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The default Joomla!® installation includes an editor for creating new articles and editing existing articles - this is great because this allows you to make a start on creating your Joomla website.
Here at UsingJoomla.com we have a recommendation for a different editor to the default Joomla editor.
Once installed you can choose / set this new editor as the default editor in your site administrator area Global Configuration.
So - what and where is this editor ?
JCE Editor (JCE: Joomla Content Editor) has two versions:
- Core - Free
- Pro - Paid
The JCE core (free) version offers a good selection of functionality, while the JCE Pro (Professional) version offers added functionality not found in the JCE core version.
All articles on UsingJoomla.com - including this article - have been written using JCE Editor (Pro).
Pop over to JCE for an overview of the 
JCE Editor.
We endeavour to be accurate
Precedence should always be given to the official Joomla Content Editor (JCE) websiteJoomla Content Editor (JCE) website
In summary the versions comparison is below, and is also on the overview page linked to above:
| JCE Editor | ||
| Features | Core (Free) |
Pro (Paid) |
Upload Images |
Yes | Yes |
Control Editor Layout and Features via multiple Profiles, by:
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Yes | Yes |
Rename images |
Yes | Yes |
Delete Images |
Yes | Yes |
Cut Images |
Yes | Yes |
Copy Images |
Yes | Yes |
Paste Images |
Yes | Yes |
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| Features | Core (Free) |
Pro (Paid) |
Create links to categories |
Yes | Yes |
Create links to articles |
Yes | Yes |
Create links to weblinks |
Yes | Yes |
Create links to contacts |
Yes | Yes |
WYSIWYG view (What You See Is What You Get) |
Yes | Yes |
Code view |
Yes | Yes |
Preview |
Yes | Yes |
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| Features | Core (Free) |
Pro (Paid) |
Edit styles |
Yes | Yes |
Format text |
Yes | Yes |
Spellcheck |
Yes | Yes |
Control layout and features (with profiles) |
Yes | Yes |
Image editing |
No | Yes |
Image resizing |
No | Yes |
Thumbnailing |
No | Yes |
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| Features | Core (Free) |
Pro (Paid) |
Create Flexbox based responsive columns |
No | Yes |
Embed YouTube videos |
No | Yes |
Embed Vimeo videos |
No | Yes |
Create links to files |
No | Yes |
Create styled captions on images |
No | Yes |
Full featured Source code editing |
No | Yes |
Emoticons plugin |
No | Yes |
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| Features | Core (Free) |
Pro (Paid) |
File manager plugin |
No | Yes |
Media manager plugin |
No | Yes |
Image manager extended plugin |
No | Yes |
Integrated support for Markdown |
No | Yes |
Create tables |
Yes | Yes |
Manage audio and video |
No | Yes |
Support from developer |
No | Yes |
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To read on how to install JCE Editor, on the Joomla v3.x series of Joomla please view the JCE Editor installation instructions.
For tutorials on specific aspects of JCE Editor, please browse the JCE Editor tutorials and JCE Editor documentation
Do you also want, or need to add responsive lightbox-style popups for images, article content or videos ?
No problem.
JCE also have an additional installable package MediaBox which can achieve this.
To see an example of the lightbox style popup click the image: 
Your JCE Editor has the following language packs available.
The language packs below are those reported to be at least 75% complete - can you contribute ? (See 'Notes' sections in the table)
| Available Language Packs |
 Notes |
JCE Editor Translations are provided by volunteers via JCE Translations ProjectTranslations may not be 100% complete or accurate. The developers of JCE Editor are not responsbile for the content, accuracy or suitability of translations. The developers of JCE Editor provide no support for translation files. Language packs are translations of the JCE Editor interface. Users can contribute to translations by joining the JCE Crowdin Translation ProjectMediaBox Language packs are separate to the JCE Editor Language packs. MediaBox translation packs can be found here. |
Catalan Czech Czechoslovakia čeština Československo Danish Denmark Dansk Danmark Dutch Netherlands Nederlands Nederland French France Français France German Germany Deutsches Deutschland Italian Italy Italiano Italia Japanese Japan 日本語 日本 Lithuanian Lithuania lietuvių Lietuva Norwegian Norsk Bokmål Norway Norske Norsk Bokmål Norge Portuguese Brazil Português Brasil Russian Russia Русский Россия Spanish Spain Español España Swedsh Sweden Svenska Sverige Tamil Turkish Turkey Türkçe Türkiye Vietnamese Vietnam Tiếng Việt Việt Nam |
| Notes |
JCE Editor Translations are provided by volunteers via JCE Translations Project Translations may not be 100% complete or accurate. The developers of JCE Editor are not responsbile for the content, accuracy or suitability of translations. The developers of JCE Editor provide no support for translation files. Language packs are translations of the JCE Editor interface. Users can contribute to translations by joining the JCE Crowdin Translation ProjectMediaBox Language packs are separate to the JCE Editor Language packs. MediaBox translation packs can be found here. |
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