Issues with Classic editor

hi, Alain Lankers

If “wp-tinymce.php” has an error on the browser console, try adding the following source to “wp-config.php”.

define (‘CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS’, false);

I tried this method and started working properly.

This did not help, still I have white text and white background in editor

Although you may already have tried …

· Clear cache
· Invalidate plugins other than Classic Editor
· Reinstall Classic Editor
· If possible, copy site data to a different server and confirm

Although I have not figured out the cause, depending on the server to be installed, there are things that work without any action.
In centOS7-php7.2 and centOS6-php7.0, the former worked without problems with installation only.
Both servers used the same site data.
I hope it will be helpful for anything.

I am having the same problem. I can’t access the visual tab.

I also have WP 5.0.3 and Classic Editor and seeing the same issues:

– tab Text: only white text on white background
– tab Visual: not accessible

I disabled all other plugins and reinstalled the editor, but this does not help. I have also tried changing back to the default theme.

I also have the same problem as the poster above.
I installed the Classic Editor plugin since creating/editing a page resulting in blank screen. Installing the Classic Editor got me the editor back, but I only have white text on white background in Text tab; cannot access Visual (tab does nothing)

– I disabled all plugins and Switched to a default theme (no help)
– upgraded PHP from 7.1 to 7.2 (no help)
– I cleared the cache using plugin WP Super Cache (no help)

Viewing Chrome console shows errors loading TinyMCE: “tinymce not defined”. Full console list from “edit page” is below:
JQMIGRATE: Migrate is installed, version 1.4.1
wp-tinymce.js:3 Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token
post.php?post=71&action=edit:2255 Uncaught ReferenceError: tinymce is not defined
at post.php?post=71&action=edit:2255
wp-langs-en.js?ver=4…1217-tadv-5.0.0:235 Uncaught ReferenceError: tinyMCE is not defined
at wp-langs-en.js?ver=4…1217-tadv-5.0.0:235
at wp-langs-en.js?ver=4…1217-tadv-5.0.0:519
post.php?post=71&action=edit:2251 Uncaught ReferenceError: tinymce is not defined
at Object.load_ext (post.php?post=71&action=edit:2251)
at post.php?post=71&action=edit:2260
post.php?post=71&action=edit:1 Unchecked runtime.lastError: The message port closed before a response was received.
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Yeah. “white text on a white background” in the Classic Editor is caused by a JS error on the edit post screen. That may be caused by another plugin or sometimes by missing/failed update of WP.

In some cases that may also happen shortly after updating WP and is caused by network caches that are not refreshed yet. It’s worth it holding down Shift and reloading the page a few times to try to trigger cache refresh.

wp-tinymce.js:3 Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token

@datalens this generally means the wp-tinymce.js file is damaged. If you have FTP access to your site try uploading it again, alternatively try to reinstall WP.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by Andrew Ozz.

@azaozz Thank you, I have opened a new thread to detail my issue and the fixes i have tried:
cannot-create-or-edit-pages-after-5-x-upgrade

As I mention in that thread, I reinstalled the WP upgrade from the dashboard. I did not try downloading the core files and manually overlaying them.

I would appreciate you reviewing my thread and providing any ideas. Thank you!

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by datalens.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by datalens.

We are having this same issue also, I have tried clearing cache, disabaling plugins, as of this morning our hosting provider(earthlink) has opened a ticket and are looking into it on their end as of now. I will keep watching this thread and post any updates I might find out but they said it could take until Monday. Nice to see we are not the only ones….

@traciloftis – thanks for the note. I use the same hosting provider – site only (earthlink). I would be interested in hearing any updates.

Here’s something some of you may want to try; I’m using this method as it fits my needs (I have no need for gutenberg or any settings for it).

I think this will also help to eliminate the classic plugin as being the cause.

“Place the following code in your functions.php file:

add_filter(‘use_block_editor_for_post’, ‘__return_false’);”

(from blog aid dot net article by MaAnna Stephenson)

This should ideally be in a child theme’s functions.php, so the parent theme can be updated without affecting anything. But for testing purposes it can probably be placed in the parent (current) theme.

Deactivate the classic plugin after above. If you **still** have the same problems, I don’t see how it could be the classic plugins fault.

Update: This was the reponse: ” It seems like there is a issue with the java script with WordPress and your analytics application. As a work around we would recommend to run a new report through analytics and save the data since you will need to disable the pixel code (but disabling the pixel code will cause the Web Analytics data to be lost). Once a backup has been collected, disable the pixel code in your
analytics application (Control Center -> Web Analytics -> Advanced -> Manage Pixel-Code -> Disable Pixel-Code -> Ok).
When the application is disabled the content of the page in WordPress page should appear to display properly. If you wish to collect the web stats you can install a WordPress analytics plugin.
Please retest and confirm.” However it will not save the disabled status, it keeps going back to enabled so now they are looking into that issue….. stay tuned… maybe it will work for you…

@traciloftis, @datalens ah I see. So the problem seems to be that some external code is appended to the wp-tinymce.js file.

You can check that by loading it directly in the browser. Look for the URL to it in the browser tools “network” tab, then click it or copy/paste it in the browser address bar. It should be identical to the original from: https://core.svn.www.ads-software.com/tags/5.1/wp-includes/js/tinymce/wp-tinymce.js.

If there is anything extra there, it should be fixed by your hosting provider.

There seems to be a lot of extra code on mine compared to that one, hoping they are working on it; “tinymce” on mine has two extra mentions when I did a CTRL-F on the word 249 on original verses 251 on mine. Sounds like Earthlink needs to work on it. I will keep updating this thread. Thank you for your insight!

Earthlink had to disable the earthlink web analytics plug in, I cleared cache it is now solved for me.