@ckeditor/ckeditor5-essentials

CKEditor 5 essentials plugin

Essential editing features for CKEditor 5 wrapped in one plugin.

The Essentials plugin includes all fundamental editing features:

• Clipboard
• Enter
• SelectAll
• Typing
• Undo

Installation

This plugin is part of the ckeditor5 package. Install the whole package to use it.

npm install ckeditor5

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Documentation

See the @ckeditor/ckeditor5-essentials package page in CKEditor 5 documentation.

License

Licensed under a dual-license model, this software is available under:

• the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later,
• or commercial license terms from CKSource Holding sp. z o.o.

For more information, see: https://ckeditor.com/legal/ckeditor-licensing-options.

Changelog

46.1.0 (September 10, 2025)

We are happy to announce the release of CKEditor 5 v46.1.0.

Release highlights

Smoother drag & drop of widgets on iOS

We updated the implementation for more reliable drag-and-drop on iOS touch devices. The behavior on the desktop devices remains unchanged.

Pagination improvements

We reverted a low-level change to improve stability in pagination, especially in scenarios including long tables.

Hide a user in the Server-side editing API

The Server-side editor API now supports a hidden_in_presence_list user flag. You can use this mechanism to prevent automation script users from appearing in the editor’s presence list while scripts run.

Comments’ markers clean up

We provided a better handling of edge cases where a marker points to a non-existing comment thread (for example, due to integrator mistakes). Such markers are now removed automatically to keep the editor stable.

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