---
title: "Checklist plugin"
description: "Add checklists to your content."
canonical_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/5/enterprise-checklist/"
md_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/5/enterprise-checklist/index.md"
version: "5"
last_updated: "2026-06-15T08:52:18Z"
tokens: 463
---
Important This page documents TinyMCE 5. For new projects, Tiny recommends using the latest, most up-to-date version. [See TinyMCE 8 documentation](../../latest/).
# Checklist plugin

A checklist is a proven method to improve productivity and quality of a business and are generally a great way of getting things done. The **Checklist** plugin helps the user keep track of all required actions by creating a simple, clean, and easy to use TODO list.

Common use cases for using a checklist:

- **Private & Work** - Checklist can help in keeping work and private tasks separate for more efficiency.
- **Tracking Bills** - Checklists can be created to avoid forgetting payment cycles to pay a bill on time.
- **Shopping list** - Checklist can help create a grocery list in the browser that can be shared with the other family members to collaborate or act as a reminder while shopping.
- **Entertainment tracker** - Checklist can help create a list of movies & TV series to keep a tab on the movies to watch or set weekly reminders at the right time to avoid missing a show.
- **Industry applications** - There are a lot of professional applications of using a Checklist, such as:

  - Used in quality assurance of software engineering to check process compliance, code standardization, and error prevention.
  - Pre-flight checklists to aid in aviation safety to ensure that critical items are not overlooked.
  - Used by some investors as a critical part of their investment process.
  - Checklists are useful for school camps to create emergency survival kits.
  - In professional diving checklists can be used for preparation of equipment for a diving session.

## Try our Checklist plugin demo

**Example**

```js
tinymce.init({
  selector: 'textarea#checklist',
  plugins: 'lists checklist',
  toolbar: 'checklist',
  height: 250,
  menu: {
    format: {
      title: 'Format',
      items: 'checklist | bold italic underline strikethrough superscript subscript codeformat | formats blockformats fontformats fontsizes align | forecolor backcolor | removeformat'
    }
  },
  content_style: 'body { font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px }'
});
```