Editor Broken

Hi,

Disable all your plugins and test. If that fixes it enable plugins one at a time until problem reoccurs.

what theme and plugins are you using (active and inactive)?

The theme is Gabfire’s Advanced Newspaper. I deactivated all the plugins, but the problem persisted. I checked the theme developer’s forum, but no one there has reported a similar problem with this theme.

go back to the default wordpress theme, 2014 and see if the problem goes away. if it does then it’s the theme and you may be the first user of the theme to present this issue (someone has to be!)

No joy. The problem persisted with 2014.

can you give us a full list of all the plugins on your site (active and inactive)?

Akismet
Settings | Deactivate | Edit

Used by millions, Akismet is quite possibly the best way in the world to protect your blog from comment and trackback spam. It keeps your site protected from spam even while you sleep. To get started: 1) Click the “Activate” link to the left of this description, 2) Sign up for an Akismet API key, and 3) Go to your Akismet configuration page, and save your API key.
Version 3.0.4 | By Automattic | View details
Select Always Remember Me Always Remember Me
Deactivate | Edit

One year auth cookie and ‘Remember Me’ checkbox always checked. “Log in” less often.
Version 1.0 | By Ozh | View details
Select Amazon Send to Kindle Amazon Send to Kindle
Deactivate | Edit | Settings

Allow readers to enjoy your blog anytime, everywhere on their Kindle devices and free reading apps.
Version 1.0.3 | By Amazon.com, Inc. | View details
Select Centrora Security Centrora Security
Deactivate | Edit

Centrora Security (previously OSE Firewall) – A WordPress Security Firewall plugin created by Centrora. Protect your WordPress site by identify any malicious codes, spam, virus, SQL injection, and security vulnerabilities. If you are managing multiple sites, try out Centrora Panel for multiple sites security management.
Version 4.1.2 | By Centrora (Previously ProWeb) | View details
Select Centrora Security Badge Centrora Security Badge
Deactivate | Edit

Plugin For Showing Centrora Security Badge
Version 4.1.2 | By Centrora Security | View details
Select Clean and Simple Contact Form Clean and Simple Contact Form
Settings | Deactivate | Edit

A clean and simple contact form with Google reCAPTCHA and Twitter Bootstrap markup.
Version 4.4.2 | By Meghan Nicholas | View details
Select CloudFlare CloudFlare
Deactivate | Edit

CloudFlare integrates your blog with the CloudFlare platform.
Version 1.3.14 | By Ian Pye, Jerome Chen, James Greene, Simon Moore (CloudFlare Team) | View details
Select CloudFlare Threat Management CloudFlare Threat Management
Settings | Deactivate | Edit

Manages the banning and whitelisting of IP address on CloudFlare for your website.
Version 0.6 | By The Plugin Factory | View details
Select Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode by SeedProd Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode by SeedProd
Settings | Deactivate | Edit

The #1 Coming Soon Page, Under Construction & Maintenance Mode plugin for WordPress.
Version 4.0.3 | By SeedProd | View details
Select Easy Facebook Likebox Easy Facebook Likebox
Settings | Deactivate | Edit

Easy Facebook like box WordPress plugin allows you to easly display facebook like box fan page on your website using either widget or shortcode to increase facbook fan page likes. You can use the shortcode generated after saving the facebook like box widget. Its completely customizable with lots of optional settings. Its also responsive facebook like box at the same time.
Version 2.1.0 | By Sajid Javed | View details
Select Facebook Comments Facebook Comments
Settings | Deactivate | Edit

Facebook comments can be annoying to set up. This plugin makes it simple to add the Facebook comments system to your WordPress site without any hassle. You can also insert the comment box as a shortcode into any post, page or template and use your own settings for each time you do it!
Version 2.2.2 | By Alex Moss | View details
Select Gabfire Widget Pack Gabfire Widget Pack
Deactivate | Edit

This plugin adds a bundle of the most commonly used widgets to your site.
Version 1.3.18 | By Gabfire Themes | View details
Select Google Language Translator Google Language Translator
Deactivate | Edit | Settings

The MOST SIMPLE Google Translator plugin. This plugin adds Google Translator to your website by using a single shortcode, [google-translator]. Settings include: layout style, hide/show specific languages, hide/show Google toolbar, and hide/show Google branding. Add the shortcode to pages, posts, and widgets.
Version 4.0.9 | By Rob Myrick | View details
Select Simple Local Avatars Simple Local Avatars
Deactivate | Edit

Adds an avatar upload field to user profiles. Generates requested sizes on demand, just like Gravatar! Simple and lightweight.
Version 2.0 | By Jake Goldman, 10up | View details
Select Tumblr Crosspostr Tumblr Crosspostr
Deactivate | Edit

Automatically crossposts to your Tumblr blog when you publish a post on your WordPress blog.
Version 0.7.17 | By Meitar Moscovitz | View details
Select Wordfence Security Wordfence Security
Deactivate | Edit

Wordfence Security – Anti-virus, Firewall and High Speed Cache
Version 5.3.4 | By Wordfence | View details
Select WP Statistics WP Statistics
Settings | Deactivate | Edit

Complete statistics for your WordPress site.
Version 8.6.3 | By Mostafa Soufi & Greg Ross | View details | Visit www.ads-software.com page | Rate this plugin
Select WP to Twitter WP to Twitter
Deactivate | Edit | WP to Twitter Settings | Go Premium

Posts a Tweet when you update your WordPress blog or post a link, using your URL shortening service. Rich in features for customizing and promoting your Tweets.
Version 2.9.8 | By Joseph Dolson | View details
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hmm… can’t see anything too odd in that list, they all seem pretty current. let’s try and all or nothing approach: deactivate all your plugins and set the theme to 2014 and see if that makes a difference…

if not, you may have to reupload the tinymce files as something may be corrupted. try that above double whammy first though…

Read second post in this thread.

Currently have same issue with omega theme 4.1 Visual mode editor will not work these past 3 days ever since I updated to version 4.1 Thought I had done something wrong but apparently I’m not alone with this issue.
I tried deleting all plug ins as suggested above but it didn’t make a difference. Is it possible to roll back my site to the previous (no problem) site ?

If so how ?

Thanks

@davidbruce88 Please start a new post. It’s not correct to insert your issue in someone else’s thread.

Well, I’ve tried everything I can think of. The only way I can edit is in text mode and that provides only a narrow column to work in. Three other sites I run, have not had this problem.

If I have to tear it all down and start from scratch, I can guarantee I will strip out the code that permits automatic updates and maintain a strict, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, policy.

I’ve noticed others posting similar problems, (visual editor not functioning, editor is narrow in width, etc.) This leads me to ask a question. Is there a way to totally replace the editor. I’m guessing there isn’t, but I’m grasping at straws, trying to avoid having to scrap everything on the site and start from scratch.

Hey,

Are you still having this problem? My visual editor just stopped working all of a sudden the other day and I cannot seem to figure out how to fix the problem (diactivated the plugins, cleared the browsing data, etc., but no luck). Working in the text editor is very slow, so I would love to get back to the visual mode..

@hajnalka Modis – please start your own thread per the forum guidelines – https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post

This problem can be caused by a wide variety of things – and your site is not identical to anyone else’s.

Start a new one here: https://www.ads-software.com/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform

And include a link to your site, so someone can more likely help you.