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Migrating from predefined builds

Before version 42.0.0, the predefined builds were the easiest way to get started with CKEditor 5. They provided an out-of-the-box editor with a predefined set of plugins and a default configuration. However, they had limitations, such as the inability to customize the editor by adding or removing plugins.

The new installation methods solve this problem. They allow you to fully customize the editor, whether you use npm packages or browser builds.

Migrating from the predefined builds to the new installation methods should mostly be a matter of copying and pasting the code below to replace the old code. The code to copy depends on the build and distribution method you used.

# Prerequisites

Before you start, follow the usual upgrade path to update your project to use the latest version of CKEditor 5. This will rule out any problems that may be caused by upgrading from an outdated version of CKEditor 5.

# Migration steps

# npm

If you are using predefined builds from npm, follow the steps below:

  1. Start by uninstalling the old build package. It can be identified by the @ckeditor/ckeditor5-build- prefix. For example, if you were using the @ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-classic package, you should uninstall it. Below is the command to uninstall all predefined builds.

    npm uninstall \
        @ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-balloon \
        @ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-balloon-block \
        @ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-classic \
        @ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-decoupled-document \
        @ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-inline \
        @ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-multi-root
    
  2. Next, install the ckeditor5 package. This package contains the editor and all of our open-source plugins.

    npm install ckeditor5
    
  3. (Optional) If you are using premium features from our commercial offer, you should also install the ckeditor5-premium-features package.

    npm install ckeditor5-premium-features
    
  4. Open the file where you initialized the editor. Then replace the import statement and the initialization code depending on the build you are using.

    Classic editor

    Before:

    import ClassicEditor from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-classic';
    
    ClassicEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    

    After:

    import {
        ClassicEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } from 'ckeditor5';
    
    import 'ckeditor5/ckeditor5.css';
    
    class Editor extends ClassicEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    
    Inline editor

    Before:

    import InlineEditor from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-inline';
    
    InlineEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    

    After:

    import {
        InlineEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } from 'ckeditor5';
    
    import 'ckeditor5/ckeditor5.css';
    
    class Editor extends InlineEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    
    Balloon editor

    Before:

    import BalloonEditor from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-balloon';
    
    BalloonEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    

    After:

    import {
        BalloonEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } from 'ckeditor5';
    
    import 'ckeditor5/ckeditor5.css';
    
    class Editor extends BalloonEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    
    Balloon block editor

    Before:

    import BalloonEditor from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-balloon-block';
    
    BalloonEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    

    After:

    import {
        BalloonEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        BlockToolbar,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } from 'ckeditor5';
    
    import 'ckeditor5/ckeditor5.css';
    
    /*
    Create an additional stylesheet file with the given content:
    
    .ck.ck-block-toolbar-button {
        transform: translateX( calc(-1 * var(--ck-spacing-large)) );
    }
    */
    
    class Editor extends BalloonEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            BlockToolbar,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            blockToolbar: [
                'undo', 'redo',
                '|', 'heading',
                '|', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
            ],
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'bold', 'italic', 'link'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    
    Decoupled document editor

    Before:

    import DecoupledEditor from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-decoupled-document';
    
    DecoupledEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    

    After:

    import {
        DecoupledEditor,
        Essentials,
        Alignment,
        FontSize,
        FontFamily,
        FontColor,
        FontBackgroundColor,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        Strikethrough,
        Underline,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageResize,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        IndentBlock,
        Link,
        List,
        ListProperties,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } from 'ckeditor5';
    
    import 'ckeditor5/ckeditor5.css';
    
    class Editor extends DecoupledEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            Alignment,
            FontSize,
            FontFamily,
            FontColor,
            FontBackgroundColor,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            Strikethrough,
            Underline,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageResize,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            IndentBlock,
            Link,
            List,
            ListProperties,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'fontfamily', 'fontsize', 'fontColor', 'fontBackgroundColor',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'strikethrough',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'alignment',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                resizeUnit: 'px',
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:wrapText',
                    'imageStyle:breakText',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            list: {
                properties: {
                    styles: true,
                    startIndex: true,
                    reversed: true
                }
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    
    Multi-root editor

    Before:

    import DecoupledEditor from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-build-multi-root';
    
    MultiRootEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    

    After:

    import {
        MultiRootEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } from 'ckeditor5';
    
    import 'ckeditor5/ckeditor5.css';
    
    class Editor extends MultiRootEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    
  5. Unlike when using predefined builds, you are now free to customize the editor by adding or removing plugins. However, before you do this, you should test the editor to make sure it works as expected.

# CDN

If you are using the predefined builds from CDN, follow the steps below depending on whether you want to use JavaScript modules (ESM) with imports or standard (UMD) scripts with global variables.

# CDN with imports

One notable difference between the old build and the new ESM build is that the former uses the <script> tags while the latter uses the <script type="module"> tags, which behave differently in some cases. For more information, see this MDN page explaining the differences between modules and standard scripts.

  1. Start by removing the <script> tags that contain the old build.

    <script src="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/<VERSION>/classic/ckeditor.js"></script>
    
  2. Add the <link> tags to include the editor’s CSS files and the <script type="importmap"> tag to map the package names to the build URLs.

    2.1 If you only use the open-source features:

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/43.3.1/ckeditor5.css" />
    
    <script type="importmap">
    {
        "imports": {
            "ckeditor5": "https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/43.3.1/ckeditor5.js",
            "ckeditor5/": "https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/43.3.1/"
        }
    }
    </script>
    

    2.2 If you also use premium features from our commercial offer:

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/43.3.1/ckeditor5.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5-premium-features/43.3.1/ckeditor5-premium-features.css" />
    
    <script type="importmap">
    {
        "imports": {
            "ckeditor5": "https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/43.3.1/ckeditor5.js",
            "ckeditor5/": "https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/43.3.1/",
            "ckeditor5-premium-features": "https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5-premium-features/43.3.1/ckeditor5-premium-features.js",
            "ckeditor5-premium-features/": "https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5-premium-features/43.3.1/"
        }
    }
    </script>
    
  3. Replace the old <script> tag, which contains the initialization code, depending on the build you are using.

    Classic editor

    Before:

    <script>
    ClassicEditor
        .create( document.querySelector( '#editor' ) )
        .catch( error => {
                console.error( error );
        } );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script type="module">
    import {
        ClassicEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } from 'ckeditor5';
    
    class Editor extends ClassicEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
    Inline editor

    Before:

    <script>
    InlineEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script type="module">
    import {
        InlineEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } from 'ckeditor5';
    
    class Editor extends InlineEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
    Balloon editor

    Before:

    <script>
    BalloonEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script type="module">
    import {
        BalloonEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } from 'ckeditor5';
    
    class Editor extends BalloonEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
    Balloon block editor

    Before:

    <script>
    BalloonEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script type="module">
    import {
        BalloonEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        BlockToolbar,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } from 'ckeditor5';
    
    /*
    Create an additional stylesheet file with the given content:
    
    .ck.ck-block-toolbar-button {
        transform: translateX( calc(-1 * var(--ck-spacing-large)) );
    }
    */
    
    class Editor extends BalloonEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            BlockToolbar,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            blockToolbar: [
                'undo', 'redo',
                '|', 'heading',
                '|', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
            ],
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'bold', 'italic', 'link'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
    Decoupled document editor

    Before:

    <script>
    DecoupledEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script type="module">
    import {
        DecoupledEditor,
        Essentials,
        Alignment,
        FontSize,
        FontFamily,
        FontColor,
        FontBackgroundColor,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        Strikethrough,
        Underline,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageResize,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        IndentBlock,
        Link,
        List,
        ListProperties,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } from 'ckeditor5';
    
    class Editor extends DecoupledEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            Alignment,
            FontSize,
            FontFamily,
            FontColor,
            FontBackgroundColor,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            Strikethrough,
            Underline,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageResize,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            IndentBlock,
            Link,
            List,
            ListProperties,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'fontfamily', 'fontsize', 'fontColor', 'fontBackgroundColor',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'strikethrough',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'alignment',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                resizeUnit: 'px',
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:wrapText',
                    'imageStyle:breakText',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            list: {
                properties: {
                    styles: true,
                    startIndex: true,
                    reversed: true
                }
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
    Multi-root editor

    Before:

    <script>
    MultiRootEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script type="module">
    import {
        MultiRootEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } from 'ckeditor5';
    
    class Editor extends MultiRootEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
    Superbuild

    Please note that the snippet below does not include plugins for the math equations and chemical formulas and spelling, grammar, and punctuation checking features which were part of the old superbuild.

    Please contact us if you require these features in the CDN distribution.

    Before:

    <script>
    ClassicEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script type="module">
    import {
        ClassicEditor as ClassicEditorBase,
        InlineEditor as InlineEditorBase,
        BalloonEditor as BalloonEditorBase,
        DecoupledEditor as DecoupledEditorBase,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Alignment,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        Underline,
        Strikethrough,
        Superscript,
        Subscript,
        Code,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKBoxImageEdit,
        CKFinder,
        CloudServices,
        CodeBlock,
        EasyImage,
        Essentials,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        AutoImage,
        ImageResize,
        ImageUpload,
        ImageInsert,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        IndentBlock,
        TextPartLanguage,
        Link,
        AutoLink,
        LinkImage,
        List,
        ListProperties,
        TodoList,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        FindAndReplace,
        FontBackgroundColor,
        FontColor,
        FontFamily,
        FontSize,
        Highlight,
        HorizontalLine,
        HtmlEmbed,
        GeneralHtmlSupport,
        HtmlComment,
        Mention,
        PageBreak,
        PasteFromOffice,
        RemoveFormat,
        StandardEditingMode,
        ShowBlocks,
        Style,
        SourceEditing,
        SpecialCharacters,
        SpecialCharactersEssentials,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TableCellProperties,
        TableProperties,
        TableCaption,
        TableColumnResize,
        TextTransformation,
        WordCount,
        Base64UploadAdapter
    } from 'ckeditor5';
    
    import {
        AIAssistant,
        OpenAITextAdapter,
        CaseChange,
        Comments,
        ExportPdf,
        ExportWord,
        MultiLevelList,
        Pagination,
        RealTimeCollaborativeComments,
        RealTimeCollaborativeRevisionHistory,
        RealTimeCollaborativeTrackChanges,
        RevisionHistory,
        TrackChanges,
        TrackChangesData
    } from 'ckeditor5-premium-features';
    
    class ClassicEditor extends ClassicEditorBase {}
    
    class InlineEditor extends InlineEditorBase {}
    
    class BalloonEditor extends BalloonEditorBase {}
    
    class DecoupledEditor extends DecoupledEditorBase {}
    
    for ( const Editor of [ ClassicEditor, InlineEditor, BalloonEditor, DecoupledEditor ] ) {
        // Plugins to include in the build.
        Editor.builtinPlugins = [
            AIAssistant, OpenAITextAdapter,
            Base64UploadAdapter,
            Alignment,
            Autoformat,
            Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough, Superscript, Subscript, Code,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox, CKBoxImageEdit,
            CKFinder, CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            CloudServices,
            CodeBlock,
            Comments,
            EasyImage,
            Essentials,
            ExportPdf,
            ExportWord,
            Heading,
            Image, ImageCaption, ImageStyle, ImageToolbar, AutoImage, ImageResize, ImageUpload, ImageInsert, PictureEditing,
            Indent, IndentBlock,
            TextPartLanguage,
            Link, AutoLink, LinkImage,
            List, ListProperties, TodoList,
            MultiLevelList,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            FindAndReplace,
            FontBackgroundColor, FontColor, FontFamily, FontSize,
            Highlight,
            HorizontalLine,
            HtmlEmbed,
            GeneralHtmlSupport, HtmlComment,
            Mention,
            PageBreak,
            PasteFromOffice,
            Pagination,
            RealTimeCollaborativeComments, RealTimeCollaborativeRevisionHistory, RealTimeCollaborativeTrackChanges, PresenceList,
            RemoveFormat,
            RevisionHistory,
            StandardEditingMode,
            ShowBlocks,
            Style,
            SpecialCharacters, SpecialCharactersEssentials,
            Table, TableToolbar, TableCellProperties, TableProperties, TableCaption, TableColumnResize,
            TrackChanges, TrackChangesData,
            TextTransformation,
            WordCount,
            DocumentOutline, TableOfContents, FormatPainter, Template, SlashCommand, PasteFromOfficeEnhanced, CaseChange
        ];
    
        Editor.defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: [
                'aiCommands', 'aiAssistant',
                '|',
                // Productivity pack.
                'tableOfContents', 'formatPainter', 'insertTemplate', 'caseChange',
                '|',
                'pagination',
                '|',
                'trackChanges', 'revisionHistory', 'comment',
                '|',
                'heading', 'style',
                '|',
                'removeFormat', 'bold', 'italic', 'strikethrough', 'underline', 'code', 'subscript', 'superscript', 'link',
                '|',
                'highlight', 'fontSize', 'fontFamily', 'fontColor', 'fontBackgroundColor',
                '|',
                'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'multiLevelList', 'todoList',
                '|',
                'blockQuote', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'mediaEmbed', 'codeBlock',
                '|',
                'htmlEmbed',
                '|',
                'alignment', 'outdent', 'indent',
                '|',
                'pageBreak', 'horizontalLine', 'specialCharacters',
                '|',
                'textPartLanguage',
                '|',
                'showBlocks',
                '|',
                'undo', 'redo', 'findAndReplace'
            ],
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn', 'tableRow', 'mergeTableCells', 'tableProperties', 'tableCellProperties', 'toggleTableCaption'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                styles: [
                    'alignCenter',
                    'alignLeft',
                    'alignRight'
                ],
                resizeOptions: [
                    {
                        name: 'resizeImage:original',
                        label: 'Original size',
                        value: null
                    },
                    {
                        name: 'resizeImage:50',
                        label: '50%',
                        value: '50'
                    },
                    {
                        name: 'resizeImage:75',
                        label: '75%',
                        value: '75'
                    }
                ],
                toolbar: [
                    'imageTextAlternative', 'toggleImageCaption', '|',
                    'imageStyle:inline', 'imageStyle:wrapText', 'imageStyle:breakText', 'imageStyle:side', '|',
                    'resizeImage', '|',
                    'ckboxImageEdit'
                ],
                insert: {
                    integrations: [
                        'insertImageViaUrl'
                    ]
                }
            },
            comments: {
                editorConfig: {
                    extraPlugins: [ Bold, Italic, Underline, List ]
                }
            },
            placeholder: 'Type the content here!',
            language: 'en'
        };
    
        // Enable the `SourceEditing` plugin for ClassicEditor only.
        if ( Editor === ClassicEditor ) {
            Editor.builtinPlugins.push( SourceEditing );
    
            Editor.defaultConfig.toolbar.push( '|', 'sourceEditing' );
        }
    
        // Enable the `Pagination` plugin for DecoupledEditor only.
        if ( Editor === DecoupledEditor ) {
            Editor.builtinPlugins.push( Pagination );
    
            Editor.defaultConfig.toolbar.unshift( 'sourceEditing', '|' );
    
            Editor.defaultConfig.pagination = {
                // A4
                pageWidth: '21cm',
                pageHeight: '29.7cm',
    
                pageMargins: {
                    top: '20mm',
                    bottom: '20mm',
                    right: '12mm',
                    left: '12mm'
                }
            };
        }
    }
    
    ClassicEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
  4. Unlike when using predefined builds, you are now free to customize the editor by adding or removing plugins. However, before you do this, you should test the editor to make sure it works as expected.

# CDN with global variables

  1. Start by removing the <script> tags that contain the old build.

    <script src="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/<VERSION>/classic/ckeditor.js"></script>
    
  2. Add the <link> and <script> tags to include the editor’s styles and code.

    2.1 If you only use the open-source features:

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/43.3.1/ckeditor5.css" />
    <script src="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/43.3.1/ckeditor5.umd.js"></script>
    

    2.2 If you also use premium features from our commercial offer:

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/43.3.1/ckeditor5.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5-premium-features/43.3.1/ckeditor5-premium-features.css" />
    <script src="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/43.3.1/ckeditor5.umd.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5-premium-features/43.3.1/ckeditor5-premium-features.umd.js"></script>
    
  3. Replace the old <script> tag, which contains the initialization code, depending on the build you are using.

    Classic editor

    Before:

    <script>
    ClassicEditor
        .create( document.querySelector( '#editor' ) )
        .catch( error => {
                console.error( error );
        } );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script>
    const {
        ClassicEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } = CKEDITOR;
    
    class Editor extends ClassicEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
    Inline editor

    Before:

    <script>
    InlineEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script>
    const {
        InlineEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } = CKEDITOR;
    
    class Editor extends InlineEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
    Balloon editor

    Before:

    <script>
    BalloonEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script>
    const {
        BalloonEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } = CKEDITOR;
    
    class Editor extends BalloonEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
    Balloon block editor

    Before:

    <script>
    BalloonEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script>
    const {
        BalloonEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        BlockToolbar,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } = CKEDITOR;
    
    /*
    Create an additional stylesheet file with the given content:
    
    .ck.ck-block-toolbar-button {
        transform: translateX( calc(-1 * var(--ck-spacing-large)) );
    }
    */
    
    class Editor extends BalloonEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            BlockToolbar,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            blockToolbar: [
                'undo', 'redo',
                '|', 'heading',
                '|', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
            ],
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'bold', 'italic', 'link'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
    Decoupled document editor

    Before:

    <script>
    DecoupledEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script>
    const {
        DecoupledEditor,
        Essentials,
        Alignment,
        FontSize,
        FontFamily,
        FontColor,
        FontBackgroundColor,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        Strikethrough,
        Underline,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageResize,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        IndentBlock,
        Link,
        List,
        ListProperties,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } = CKEDITOR;
    
    class Editor extends DecoupledEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            Alignment,
            FontSize,
            FontFamily,
            FontColor,
            FontBackgroundColor,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            Strikethrough,
            Underline,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageResize,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            IndentBlock,
            Link,
            List,
            ListProperties,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'fontfamily', 'fontsize', 'fontColor', 'fontBackgroundColor',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'strikethrough',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'alignment',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                resizeUnit: 'px',
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:wrapText',
                    'imageStyle:breakText',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            list: {
                properties: {
                    styles: true,
                    startIndex: true,
                    reversed: true
                }
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
    Multi-root editor

    Before:

    <script>
    MultiRootEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script>
    const {
        MultiRootEditor,
        Essentials,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKFinder,
        EasyImage,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        ImageUpload,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        Link,
        List,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        PasteFromOffice,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TextTransformation,
        CloudServices
    } = CKEDITOR;
    
    class Editor extends MultiRootEditor {
        static builtinPlugins = [
            Essentials,
            CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            Autoformat,
            Bold,
            Italic,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox,
            CKFinder,
            CloudServices,
            EasyImage,
            Heading,
            Image,
            ImageCaption,
            ImageStyle,
            ImageToolbar,
            ImageUpload,
            Indent,
            Link,
            List,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            PasteFromOffice,
            PictureEditing,
            Table,
            TableToolbar,
            TextTransformation
        ];
    
        static defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: {
                items: [
                    'undo', 'redo',
                    '|', 'heading',
                    '|', 'bold', 'italic',
                    '|', 'link', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'blockQuote', 'mediaEmbed',
                    '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'outdent', 'indent'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                toolbar: [
                    'imageStyle:inline',
                    'imageStyle:block',
                    'imageStyle:side',
                    '|',
                    'toggleImageCaption',
                    'imageTextAlternative'
                ]
            },
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn',
                    'tableRow',
                    'mergeTableCells'
                ]
            },
            language: 'en'
        };
    }
    
    Editor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
    Superbuild

    Please note that the snippet below does not include plugins for the math equations and chemical formulas and spelling, grammar, and punctuation checking features which were part of the old superbuild.

    Please contact us if you require these features in the CDN distribution.

    Before:

    <script>
    ClassicEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    

    After:

    <script>
    const {
        ClassicEditor: ClassicEditorBase,
        InlineEditor: InlineEditorBase,
        BalloonEditor: BalloonEditorBase,
        DecoupledEditor: DecoupledEditorBase,
        CKFinderUploadAdapter,
        Alignment,
        Autoformat,
        Bold,
        Italic,
        Underline,
        Strikethrough,
        Superscript,
        Subscript,
        Code,
        BlockQuote,
        CKBox,
        CKBoxImageEdit,
        CKFinder,
        CloudServices,
        CodeBlock,
        EasyImage,
        Essentials,
        Heading,
        Image,
        ImageCaption,
        ImageStyle,
        ImageToolbar,
        AutoImage,
        ImageResize,
        ImageUpload,
        ImageInsert,
        PictureEditing,
        Indent,
        IndentBlock,
        TextPartLanguage,
        Link,
        AutoLink,
        LinkImage,
        List,
        ListProperties,
        TodoList,
        MediaEmbed,
        Paragraph,
        FindAndReplace,
        FontBackgroundColor,
        FontColor,
        FontFamily,
        FontSize,
        Highlight,
        HorizontalLine,
        HtmlEmbed,
        GeneralHtmlSupport,
        HtmlComment,
        Mention,
        PageBreak,
        PasteFromOffice,
        RemoveFormat,
        StandardEditingMode,
        ShowBlocks,
        Style,
        SourceEditing,
        SpecialCharacters,
        SpecialCharactersEssentials,
        Table,
        TableToolbar,
        TableCellProperties,
        TableProperties,
        TableCaption,
        TableColumnResize,
        TextTransformation,
        WordCount,
        Base64UploadAdapter
    } = CKEDITOR;
    
    const {
        AIAssistant,
        OpenAITextAdapter,
        CaseChange,
        Comments,
        ExportPdf,
        ExportWord,
        MultiLevelList,
        Pagination,
        RealTimeCollaborativeComments,
        RealTimeCollaborativeRevisionHistory,
        RealTimeCollaborativeTrackChanges,
        RevisionHistory,
        TrackChanges,
        TrackChangesData
    } = CKEDITOR_PREMIUM_FEATURES;
    
    class ClassicEditor extends ClassicEditorBase {}
    
    class InlineEditor extends InlineEditorBase {}
    
    class BalloonEditor extends BalloonEditorBase {}
    
    class DecoupledEditor extends DecoupledEditorBase {}
    
    for ( const Editor of [ ClassicEditor, InlineEditor, BalloonEditor, DecoupledEditor ] ) {
        // Plugins to include in the build.
        Editor.builtinPlugins = [
            AIAssistant, OpenAITextAdapter,
            Base64UploadAdapter,
            Alignment,
            Autoformat,
            Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough, Superscript, Subscript, Code,
            BlockQuote,
            CKBox, CKBoxImageEdit,
            CKFinder, CKFinderUploadAdapter,
            CloudServices,
            CodeBlock,
            Comments,
            EasyImage,
            Essentials,
            ExportPdf,
            ExportWord,
            Heading,
            Image, ImageCaption, ImageStyle, ImageToolbar, AutoImage, ImageResize, ImageUpload, ImageInsert, PictureEditing,
            Indent, IndentBlock,
            TextPartLanguage,
            Link, AutoLink, LinkImage,
            List, ListProperties, TodoList,
            MultiLevelList,
            MediaEmbed,
            Paragraph,
            FindAndReplace,
            FontBackgroundColor, FontColor, FontFamily, FontSize,
            Highlight,
            HorizontalLine,
            HtmlEmbed,
            GeneralHtmlSupport, HtmlComment,
            Mention,
            PageBreak,
            PasteFromOffice,
            Pagination,
            RealTimeCollaborativeComments, RealTimeCollaborativeRevisionHistory, RealTimeCollaborativeTrackChanges, PresenceList,
            RemoveFormat,
            RevisionHistory,
            StandardEditingMode,
            ShowBlocks,
            Style,
            SpecialCharacters, SpecialCharactersEssentials,
            Table, TableToolbar, TableCellProperties, TableProperties, TableCaption, TableColumnResize,
            TrackChanges, TrackChangesData,
            TextTransformation,
            WordCount,
            DocumentOutline, TableOfContents, FormatPainter, Template, SlashCommand, PasteFromOfficeEnhanced, CaseChange
        ];
    
        Editor.defaultConfig = {
            toolbar: [
                'aiCommands', 'aiAssistant',
                '|',
                // Productivity pack.
                'tableOfContents', 'formatPainter', 'insertTemplate', 'caseChange',
                '|',
                'pagination',
                '|',
                'trackChanges', 'revisionHistory', 'comment',
                '|',
                'heading', 'style',
                '|',
                'removeFormat', 'bold', 'italic', 'strikethrough', 'underline', 'code', 'subscript', 'superscript', 'link',
                '|',
                'highlight', 'fontSize', 'fontFamily', 'fontColor', 'fontBackgroundColor',
                '|',
                'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'multiLevelList', 'todoList',
                '|',
                'blockQuote', 'uploadImage', 'insertTable', 'mediaEmbed', 'codeBlock',
                '|',
                'htmlEmbed',
                '|',
                'alignment', 'outdent', 'indent',
                '|',
                'pageBreak', 'horizontalLine', 'specialCharacters',
                '|',
                'textPartLanguage',
                '|',
                'showBlocks',
                '|',
                'undo', 'redo', 'findAndReplace'
            ],
            table: {
                contentToolbar: [
                    'tableColumn', 'tableRow', 'mergeTableCells', 'tableProperties', 'tableCellProperties', 'toggleTableCaption'
                ]
            },
            image: {
                styles: [
                    'alignCenter',
                    'alignLeft',
                    'alignRight'
                ],
                resizeOptions: [
                    {
                        name: 'resizeImage:original',
                        label: 'Original size',
                        value: null
                    },
                    {
                        name: 'resizeImage:50',
                        label: '50%',
                        value: '50'
                    },
                    {
                        name: 'resizeImage:75',
                        label: '75%',
                        value: '75'
                    }
                ],
                toolbar: [
                    'imageTextAlternative', 'toggleImageCaption', '|',
                    'imageStyle:inline', 'imageStyle:wrapText', 'imageStyle:breakText', 'imageStyle:side', '|',
                    'resizeImage', '|',
                    'ckboxImageEdit'
                ],
                insert: {
                    integrations: [
                        'insertImageViaUrl'
                    ]
                }
            },
            comments: {
                editorConfig: {
                    extraPlugins: [ Bold, Italic, Underline, List ]
                }
            },
            placeholder: 'Type the content here!',
            language: 'en'
        };
    
        // Enable the `SourceEditing` plugin for ClassicEditor only.
        if ( Editor === ClassicEditor ) {
            Editor.builtinPlugins.push( SourceEditing );
    
            Editor.defaultConfig.toolbar.push( '|', 'sourceEditing' );
        }
    
        // Enable the `Pagination` plugin for DecoupledEditor only.
        if ( Editor === DecoupledEditor ) {
            Editor.builtinPlugins.push( Pagination );
    
            Editor.defaultConfig.toolbar.unshift( 'sourceEditing', '|' );
    
            Editor.defaultConfig.pagination = {
                // A4
                pageWidth: '21cm',
                pageHeight: '29.7cm',
    
                pageMargins: {
                    top: '20mm',
                    bottom: '20mm',
                    right: '12mm',
                    left: '12mm'
                }
            };
        }
    }
    
    ClassicEditor
        .create( /* Configuration */ )
        .catch( error => console.error( error ) );
    </script>
    
  4. Unlike when using predefined builds, you are now free to customize the editor by adding or removing plugins. However, before you do this, you should test the editor to make sure it works as expected.