Original TinyMCE "link" plugin should be added in Core

[turtlepod]

WordPress uses custom "wplink" plugin, and it's great as content editor, because we can easily search for our content.

But a lot of plugin uses wp_editor() as front end form, and link is crucial feature, but there's no easy way to remove this search ability in wplink.

why remove the original tinymce "link" plugin?
I think it's best to just leave it there, and plugin can use this plugin instead of using wplink (better for general use editor, and not content editor)

[turtlepod]

TinyMCE Link Plugin

[turtlepod]

Video of TinyMCE link plugin in action:
​https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9TdkMXV_Q7GS1R2aHNtUVUydlE/view?usp=sharing

Link:
​https://www.tinymce.com/docs/plugins/link/

This files simply need to be added in "wp-includes\js\tinymce\plugins"

Use case:

• ​https://github.com/Automattic/WP-Job-Manager/issues/920
• ​https://github.com/Automattic/WP-Job-Manager/pull/1139

[azaozz]

The link plugin can be added quite easy from a (WordPress) plugin. After #35760 it probably makes sense to add it and not enable it as it can be used in some cases. Then plugins can just replace wplink with link when needed.

[turtlepod]

TinyMCE Link Plugin

[turtlepod]

Thank you @azaozz I upload a patch (not sure if i did it correctly, I hope I do)

[azaozz]

Replying to turtlepod:

The patch looks good.

[azaozz]

In 41259:

TinyMCE: Add the default link plugin without enabling it. This makes it easy for WordPress plugins to use it at places where wplink is not suitable, for example when initializing the editor from JS.

Props turtlepod.
Fixes #41590.

[danielbachhuber]

For the next person that comes across this...

I ran into the problem of wplink not working when I mounted an editor instance into a Vue component. Fortunately, swapping in link worked just fine.

Switching the plugins was all that was required:

add_filter(
	'teeny_mce_plugin',
	function ( $plugins, $editor_id ) {
		$key = array_search( 'wplink', $plugins, true );
		if ( false !== $key ) {
			unset( $plugins[ $key ] );
			$plugins[] = 'link';
		}
		return $plugins;
	},
	10,
	2
);