# What does wysiwyg mean?

What does wysiwyg mean?

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- Posted at: over 3 years ago
- Author title: Pinned by G2 as a common question



## Comments
### Comment 1

What You See Is What You Get, it means that what you are typing in the editor, in the backend panel, is what you will see in the frontend side.

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- Posted at: over 3 years ago
- Author title: Webmaster, Full-stack developer
- Net upvotes: 1


### Comment 2

WYSIWYG is an acronym, and it means "What You See Is What You Get". Basically, whatever goes in that box is what is what you get when you display that content somewhere else

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- Posted at: over 3 years ago
- Author title: Projects & Technology Coordinator



### Comment 3

The person who is seriously thinking about adopting TinyMCE in their dev environment and yet asks "what does wysiwyg mean" cannot be helped

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- Posted at: over 3 years ago
- Author title: Owner, Netstellar Software




## Related Product
[TinyMCE](https://www.g2.com/products/tinymce/reviews)

## Related Category
[WYSIWYG Editors](https://www.g2.com/categories/wysiwyg-editors)

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