M7tawa Instant Edit

M7tawa Instant Edit is a lightweight frontend editing plugin built for fast, urgent content corrections. It is not intended to replace Gutenberg or the Classic Editor. Instead, it gives editors a focused set of tools for the small changes that often need to be made immediately: fixing a typo, changing a word, updating a broken or outdated link, adjusting a sentence or paragraph, editing a heading, or removing an image from post content. Instead of opening the full WordPress editor, waiting for the editing screen to load, making a small change, updating the post, and returning to the frontend, M7tawa Instant Edit keeps the entire workflow on the current page. Highlight text, open Instant Edit, make the correction, save, and continue reading. Built for speed, not editor replacement M7tawa Instant Edit deliberately includes a focused collection of quick-editing tools rather than every feature of the WordPress editor. This makes it especially useful when you need to:

• Fix a spelling or typing mistake immediately.
• Change a word, sentence, or short paragraph.
• Update or remove an outdated link.
• Add a link to selected text.
• Edit an H2 or H3 heading.
• Apply bold or italic formatting.
• Adjust a list.
• Remove an image from the current post content.
• Make a quick title correction when title editing is enabled.

For larger structural changes, media management, complex block layouts, SEO configuration, or full article editing, the normal WordPress editor remains available. Jump directly to the text you want to fix One of the fastest workflows in M7tawa Instant Edit is selected-text editing. Select a word, sentence, or part of a paragraph while viewing the post, then open Instant Edit. The plugin attempts to locate the same text inside the editor and move directly to it, helping you avoid searching through a long article just to correct one small mistake. This is especially useful for long-form posts where the required correction may be near the middle or end of the article. Lightweight frontend workflow The plugin avoids loading Gutenberg, TinyMCE, or external JavaScript libraries on the frontend. Eligible editors get an Instant Edit action in the WordPress admin bar. The editing overlay opens on the current page, and changes are saved through AJAX without requiring a full page reload. The editing toolbar stays sticky while scrolling long content, so formatting and link tools remain available wherever you are in the article. Features include:

• Instant frontend editing for posts and pages.
• Lightweight overlay with no full editor reload.
• Optional title editing.
• Basic formatting tools for bold, italic, links, H2/H3, and lists.
• Jump to text selected on the frontend when Instant Edit opens.
• In-editor content search with Ctrl/Cmd + F support.
• Sticky editing toolbar for long posts.
• Select an image and remove it with Delete or Backspace without deleting the Media Library file.
• Session undo for reverting unsaved changes made after opening the editor.
• Unsaved-change counter and close warning.
• Copy post link tool.
• Ctrl/Cmd + S quick save.
• AJAX saving with an inline loading indicator.
• Immediate visual refresh after saving.
• Capability and nonce checks for every request.
• Settings to enable or disable individual editing features.
• The standard admin-bar Edit action opens a compact choice between Instant Edit and the full WordPress editor.
• Optional replacement of theme-provided frontend Edit links with Instant Edit, enabled by default.
• Assets load only for logged-in users who can edit the current post or page.

SEO plugin settings are not modified M7tawa Instant Edit only updates the post title when title editing is used and the post content when content is edited. It does not write to, delete, or replace SEO-related post meta used by plugins such as Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO (AIOSEO), or SEOPress. This means saved SEO settings such as focus keywords, SEO titles, meta descriptions, canonical settings, and other SEO plugin metadata remain untouched by M7tawa Instant Edit. Changing the actual article text or post title can naturally affect the SEO analysis score shown later by an SEO plugin, because the content itself has changed. That is different from modifying the SEO plugin's saved settings.

2.0.3

• Improved jump-to-selected-text positioning by using the selected text range itself instead of its parent element.
• Added a post-render visibility correction so selected text remains visible below the sticky toolbar.

2.0.2

• Kept the standard WordPress admin-bar Edit action and turned it into a compact menu with Instant Edit and Full Edit choices.
• Preserved the original full-editor URL while keeping Instant Edit one click away.

2.0.1

• Fixed the Plugin Check i18n translators-comment error for the unsaved-changes counter.
• Made the quick-edit toolbar sticky while scrolling long post content.

2.0.0

• Added jump-to-selected-text workflow when opening Instant Edit from the frontend.
• Added lightweight in-editor content search.
• Added image selection and Delete/Backspace removal from post content without deleting the Media Library file.
• Added session undo for unsaved changes.
• Added unsaved-change counter and configurable close warning.
• Added Copy post link tool.
• Moved the settings screen from Settings to Posts > Instant Edit.
• Added enabled-by-default settings for the new quick workflow helpers.
• Fixed the loading indicator remaining visible when preloaded content was already ready.
• Preserved the lightweight no-Gutenberg, no-TinyMCE frontend approach.

1.0.3

• Fixed reliable replacement of the standard frontend admin-bar Edit action by applying Instant Edit immediately before the admin bar is rendered.

1.0.2

• Added theme-independent content boundary markers so saved changes appear immediately without a page refresh.
• Removed the remaining Plugin Check warning by sanitizing submitted post content with wp_kses_post().

1.0.1

• Fixed Instant Edit overlay not opening when frontend scripts initialized before the overlay markup.
• Improved post content input sanitization for WordPress security checks.
• Removed direct invocation of the generic the_content filter when refreshing updated content.

1.0.0

• Initial release.
• Added instant frontend overlay editing for posts and pages.
• Added lightweight formatting controls and optional title editing.
• Added AJAX save and immediate frontend refresh.
• Added configurable settings with enabled-by-default editing features.