Title: TinyMCE remove-base-64-image Author: LingoJon Published: Mas 22, 2013 Last modified: Jiyè 3, 2013 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/tinymce-remove-base-64-image.svg) # TinyMCE remove-base-64-image By [LingoJon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lingojon/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/tinymce-remove-base-64-image.zip) * [Details](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-remove-base-64-image/#description) * [Reviews](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-remove-base-64-image/#reviews) * [Installation](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-remove-base-64-image/#installation) * [Development](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-remove-base-64-image/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tinymce-remove-base-64-image/) ## Description Firefox allows a user to drag and drop an image from their desktop into the TinyMCE editor (Visual), where it is immediately converted to base64 code, which is undesirable as the image file size is much larger than the equivalent added by the standard WordPress method because… * base64 images are larger than binary images * WordPress would normally have ‘crunched’ the image to give various different sizes, including a thumbnail, all smaller than the original To prevent this, “TinyMCE remove-base-64-image” contains a small piece of javascript that checks the TinyMCE editor every 1.5 seconds and immediately removes any base64 image found, also displaying an alert message: ‘Sorry, dragging images into the editor is blocked as it will cause your webpages to load slowly, please use the “Add Media” button!’. If you manage multiple WordPress sites this plugin will save you time checking if your clients are unwittingly crippling their page downloads. A [PixelTiger](http://www.pixeltiger.co.uk/program.html) plugin. ### Developer Notes I am aware that using setInterval to detect a freshly dropped image is not ideal from a theoretical standpoint as most of the time it’s unnecessary and it could impact TinyMCE performance, albeit by a tiny amount. If you check the TinyMCE forums you will find another suggested method: [Disable drag/drop facility](http://www.TinyMCE.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5090)( last post by Arvind, 2012-07-09) which involves modifying tiny_mce.js to detect the DOMNodeInserted event then deleting the new image node. While this seems sound, if you try to locate the ‘_addEvents function section’ mentioned you’ll find it’s not in tiny_mce.js version 3.5.8-wp. I also searched the TinyMCE documentation for a way to bind this event in a plugin, but no joy there either. So if you’re a javascript genius feel free to make this plugin redundant with a DOM checking one. Until that time arrives I hope people find this useful. ## Screenshots * [[ * This shows the javascript alert message produced by dropping an image into the TinyMCE editor. If you want to change it edit line 13 of /removeBase64/editor_plugin. js ## Installation 1. Upload the folder `tinymce-remove-base64-image` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ Why does this plugin sometimes take more than 1.5 seconds to give an alert “TinyMCE remove-base-64-image” can only remove an image and alert the user after browser conversion of the image to base64 code has completed, and this takes longer for large images. Why doesn’t this plugin work with my theme? Make sure you have the following hook in your theme’s header.php file just before` `: ``` ``` Does this plugin have any javascript dependencies? Only TinyMCE, the default WordPress editor. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “TinyMCE remove-base-64-image” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ LingoJon ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lingojon/) [Translate “TinyMCE remove-base-64-image” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/tinymce-remove-base-64-image) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tinymce-remove-base-64-image/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/tinymce-remove-base-64-image/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tinymce-remove-base-64-image/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tinymce-remove-base-64-image/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.2 Corrected folder name in path. #### 1.0.1 Fixed broken path to editor_plugin.js caused by WP_PLUGIN_URL no longer working in WordPress 3.5.2. Now uses plugins_url(). Also simplified javascript to use setInterval without unnecessary closure. #### 1.0.0 First version released. ## Meta * Version **1.0.2** * Last updated **13 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 3.5.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.5.2** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-remove-base-64-image/) * Tags * [base64](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/base64/)[Firefox](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/firefox/) [image](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image/)[tinyMCE](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tinymce/) * [Advanced View](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-remove-base-64-image/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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