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✅ 1. ProseMirror — Modern WYSIWYG Editor
If what you want is a What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) interface — where you format text visually without typing wiki markup — the ProseMirror plugin is the closest you’ll get for DokuWiki. It lets you edit pages much like a word processor.
Key points:
- Provides a visual editor instead of the standard plain text.
- You can bold, underline, insert lists, headings, etc., without manually writing the syntax.
- You can toggle between WYSIWYG and plain syntax editing.
💡 It isn’t drag-and-drop layout (blocks you can move around freely) like Word, but it does remove most of the need to learn special wiki characters.
Install via:
Admin → Extension Manager → Search for prosemirror
⚠️ Other WYSIWYG Editors (less ideal)
There are some older/incomplete WYSIWYG plugins (e.g., CKEditor based like ckgedit), but they mostly produce HTML behind the scenes and then convert it back to wiki syntax — which can mess up formatting.
🧱 2. Layout Extensions (partial help)
These don’t give Word-like WYSIWYG layout, but they help structure content:
- block Plugin — lets you create styled boxes and text blocks easily.
- EditTable Plugin — makes creating tables easier without editing wiki syntax manually.
These still require some markup but can simplify structured layouts.
❓ What you cannot get easily
There currently isn’t a plugin that turns DokuWiki into full drag-and-drop page layout (like Word or a CMS page builder) out of the box. The closest is the modern WYSIWYG editor (ProseMirror), which handles most formatting tasks visually.
Summary Recommendation
👉 Install the ProseMirror plugin — it’s the best way to edit pages without needing to think in wiki syntax.
If you want, I can link you to the exact plugin page and installation instructions.