wp.editor.initialize not working

[otgschristian]

WP 4.8 introduced some js methods to dynamically initialise / remove TinyMCE instances.

wp.editor.initialize()
wp.editor.remove()
wp.editor.getContent()

Working perfectly with last stable WP, but not with WP 5.0 (tested up to beta 3). The functions are no longer defined:

wp.editor.initialize is not a function

References:

​https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/05/20/editor-api-changes-in-4-8/

​https://codex.wordpress.org/Javascript_Reference/wp.editor

[otgschristian]

Addition: when using WP5.0 b3 with the last Gutenberg version from Github as standalone plugin I do not have the issue (while writing this it's version 4.2.0-rc.1).

[otgschristian]

Found out that ' wp-api-request' is no longer loaded by default. Adding 'wp-editor' as script dependency for the script using the above mentioned functions and it's working as again.

If this is expected feel free to close the ticket.

[pento]

Thank you for the bug report, @otgschristian!

Do you have a sample of how you enqueued the JavaScript that caused this error?

[otgschristian]

@pento thanks for looking at it.

Here a simple plugin that shows the issue: ​https://github.com/CGlingener/wp-45289

[mcsf]

I don't think this is a defect, as Gutenberg indeed reimplements wp.editor.

Care should now be taken in third-party code to check for the existence of wp.editor.initialize, for instance, or to inspect wp.oldEditor.

[azaozz]

Testing the demo plugin, all seems to work as expected, can see a postbox with another TinyMCE instance. Closing as worksforme.