Can’t post any HTML at all in posts

Is it giving you some sort of error or what? What browser and OS are you using? What’s preventing you from placing the html?

Need more details please. Remember that only you can see what is occuring.

Hello drmike,

I’m using Firefox browser, Windows XP OS. WP behaves normally when I post plain text – the “write post” pages changes to:
https://www.MYURL/wp-admin/post.php?posted=true
with the words “Post saved. View site >>” at the top.

But, if the post contains any HTML at all e.g. < i >, < br > or a link or anything else, then hitting “publish” (if creating a post) or “save” (if editing a post) takes me out of /wp-admin to the front page of my site which doesn’t have the changes I have just made – a new post containing HTML isn’t published, and an edited plaintest post only has the plaintext in, not the HTML. I don’t get an error message or anything.

Just so you know, I haven’t installed a plugin, changed my version of WP or anything like that, it has just happened, and it’s driving me crazy! Do you have any ideas?

Thanks.

Does anyone have any ideas?

If you messed up with wp-admin/post.php try to replace it with the original one.
Even you think that you did not work on this file you can still try to replace it and see what happens.

Sorry Truden – not sure I know what you mean. I can still post okay as long as I don’t put any HTML at all in the post. It means that my blog isn’t really like a blog anymore, as I can’t link to anything! (It also looks horrid, with no formatting…)

Take a look at it – https://www.antoniabance.org.uk and you’ll see what I mean.

Is this happening in the wysiwyg (visual) editor or in the good old plain WP (html) editor?
(btw, your WP is quite outdated and vulnerable > due for an upgrade…)

Moshu – it happens in both – I’ve tried switching between them and it doesn’t make a difference. Do you think upgrading would make a difference?

No, I don’t really think upgrading would make a difference – although you never know.
The advice about upgrade was more about the safety of your blog.

Did you try to deactivate all your plugins to see if the problem is related to one of them?

Moshu – embarassingly, WP installed by previous partner, now we’re no longer together – not really sure I would know how to upgrade, to be honest, so won’t try unless it’s absolutely vital.

I’ve just tried deactivating all the plugins on your suggestion – that didn’t work.

Take my name from here AT transycan DOT net and email me with the access info for the blog, if you want me to take a closer look at it.

I have this problem too – whenever I use any html in a post it just bounces me out of editor and into the blog when I try to post.

I notice Antonia has links in her blog now. What was the solution?