How to replace textarea in plugin with wp_editor

Question

I would like to replace a textarea in a wordpress plugin with the wp editor if possible. Here is the textarea code:

<textarea id="<?php echo esc_attr( $html['id'] ); ?>" class="awpcp-textarea required" <?php echo $html['readonly'] ? 'readonly="readonly"' : ''; ?> name="<?php echo esc_attr( $html['name'] ); ?>" rows="10" cols="50" data-max-characters="<?php echo esc_attr( $characters_allowed ); ?>" data-remaining-characters="<?php echo esc_attr( $remaining_characters ); ?>"><?php /* Content alerady escaped if necessary. Do not escape again here! */ echo $value; ?></textarea>

I would appreciate anyone's help. I'm not a coder per se. Thank you in advance for your help.

Pete

Answer 1

You would need to edit the plugin and insert an instance of the wp_editor instead of that textarea.

Refer to the wp_editor function reference.

Answer 2

Try this:

<?php wp_editor( $value, $html['id'], array(
    'textarea_name' => $html['name'],
    'textarea_rows' => 10,
) ); ?>

If you need set read only for editor see How to make the wordpress editor readonly?