper-for-Git
new: Initial Git functionality added – it’s very experimental!
2.2
new: Add restore recent backup facility – It’s a primitive implementation at this point but it does the job. See FAQ note.
update: Turned on the LESS mode when a .LESS file is edited
update: Made the autocomplete functionality only be enabled for PHP files otherwise it can be a pain to write txt files like this one!
2.1
update: Ramped up the version number because the last one was just getting silly
update: Interface changes to make the editor take up more screen space. Including hiding the WP admin menu and footer.
2.0.16
fix: Fixed problem saving PHP documents – PHP-Parser library wasn’t included in the codebase correctly
2.0.15
update: PHP syntax checking before saving to disk (Using: https://github.com/nikic/PHP-Parser)
2.0.14
fix: Fixed error Warning: Creating default object from empty value in WPIDE.php
update: Updated the ace editor to current build
2.0.13
new: Added colour assist – a colour picker that displays when you double click a hex colour code in the editor (see other notes for info).
new: Added a confirm box to stop you exiting the editor by mistake and losing unsaved changes.
new: Added ‘wpide_filesystem_root’ filter (see other notes for info).
update: A number of bug fixes.
2.0.12
new: Added links to the WordPress codex and the PHP manual from within the function reference for further info
2.0.11
update: Newly created files use to contain a space, instead it now defaults to a blank file.
2.0.10
fix: Fixed a problem with file loading (ajax) indicator not showing.
2.0.9
update: Upload snapshot of current ajaxorg editor (master/build/src) at 00:30 on the 22 May 2012. Which fixes some issues with selecting big blocks of text, code folding seems better with gutter interface hidden when not in use
2.0.8
support: Fix browser compatibility issues
2.0.7
update: Fixing issue with closing tabs not focusing onto next tab once closed.
fix: Fixed issue with detecting ajax url correctly which was causing all WPIDE ajax requests to fail if WordPress was installed in a subdirectory.
update: Stopped autocomplete from trying to work when a js/css file is being edited.
2.0.6
update: Cleaned up the WPIDE class and modified the way the class is passed to WordPress actions/filters.
2.0.5
update: On startup the editor page now shows extra debugging information for the filesystem API initialization.
2.0.4
update: On startup the initial editor page now shows some startup info regarding file permissions to help with debugging.
2.0.3
update: If WPIDE cannot access your files due to permissions then when it starts up it will give you an alert to say this.
2.0.2
new: Image editing is now available using the SumoPaint image editor and drawing application http://www.sumopaint.com/
2.0.1
new: You can now create new files/folders
2.0
update: Recreated this plugin as a dedicated WPIDE section/app rather than extending the built in plugin/theme editor (just incase WP remove it)
update: Now using the WP filesystem API (although currently restricted to local access)
update: More security checks on file opening and editing
new: Added new file tree for exploring the file system and opening files (any file in wp-content)
update: Massive overhaul to code autocomplete functionality with the addition of function information right in the app
update: Update the ajaxorg Ace Editor to the current branch
new: Tabbed editing
1.0.6
new: Added link to meta section of plugin list for easy install of V2 Dev version if you have dismissed the alert.
1.0.5
new: Added the facility to download and run the cutting edge development version of WPIDE from the Github repository
1.0.4
new: Implemented JavaScript and CSS mode for better syntax highlighting and checking
enhance: Organize and format source code
1.0.2
update: Tidy and comment code
new: Added message when backup file is generated
fix: Adjust code complete dropdown position
enhance: Improved editor responsiveness when using delete or enter keys
