Upgrading TinyMCE

Learn more about TinyMCE 5 LTS if you need to remain on TinyMCE 5 and continue to receive security updates.

Upgrading to the latest version of TinyMCE 8

The procedure for upgrading to the latest version of TinyMCE 8 depends on the deployment type.

Tiny Cloud provides the latest enterprise version of TinyMCE. For information on configuring Tiny Cloud, see: the Cloud deployment guide.

Select from the following package managers.

To upgrade to TinyMCE 8.1 using Yarn, run:

yarn upgrade tinymce

To upgrade to TinyMCE 8.1 using npm, run:

npm install tinymce@latest --save

To upgrade to TinyMCE 8.1 using Composer, run:

composer require tinymce/tinymce

To upgrade to TinyMCE 8.1 using NuGet, run:

Install-Package TinyMCE

To upgrade to TinyMCE 8.1 using Bower, run:

bower install tinymce#8.1 --save

To upgrade to TinyMCE 8.1 using a manually downloaded package:

Backup the tinymce/ directory so any customizations can be restored after the upgrade.

Customizations for TinyMCE are typically stored in the following directories:

tinymce/
├── icons/
├── langs/
├── models/
├── plugins/
├── skins/
│   ├── content/
│   └── ui/
└── themes/

Download the latest version of TinyMCE.
- For the TinyMCE Community Version, download tinymce_<VERSION>.zip from Get TinyMCE - Self-hosted releases, where <VERSION> is the latest version of TinyMCE.
- For the TinyMCE Enterprise Version, download the TinyMCE Enterprise Bundle from Tiny Account > Downloads. The downloaded file will be named enterprise_latest.zip.
Extract the downloaded .zip file to a temporary location.
(If required) Install the latest language packs from Get TinyMCE - Language Packages.
Copy customizations to the new tinymce/ directory. Ensure that only custom changes are added the new tinymce/ directory, such as:
- Custom icons packs
- Custom plugins
- Custom skins
- Custom themes
Delete the existing tinymce/ directory and replace with the new tinymce/.

To simplify the upgrade process to future versions of TinyMCE: