<p>Redactor applies all kinds of 'improvements' to your HTML on save. You might be able to prevent this behaviour by altering the <a href="https://github.com/craftcms/redactor#configuration" rel="nofollow noreferrer">config</a>.</p>

<p>If you want to use a plain text field for html, your only problem is that Twig applies html_encode to outputted text. You can prevent this by using the <code>|raw</code> filter:</p>

<pre><code>{{ entry.plainTextField |raw }}
</code></pre>

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2019-07-15T03:19:07.297Z
raw works. I did check ExpressionEngine and there the field type is called "Textarea" and it's possible to disable the text formatting.
MrGlasspoole
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2019-07-15T04:17:09.960Z
I found the "Simple Text" field plugin. In combination with raw it is like Textarea in EE.
MrGlasspoole
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2019-07-14T09:12:08.617Z
2019-07-14T09:12:08.617Z
Paul
<p>I hate WYSIWYG.<br>
I prefer to write my own html but can't figure out how to put that into a field for entries content. </p>

<p>I tried plain text but that does not work.<br>
I tried to disable cleanup and purify html on Redactor and CKEditor but if i switch to the html view my code is not like it was before saving.</p>

<redactor><wysiwyg><ckeditor5>
Disable WYSIWYG?
# Disable WYSIWYG?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-07-13)

I hate WYSIWYG.  
I prefer to write my own html but can't figure out how to put that into a field for entries content.

I tried plain text but that does not work.  
I tried to disable cleanup and purify html on Redactor and CKEditor but if i switch to the html view my code is not like it was before saving.

**Tags:** redactor, wysiwyg, ckeditor5


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-07-14. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Redactor applies all kinds of 'improvements' to your HTML on save. You might be able to prevent this behaviour by altering the config.
If you want to use a plain text field for html, your only problem is that Twig applies html_encode to outputted text. You can prevent this by using the |raw filter:
{{ entry.plainTextField |raw }}

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: raw works. I did check ExpressionEngine and there the field type is called "Textarea" and it's possible to disable the text formatting.  
> **username_0**: I found the "Simple Text" field plugin. In combination with raw it is like Textarea in EE.  

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