Title: wp_quicktags
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# wp_quicktags()

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_quicktags/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_quicktags/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_quicktags/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_quicktags/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_quicktags/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_quicktags/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

This function has been deprecated since 3.3.0. Use [wp_editor()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_editor/)
instead.

Handles quicktags.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_quicktags/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_quicktags/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [wp_editor()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_editor/)

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_quicktags/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function wp_quicktags() {
    	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.3.0', 'wp_editor()' );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php#L813)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php#L813-L815)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_quicktags/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [_deprecated_function()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_deprecated_function/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_quicktags/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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