FrontPilot – Front-End Editor

FrontPilot brings content editing to the front end of your WordPress site. Instead of switching to wp-admin and the block or Classic editor, eligible users can click “Edit with FrontPilot” right on the page and start editing in place, with a clean floating toolbar, live preview, and one-click save or publish.

Key Features

• Edit every post and page item on the front end — not just a single item’s content, but every eligible post/page rendered on the current page (singular views, archives, home, and search listings).
• A floating “Edit Mode” toggle switch turns inline editing on or off across the whole page at once.
• Inline text editing with a clean floating toolbar.
• Live preview while editing.
• Drag & drop content blocks.
• Edit images and media through the native WordPress media library.
• Responsive editing preview (Desktop, Tablet, Mobile).
• Undo & Redo history.
• Save Draft or Publish instantly.
• Role-based access control.
• Keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+S save, Ctrl+Z undo, Ctrl+Y redo).
• Lightweight, no jQuery dependency.
• Works alongside Classic Editor and Gutenberg.
• Compatible with most WordPress themes.
• Fully translation-ready.
• Built with security in mind: nonce verification, capability checks, and complete sanitization/escaping.

Admin Settings

• A modern, tabbed settings dashboard with toggle switches and chip selectors — no cluttered checkbox tables.
• Enable or disable the front-end editor globally.
• Choose which post types are editable.
• Choose which user roles may use the editor.
• Choose whether every item on a page is editable, or only a single queried item.
• Choose whether the Edit Mode toggle starts on or off.
• Customize the floating toolbar buttons.
• Configure keyboard shortcuts.
• Reset all settings to their defaults with one click.

Developer Friendly

FrontPilot is built with namespaced, PSR-4 autoloaded, object-oriented PHP, follows the WordPress Coding Standards, and exposes both a REST API and an admin-ajax fallback for saving content.

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