4.5 Breaking Sites – Visual Editor Losing Text Mode and Add Media

Try deactivating all plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause.

If that does not resolve the issue, try switching to the Twenty Sixteen theme to rule-out a theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).

That ‘standard’ response is inappropriate since this is a known issue all over the forum. FYI as a 20yr WordPress user I am experienced at these kind of screw-ups. Have already disabled plugins and all other basic fixes.. my first response.

I would imagine your next boxed response to be ‘contact your theme developers’. That is done as well. Perhaps when you guys roll out an update that will create this kind of major problem users should be notified and problem noted under ‘known issues’.

My bad, I should have known never to upgrade as soon as update comes out.

FYI as a 20yr WordPress user

Firstly, WordPress has only been around 13 years.

Secondly, James suggestion is the *only* way that you will actually solve your problem. Getting all annoyed at a “boxed” response won’t help you at all.

The reason we have those boxed responses is because *they work*.

You need to debug your problem. The way to do that is to follow the instructions. The reason you follow the instructions is because doing so will guide you to the source of the problem. Once we know that source, we can give you further and more specific advice.

But simply standing on the rooftops and screaming at the sky won’t fix your problem. So, come down back to earth, and help us help you.

Seems like twenty.. and my response was due to the fact that this same issue has been reported to WordPress on many, many threads since the update came out. Yet it was suggested to me to disable all plugins when it is known already that plugins are not the problem and is what I believe to be a canned response.

The problem seems to be related to a recent upgrade to VC that has been incorporated into this newest version of WordPress but not implemented into the hundreds of themes that bundle a VC into their theme.

It appears either WordPress jumped the gun and should have held back the release, or many theme developers were negligent in updating themes. Either way the user is the guinea pig and suffers the most.

I would expect more from WordPress, suggest responding by stating ‘known issues’ first instead of ‘disable all your plugins’.

recent upgrade to VC that has been incorporated into this newest version of WordPress

I assume you’re talking about Visual Composer? WordPress does not include it.

What happened with Visual Composer is that they released an update for WordPress 4.5 compatibility a month ago. However, you didn’t get that update. The reason you didn’t get it is probably because VC is included with your non-free theme, and you didn’t get an update for that theme that includes the updated version of VC.

VC also released another update to their code today:
https://wpbakery.atlassian.net/wiki/display/VC/Release+Notes

WordPress did not “jump the gun” here. WordPress 4.5 has been in beta for 2 months. Plenty of time for developers to release compatibility updates and for users to get them from their authors.

Since Visual Composer is not free, then we don’t have a copy of it. We cannot test with it. We can’t do anything to ensure that sites using random code from elsewhere don’t break horribly. We can only ensure our own compatibility.

My advice: Don’t use non-free code.

BTW, if you want known issues, we have that. It’s the Master List at the top of this forum:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/read-this-first-wordpress-45-master-list

I am experiencing the same error. I am able to edit the Yoast SEO snippet information but not the content on the page itself. For instance, text, add elements, rows, etc. The circle just keeps spinning and says “Loading..”

However, when I click on “classic mode” I can make edits. I am just not advanced enough to understand the CSS code that is in Classic Mode. However, when I update the page it renders correctly.

That’s not the same error, to be honest, not even close.

I recommend asking at https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wordpress-seo/#postform so the plugin’s developers and support community can help you with this.

Same problem here. Don’t know what to do. Everything was fine before the 4.5 update.

I had this issue. I use bluehost so I contacted their live chat support and they reloaded the WP core files. Then I refreshed the admin page and it prompted me to rebuild the database. That fixed all my issues.

@kamatsukyoto If you really have the same problem, then the solution is to update Visual Composer, as already stated earlier in this thread.

James, Visual Composer is a plugin, right? I don’t use it here.

Or i don’t know how to update the Visual Composer, hehe.

Ok, then it’s not the same issue, so please open a new thread: https://www.ads-software.com/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform

Similar problem, Fixed by deactivating plugins & re-activating individually to identify problem ones. Seemed to be Yoast Breadcrumbs & Headspace 2 that caused the problem for me.

Losing Text Mode

I have that issue too!!! real problem this is just upgraded 3 sites and all suffer from this issue

I disabled my theme and all plugins – (used wp 2016)
I am sad to report the issue is still there.

Any time line for a fix?

Not really, because the fix for this thread is to update Visual Composer to 4.11.2 or later.

I take it from your reply that you aren’t using Visual Composer? In that case, please open your own thread: https://www.ads-software.com/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform