disable visual editor option

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  spongebelly · Member · Aug 15, 2012 at 7:32 pm

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  Greetings!

  My blog is http://sbjh.wordpress.com/ and I use the Coraline theme.

  I don’t use the visual editor because I’m visually impaired. I can’t find the option to disable it. I looked in Users and in Settings> Writing and nada.

  Any helpful suggestions appreciated.

  – SB

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  hnsaifi · Member · Aug 16, 2012 at 7:11 pm

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  See this please https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-disable-visual-editor?replies=2

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  spongebelly · Member · Aug 16, 2012 at 8:24 pm

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  Thanks for the link, Hnsaifi!

  TheSacredPath wrote:

  > Apparently wordpress has decided we don’t need that anymore (don’t
  > ask me the reason).
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  > Just switch to the HTML tab in the editor and then don’t switch back. The
  > system should remember that setting and stay in the HTML tab.

  That’s great, but why hasn’t WP’s support documentation been updated to reflect this?

  – SB

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  absurdoldbird · Member · Aug 16, 2012 at 11:38 pm

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  Because like most of us here TheSacredPath is a volunteer and not a member of staff and he was not speaking for them. And because it’s almost certainly not regarded as Staff as an urgent issue.

  In my opinion (as another volunteer and a fellow user of wordpress.com) when Staff realise that people with disabilities have rights too, will be when everything here improves. Let’s hope that’s soon.

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  hnsaifi · Member · Aug 17, 2012 at 4:12 am

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  @spongebelly
  You’re welcome!

  That’s great, but why hasn’t WP’s support documentation been updated to reflect this?

  This was a good thing to point out. The support documentations confuse the people searching for help. But be patient please.