Classic WordPress and Beaver Builder text editor toolbars don't match

There are two types of differences between the classic WordPress classic text editor and the Beaver Builder text editor that you might notice:

• The classic WordPress text editor toolbar has some icons that Beaver Builder text editor doesn't, and vice versa.
• Some WordPress plugins add icons to the WordPress text editor toolbar that don't appear in the Beaver Builder text editor toolbar.

Both of these cases are described here.

Editor toolbar differences

If you're used to working with the WordPress text editor, you might notice some subtle differences in the Beaver Builder text editor. Here's a specific comparison. The Beaver Builder text editor is displayed above and the WordPress text editor is displayed below.

Item in the Beaver Builder text editor that doesn't appear in the WordPress editor:

(This is the orange item in the Beaver Builder text editor in the screenshot above)

• Font size
  This setting makes it convenient to change text size without going to the Text tab and typing in the code.

Items in the classic WordPress editor that are missing in the BeaverBuilder text editor:

(These are the green items in the WordPress editor in the screenshot above)

1. Insert Read More tag
   Beaver Builder doesn't use the more tag or the text <!--more--> because it breaks Beaver Builder. Insert a link instead.

2. Text strikethrough
   You can add text strikethrough in either of the following ways:

   • Click the Text tab and enclose your text in an <s> tag. For example:
     <s>keyboard shortcuts</s> results in keyboard shortcuts.

   • Use the Alt+Shift+d keyboard shortcut on Windows; Control+Option+d on Mac.

3. Keyboard shortcuts
   You can access a more complete list of keyboard shortcuts in the WordPress codex.

4. Certain plugin buttons
   See the next section.

Plugin buttons or icons in the classic WordPress toolbar missing in the Beaver Builder text editor

In addition, there can be special buttons or icons on your WordPress editor toolbar for plugins that don't appear in the Beaver Builder text editor. Besides the Pods shortcode button in the previous screenshot, the following screenshot shows some plugin buttons and an icon in the WordPress editor toolbar.

Only one of these plugin buttons remains in Beaver Builder:

Plugin buttons that appear in the WordPress text editor are removed in Beaver Builder because, in WordPress coding concepts, the WordPress text editor operates in the "back end" and Beaver Builder operates in the "front end." Many plugins are only coded to work in the WordPress back end admin area, and when used in the front end, they don't work or even completely break Beaver Builder.

The only way to fix this is to contact the plugin developer and request that they make the plugin Beaver Builder-compatible and add the button to the UI with a priority higher than 9999.