diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 5ccc3e1..0e7163c 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ S3method(parseThis,character)
 S3method(parseThis,factor)
 S3method(plot,jaspGraphs)
 S3method(plot,jaspGraphsPlot)
+S3method(plotEditing,default)
+S3method(plotEditing,ggplot)
+S3method(plotEditing,jaspGraphsPlot)
 S3method(print,jaspGraphs)
 S3method(print,jaspGraphsPlot)
 export(.graphOptions)
diff --git a/R/plotEditing.R b/R/plotEditing.R
index fce3af5..6b6723c 100644
--- a/R/plotEditing.R
+++ b/R/plotEditing.R
@@ -64,14 +64,30 @@ optionsDiff <- function(new, old) {
 }
 
 #' @title Edit a plot
-#' @param graph a ggplot2 object
+#' @param graph a ggplot2 object or a jaspGraphsPlot object
 #' @param newOptions an options list
 #'
 #' @export
 plotEditing <- function(graph, newOptions) {
+  UseMethod("plotEditing", graph)
+}
+
+#' @export
+plotEditing.default <- function(graph, newOptions) {
+   stop2("graph should be a ggplot or a jaspGraphsPlot")
+}
+
+#' @export
+plotEditing.jaspGraphsPlot <- function(graph, newOptions) {
+  if (length(graph) != 1L)
+    stop2("This plot cannot be edited because it consists of multiple smaller figures.")
 
-  if (!is_ggplot(graph))
-    stop2("graph should be a ggplot2")
+  graph[[1L]] <- plotEditing(graph[[1L]], newOptions)
+  return(graph)
+}
+
+#' @export
+plotEditing.ggplot <- function(graph, newOptions) {
 
   if (isTRUE(newOptions[["resetPlot"]])) {
     if (hasOriginalEditingOptions(graph)) {
diff --git a/R/plotEditingOptions.R b/R/plotEditingOptions.R
index bfbe8bd..c52a813 100644
--- a/R/plotEditingOptions.R
+++ b/R/plotEditingOptions.R
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ getPlotEditingOptions.qgraph <- function(graph) {
 
 #' @exportS3Method
 getPlotEditingOptions.jaspGraphsPlot <- function(graph) {
-  plotEditingOptionsError(gettext("This plot cannot be edited because it consists of multiple smaller figures."))
+  if (length(graph) != 1L)
+    return(plotEditingOptionsError(gettext("This plot cannot be edited because it consists of multiple smaller figures.")))
+  return(getPlotEditingOptions(graph[[1L]]))
 }
 
 #' @exportS3Method getPlotEditingOptions "function"
diff --git a/man/plotEditing.Rd b/man/plotEditing.Rd
index afb1595..ac72818 100644
--- a/man/plotEditing.Rd
+++ b/man/plotEditing.Rd
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 plotEditing(graph, newOptions)
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{graph}{a ggplot2 object}
+\item{graph}{a ggplot2 object or a jaspGraphsPlot object}
 
 \item{newOptions}{an options list}
 }