Title: TinyMCE Spellcheck
Author: Matthew Muro
Published: <strong>August 8, 2013</strong>
Last modified: August 1, 2014

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# TinyMCE Spellcheck

 By [Matthew Muro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mmuro/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/tinymce-spellcheck.1.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-spellcheck/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-spellcheck/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-spellcheck/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-spellcheck/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tinymce-spellcheck/)

## Description

TinyMCE Spellcheck adds the spellcheck button back to the editor in WordPress 3.6
and up. This is a fork of the After the Deadline plugin which is now a part of Jetpack.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * TinyMCE Spellcheck in the Visual editor
 * [[
 * Example of TinyMCE Spellcheck behavior
 * [[
 * TinyMCE Spellcheck profile options

## Installation

 1. Go to Plugins > Add New
 2. Click the Upload link
 3. Click Browse and locate the `tinymce-spellcheck.x.x.zip` file
 4. Click Install Now
 5. After WordPress installs, click on the Activate Plugin link

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

 1. Go to Plugins > Add New
 2. Click the Upload link
 3. Click Browse and locate the `tinymce-spellcheck.x.x.zip` file
 4. Click Install Now
 5. After WordPress installs, click on the Activate Plugin link

  There’s a bug. How do I contribute?

Please use [the Github repo(https://github.com/mmuro/TinyMCE-Spellcheck) to contribute
bug fixes.

  Where do I go for support?

This plugin is unsupported. If there’s a bug, please use the Github repo.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“TinyMCE Spellcheck” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Matthew Muro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mmuro/)

“TinyMCE Spellcheck” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/tinymce-spellcheck/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “TinyMCE Spellcheck” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/tinymce-spellcheck)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tinymce-spellcheck/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/tinymce-spellcheck/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tinymce-spellcheck/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tinymce-spellcheck/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

**Version 1.3 – Aug 01, 2014**

 * Update security of some AJAX calls to check for nonce and referer
 * Fix bug to remove <span>s from highlighted words

**Version 1.2 – Apr 18, 2014**

 * Update plugin for compatibility with WordPress 3.9

**Version 1.1 – Jan 28, 2014**

 * Fix bug where a JS file was not loading properly

**Version 1.0 – Aug 08, 2013**

 * Plugin launch

## Meta

 *  Version **1.3**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **2,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.0.38**
 *  Languages
 * [English (Australia)](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-spellcheck/),
   [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-spellcheck/), 
   and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-spellcheck/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/tinymce-spellcheck)
 * Tags
 * [grammar](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/grammar/)[spell](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spell/)
   [spellchecker](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spellchecker/)[spelling](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spelling/)
   [writing](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/writing/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-spellcheck/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3.8 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  8 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tinymce-spellcheck/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tinymce-spellcheck/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tinymce-spellcheck/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  2 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tinymce-spellcheck/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  2 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tinymce-spellcheck/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Matthew Muro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mmuro/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tinymce-spellcheck/)