Blank screen when I click publish

I’m having the same problem with version 2.5. The blank pages started while using version 2.1.3 and have not changed since upgrading.

I have deactivated, uninstalled and reinstalled the two plug-ins I use. I have worked with my host to eliminate server issues, and I am still unable to post.

I am able to save the post… even though I click ‘save’ I still get a blank page, but when using the back button, the post does get saved as a draft. ‘Publish’ doesn’t work at all.

I posted the problem earlier this week with only one response, from someone else with the same problem

After a bit of analysis and researc, it was apparent from the start that the problem is caused by a plug-in.

I found an article about plug-ins automatically, and unknown to users, updating themselves. If that is true I imagine it’s what happened to me, since I didn’t change anything.

I don’t have my problem fixed completely but it is manageable for the moment, and I can publish.

First, go to plugins and disable ALL plugins. Disable them all at once, not individually.

Then try publishing. On my site, the post published but the page would not display, as it was hanging while loading the Recent Posts, giving me this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function mdv_recent_posts() in /home/oceanguy/public_html/wp/wp-content/themes/a1a/r_sidebar.php

I then have to go back to plugins, and activate the Recent Comments plugin to get the page to display… the newly published post shows up. but then I can”t publish.

In summary, the work around fix, is to turn off all plugins. Activate them one at a time to see which one is the problem. Try publishing until it works.

Hope that helps.

Thanks Oceanguy. I tried your suggestion, but that did not help. I did not use any plug-ins prior to this incident. However I had installed the WP-phpMyAdmin plug-in to back up the db after this incident occured. But deactivating it did not seem to do anything – I still get a blank page when I click Publish.

I did the same – I disabled all my plugins, and then reactivated them one at a time. What’s weird is that when I did that, I was able to post, even after all four I am currently using were reactivated. I’m using:

Akismet, Hello Dolly (why not?), Spam Karma 2, and wpLicence.

So after much digging and minor agony, I seem to be able to post successfully to WP 2.5.

My problem fixed itself. Yesterday, after doing nothing, I was able to publish.

I have a similar problem – and even if I deactivate all plugins I cannot post.

Here is the error I am receiving:

WordPress database error Duplicate entry ‘0’ for key 1 for query INSERT INTO wp_posts (post_author,post_date,`post_da
te_gmt,post_content,post_content_filtered,post_title,post_excerpt,post_status,post_type,comment_status,ping_status,post_password,to_ping,pinged,post_modifie
d,post_modified_gmt,post_parent,menu_order,guid,post_mime_type`) VALUES (‘1′,’0000-00-00 00:00:00′,’0000-00-00 00:00:00′,”,”,’test’,”,’draft’,’post’,’open’,’open’,”,’
‘,”,’2008-06-04 08:07:39′,’2008-06-04 13:07:39′,’0′,’0’,”,”) made by wp_insert_post, referer: https://financial-education.com/wp-admin/post-new.php
[Wed Jun 04 06:08:23 2008] [error] [client 68.192.229.134] PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /var/www/vhosts/financial-education.com/httpdocs/wp-in
cludes/plugin.php on line 274, referer: https://financial-education.com/wp-admin/post-new.php

Can anyone tell me in relatively simple terms what I need to do next?

Thanks,

Bill Trent