PRyC WP: TinyMCE more buttons

67 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

With roughly 1,000 active installs the reach is modest, reflecting its narrow focus on Classic Editor holdouts, so the popularity credit is capped at 45 out of 30.

Update Freshness

25/25

A recent update on June 10, 2026 and confirmation against WordPress 7.0 keeps the maintenance score at a perfect 100 out of 25, suggesting the author is actively refreshing it.

User Rating

6/15

Only two ratings, both 5-star, give an early perfect average but the sample is too small to be conclusive, holding the ratings score at 40 out of 15.

Support Health

8/15

There are zero support threads opened and zero resolved, which gives a neutral 50 out of 15 since the absence of issues is ambiguous with such a small user base.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility is full marks at 100 out of 15, with a WordPress 3.0.1 minimum and verified testing on 7.0, giving it an unusually wide compatible range.

Scores higher than 18% of indexed plugins

About

Add more buttons (third line/row) to default TinyMCE editor: select font, select font size, select style, text background color, new document, cut and …

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-06-10 10:26am GMT

Requires WordPress 3.0.1+

Tested Up To 7.0.6

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

PRyC WP: TinyMCE More Buttons restores and adds a third row of formatting controls to the classic WordPress editor, exposing options like font family, font size, text styles, background colour, new document, cut, and horizontal line that were hidden after WordPress 4.7. It targets users still on the Classic Editor plugin who miss the old expanded toolbar. In practical terms it is a lightweight utility that re-enables niche formatting buttons without adding any menus, settings pages, or visual builders.

Who It's For

This plugin makes sense for bloggers, news writers, and editors who deliberately use the Classic Editor and rely on the older TinyMCE toolbar layout for quick typographic tweaks like font selection or background colour. Small publishing sites or internal documentation portals that have resisted Gutenberg will get the most value. It is not aimed at large content teams that need collaboration, revision control, or block-based design.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone using the Block Editor or a full page builder like Elementor, Spectra, or Kadence Blocks should skip this, since it only patches Classic Editor and those tools ship far more powerful formatting options. It is also unnecessary for sites that rarely use font styling or text colour changes.

The Bottom Line

PRyC WP: TinyMCE More Buttons does one narrow job well and stays out of the way, earning an Overall Quality Score of 66.93 out of 100, but the tiny install base and near-empty support record make it hard to recommend confidently. It is worth installing only on Classic Editor sites where those exact buttons are genuinely missed. Treat it as a utility, not a foundational plugin.

Related Plugins

Elementor Website Builder 95/100

Pick Elementor if you want a complete visual page builder instead of a few extra toolbar buttons, and you are willing to leave the Classic Editor behind.

Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 95/100

Pick Spectra if you are happy with Gutenberg and want dozens of design blocks, animation, and layout control rather than Classic Editor tweaks.

Kadence Blocks 89/100

Pick Kadence Blocks for a lighter Gutenberg extension focused on typography, spacing, and reusable templates, which makes this plugin unnecessary.

Classic Widgets 89/100

Pick Classic Widgets only if your goal is restoring classic widget screens, not editor formatting, so it solves a different problem.

Disable Gutenberg 88/100

Pick Disable Gutenberg if you want to fully revert to the Classic Editor system-wide, which is a prerequisite for this plugin to be useful.

Use Cases

content marketers blog writers small business websites WordPress bloggers digital publishers online magazines freelance writers news websites tutorial sites creative agencies