I'm trying to add a button to my TinyMCE editor. I'm using WordPress 3.9.1, so I'm following this tutorial to add a new TinyMCE button. Right now, I'm just trying to get the tutorial version working--once that's done, I'll edit the button's script to actually do what I want.
I've added this to my child theme's functions.php file:
// Hooks your functions into the correct filters function my_add_mce_button() { // check user permissions if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) && !current_user_can( 'edit_pages' ) ) { return; } // check if WYSIWYG is enabled if ( 'true' == get_user_option( 'rich_editing' ) ) { add_filter( 'mce_external_plugins', 'my_add_tinymce_plugin' ); add_filter( 'mce_buttons', 'my_register_mce_button' ); } } add_action('admin_head', 'my_add_mce_button'); // Declare script for new button function my_add_tinymce_plugin( $plugin_array ) { $plugin_array['my_mce_button'] = get_template_directory_uri() .'/js/mce-button.js'; return $plugin_array; } // Register new button in the editor function my_register_mce_button( $buttons ) { array_push( $buttons, 'my_mce_button' ); return $buttons; } I've also created a script with the content below, and saved it as "mce-button.js" in the /js directory of my child theme's folder.
(function() { tinymce.PluginManager.add('my_mce_button', function( editor, url ) { editor.addButton('my_mce_button', { text: 'New Button', icon: false, onclick: function() { editor.insertContent('WPExplorer.com is awesome!'); } }); }); })(); However, when I save all that and load the post editor (in the "Visual" tab), none of the buttons load, and I can't enter text in the editor. In fact, if I go to the "Text" tab and enter text, then switch back to the "Visual" tab, the text I entered doesn't appear.

Could someone please help me figure out why my TinyMCE editor is breaking, and how I can add buttons properly without breaking it?
Thank you!