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Symptoms

When using cPanel's File Manager, the "HTML Editor" tool is no longer available for editing.

Description

File Manager's "HTML Editor" tool utilizes the CKEditor software, which has been removed from all supported versions of cPanel & WHM due to security concerns. A feature has been placed on the roadmap to replace the HTML editor that you can review and vote on here:

cPanel Features: New HTML Editor Interface

Workaround

Please note, as of cPanel 126 and 128, this feature was removed entirely from cPanel. For any installations before then, you may continue to use the built-in text editor to change the files live on the server, or use offline editors on your own device to make your changes.

While cPanel Support does not recommend continuing to use the HTML editor due to security concerns, you can reinstall CKEditor at your own risk by following the steps below.

1. Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or "Terminal" in WHM.

2. Set CKEditor as an installed package. 

   /scripts/update_local_rpm_versions --edit target_settings.ckeditor installed

3. Run the check_cpanel_pkgs script to reinstall the package.

   /scripts/check_cpanel_pkgs --fix --no-digest