WP Dashboard not complete / Editor Showing Squares

I did try the following as well:

1) Found client on this server that is having issues and made a brand new test folder, loaded fresh WordPress files, and started a fresh database. Resulted in the icons not showing and interface issues with WordPress (same as we’ve been discussing)

2) Did the same setup for a client on one of my other VPS and all worked like a champ (all WordPress items showing up).

I checked and WordPress only requires basically a certain version of PHP 5.2.4 or higher and MySQL 5.0 or higher.

Both servers have PHP v 5.3.29
However, the server that worked correctly has MySQL 5.0.67 while this one (with errors in WP) has MySQL 5.5.35

Is it worth a shot to downgrade this server to 5.0.67 or do you think that has anything to do with it?

What is the url of the blog in question? What theme are you using. I don’t care that you tried other themes. Just want to know.

The empty boxes in your graphic are most likely the result of a javascript error. https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors

Thanks for link (about to tweak that for errors) . . . one example is https://www.newalbanyschools.us/newsroom (using lightroom theme – tried default too) Public facing site is ok, it’s the dashboard that’s wonky.

Well, that dashboard now works . . . try https://www.backwaterjigs.com

Also, the school site does not work correctly (not sure why I saw menu all of a sudden)

OK! Getting somewhere, but not sure why . . . when I add that

define(‘SCRIPT_DEBUG’, true);

Everything works properly . . . any clue what that means?

Look for wp-includes/js/tinymce/wp-tinymce.js.gz If not there add it.

If the above doesn’t help add define( 'CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false ); to the wp-config.php file. Add it just after define ('WPLANG', '');

That did the trick. Thanks so much for the help. Any clue why this had to be done on this server? Not worried otherwise – again, thanks for hanging with me!