The visual editor does not work. The visual editor TinyMCE does not work. What will TinyMCE Advanced give us?
What to do if the WordPress editor is not working? We recently encountered such a problem, and we know 13 possible reasons why the visual editor may disappear.
WordPress editor not working: 13 possible reasons
1. There is a tick in the admin panel: Users - Your profile - Disable the visual editor.
2. Plugin conflict. Disable plugins that you installed recently. If the reason is in them, everything will work. Then turn it on one by one until you find the one responsible for breaking the WordPress editor.
3. One possible reason is that some WordPress files have become corrupted. You will have to update WordPress or reinstall it.
4. Out of disk space.
5. Let's turn to the files. Sometimes it helps to write in the wp-config.php file
Define('CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false);
If it doesn't help, return it.
6. tinyMCE advanced plugin - disable and remove it.
7. Edit in the wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_gzip.php file
We are looking for a string and replace in it ob_gzhandler on the ob_gzhandlerX
It was:
ob_gzhandler
became:
if ((in_array('gzip', $encodings) || in_array('x-gzip', $encodings) || isset($_SERVER['-----'])) && function_exists(' ob_gzhandlerX') && !ini_get('zlib.output_compression')
If it doesn't help, we return everything.
8. We are looking for the file /wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_config.php
Scroll to the line: 'compress' => true,
Instead of true we write false
9. Empty line in functions.php file
10. Browser problems, or rather because of JavaScript. It is worth checking whether the visual editor disappears in all browsers (it is not displayed)
11. Maybe WordPress is installed crookedly, in a folder or on a subdomain
12. There is not enough memory on the hosting. WordPress needs at least 32 MB
13. Mistakes in the WordPress template. Temporarily change the template to the default WordPress one.
Clear your browser cookies and cache every time you check. Good luck!
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Visual editor not working - error debugging
How to fix - I found the answer on the Internet. First, click on the 3 stripes in the upper right corner of the chrome browser. Let's go to "tools". Find the "developer tools", the site code will open. Let's select the "Network" option here, press it, and press the F5 key on the computer keyboard. On the Network tab, some line movements began, accompanied by a change in the location of the colored balls. After that, texts appeared in the visual editor.
There are several links on the browser tools page, which found a window where 2 errors were shown in detail in the codes, according to the results of Network debugging, the codes are large.
Google Help
Under the link: "About the browser Google Chrome”, we get to the window where we should pay attention to the link: “help using Chrome”. I looked here, there is a very extensive material. It is worth getting to know him better, this is the primary source.
From time to time, the visual editor still does not work for me again. I'll debug as I wrote here and it works again. Even so, otherwise all work would have completely stopped. This is the first time I've had such a glitch. Gradually, everything got better by itself. Subsequently, there were two automatic updates. After which everything went smoothly, there are no problems now. Sometimes also does not work on the Yu-Tub channel. I'm debugging the same way as here and everything is getting better.
Having dealt with the basic functionality of the WordPress admin panel. The greatest amount of time, after forming the basis of our site, we will devote to articles, their writing and optimization. To set and format posts in WordPress, an editor has been introduced, but it is very inferior to plugins specialized for these needs. After installing and configuring the Tinymce Advanced visual and html editor plugin, editing posts will be much easier.
There are many text editor plugins, one of them is a functional plugin that a huge number of people have chosen for themselves - TinyMCE Advanced.
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In order to start using and testing this TinyMCE Advanced plugin, you need to download and install it, as shown below in the video tutorial.
Description of the TinyMCE Advanced plugin
The plugin for the TinyMCE Advanced editor has been around for a very long time and probably 90% of WordPress platform users have it installed and used daily.
The TinyMCE Advanced plugin is very simple, but at the same time it provides all the necessary functionality when working with pages and posts.
Thanks to TinyMCE Advanced, we can add a large number of new buttons to our standard editor available after , which will certainly come in handy for you.
It is almost impossible to overestimate this plugin, it is used hourly, every minimum and fine tuning become simple and affordable with TinyMCE Advanced.
Video review of TinyMCE Advanced, its installation and configuration
In this video you will see the benefits available when installing and working with TinyMCE Advanced.
Why TinyMCE Advanced is better than the standard one
For those who do not yet know the purpose of the plugins, we have a special one, while the rest can plunge into the article with their heads.
TinyMCE Advanced exists to create your publications in a convenient visual and code format, to change and create a style for writing unique texts. The editor offered in the base WordPress package is poor to say the least, and has only basic tools.
As we can see, in confirmation of the above, you can’t overclock far with a standard editor, and for this reason, TinyMCE Advanced comes to our aid with its advanced functionality.
At first glance, it is clear that our capabilities will grow significantly with such functionality of TinyMCE Advanced capabilities. Anyone who has ever worked with text editors can easily understand the icons and features of the plugin. For those who do not want to search for the necessary elements by typing, we will analyze the main features and settings of TinyMCE Advanced.
What will TinyMCE Advanced give us?
So, using the TinyMCE Advanced editor will allow us to add and use the following features:
- Easy and convenient creation of tables directly when writing an article. Editing and filling which will not cause you any inconvenience.
- Advanced and convenient page structure formatting. The ability to create and control the placement of layers ( blocks).
- You will also be able to put superscripts and subscripts.
- Changing text background color with TinyMCE Advanced is very easy without using CSS.
- Embedding video files will become much more convenient with the TinyMCE Advanced editor.
- Change font size.
- Wide choice of font families.
- A set of hot keys will add speed to writing and formatting your texts.
- It will become available to clear all formatting with one key.
These features and more will come in handy in shaping your WordPress creations.
The plugin is constantly updated, which cannot but please us, because this is the main sign that the developers are thinking about your comfort.
Using TinyMCE Advanced you will write your posts confident in your abilities, we wish you inspiration and unique texts, see you next
Possible problems with TinyMCE Advanced and how to solve them
The TinyMCE Advanced plugin is written in PHP, just like any program, it may not work for one reason or another. The following are the most common problems that users encounter. What is the editor for WordPress.
WordPress TinyMCE Advanced visual editor not working
If, when connecting the plugin, you cannot edit it, use icons, add or change settings, try the following operation:
- Check the performance of other plugins that you manage from the admin panel, if their settings buttons work, then go to the next step. In case of problems with other add-ons, you need to look for the causes of internal settings, and not in the plugin itself.
- Update WordPress to the latest version.
- Completely remove the plugin and download TinyMCE Advanced from the official site.
- After installation, activate it and check if it works.
If this does not help you, perhaps the problems are related to other plugins, sometimes they may conflict, try disabling all plugins and see if the situation has changed. If TinyMCE Advanced does not work and you need to look for deeper problems with a “clean” engine, you should contact the programmer.
On the administration page: TinyMCE buttons are not sorted, they do not move, the toolbar is empty, other errors on the page
This is usually caused by another plugin that adds incompatible JavaScript libraries for all pages, not just where needed. The way around this is to try to find out which plugins are doing this, temporarily disable the rest of the plugins until all the TinyMCE buttons appear, and enable them one by one while checking for changes in the settings.
If that doesn't help, try some general Javascript troubleshooting: clear the cache, try a different browser, try a different computer if possible, delete and re-download all plugin files, and finally install Firefox with Firebug or Opera, note the first JS causing errors (important) and post it below or search the web to find out what is causing it.
Organized the buttons and saved them, but nothing changes in the visual editor on the posts page
Click on the "Delete" button (next to the Save button) and then on "Continue". Then turn off and activate the plugin again. This will reset all settings that are stored in the database.
Some buttons are missing from the TinyMCE menu, or some tools don't appear at all, or TinyMCE behaves strangely after installing a plugin
Almost all of these problems are caused by the browser's cache, or network cache. Clear your browser cache, close your browser, then launch it and try again. If the problem persists, try reloading the page by holding down Ctrl (in IE) or Shift (in Firefox) to tell the browser to reload the page from the server. It can also be caused by a network cache somewhere between you and your web host. Just wait a few hours for the problem to go away.
I don't see any styles being imported into "style" in the drop down menu
These styles (only classes) are imported from the editor into your current theme's style.css file. However, some themes do not include this file. In this case, follow the instructions on the TinyMCE Avdanced settings page to add your own editor style.css file to your theme. When defining styles, keep in mind that TinyMCE will only import class names:
My_class()
my_other_class()
I just installed the TinyMCE Avdanced plugin but nothing happened
Log out of WordPress, clear your browser cache, restart your browser and try again. If that doesn't work, there may be a caching proxy or a network cache somewhere between you and your host. You may need to wait a few hours for this cache to expire.
When I add "emoji" they don't show in the editor
The Emoticons button in TinyMCE adds emoji codes. The actual images are added by WordPress when viewing a post/page. Make sure the "Convert emoticons like :-) and :-P to pictures" box in the "Settings"/"Writing" menu is checked.
Plugin doesn't add any buttons, "Visual" and "HTML text" tabs are missing
Make sure the "Disable Visual Editor" checkbox under "Users"/"Your Profile" is unchecked.
To enter posts in WordPress, as a rule, an administrative panel is used, equipped with a visual editor and a text (html) editor. They largely differ from each other and complement each other, having their own advantages and disadvantages.
So, through the visual editor of WordPress it is not possible to put down many tags and operators, there is a version that it is used by beginners who are just starting to learn programming languages. In part, this is true, although on the other hand, it also has a number of advantages, the largest of which, perhaps, is the fact that the user sees how fonts change when using a particular function, color, hyperlinks, etc., which we are not provided with work with the source code.
Almost every version of CMS may have problems with one of the editors, although the most sensitive one is the visual one. How I encountered this problem was indicated in an article about Pinterest and Instagram.
Symptoms of the WordPress visual editor not working properly:
- Characters entered in the text field are not displayed
- The text input field is inactive
- Missing control panel and input text settings
- There is no possibility to switch between visual editor and text editor.
Reasons and ways to restore the WordPress visual editor
The visual editor is disabled in the administrator profile. This problem is treated very simply. Go to your profile and uncheck the box next to "Disable visual editor". After that, save the changes and you can get to work.
Browser issues. Try accessing the admin panel via IE, Firefox, Opera, Yandex browser, etc. Quite often, the problem is not with the visual editor, but with the browser. In addition, you can clear the cache, reload the page several times. Sometimes it helps.
The visual editor may not work due to a conflict with some of the plug-ins installed by the user. This is a fairly common problem that is easy enough to fix even for an inexperienced user. It is necessary to deactivate all installed plugins (do not be afraid, their settings will not go wrong). After that, check the functionality of the editor. If the problems with it have disappeared, then start connecting them one at a time, and then check the work of the editor. This procedure must be performed until you identify the module that prevents you from working.
The visual editor may not work even after updating the CMS. That is why I recommend not to install a system like 2.6.4.0, 3.5.0.2. These are kind of intermediate versions. It is better to set engine versions consisting of three digits. Also, download the update manually instead of automatically. If the visual editor stopped working after the update, then I recommend trying to roll back to the previous version.
In addition, you can install additional plugins for entering text when using the visual editor. The most common are FCKEditir and TinyMCE. They have quite flexible settings and are very easy to use. In addition, they are equipped with much more interesting functionality than the built-in editor.
If, after the manipulations with the plugin settings, you still could not fix the problem, you can try to work in HTML editor. To simplify the work, you should put Post Editor Buttons, or AddQuicktag. Setting up modules is very simple: enter the name of the button and the tags for which it is responsible. But the first one doesn't work with latest versions WordPress.
If the WordPress visual editor does not work, then you can resort to more radical methods: backup the database to your computer and completely reinstall the engine, or the wp-admin and wp-includes folders, but this, you see, is not the most pleasant and not always acceptable way.
In addition, the problems may be related to the hoster, therefore, if the measures you listed did not lead to anything, then you should contact technical support. Perhaps you can be of some help. All the above measures did not help me, and I did not really like working with AddQuicktag, so I had to look for an alternative.
WordPress visual editor not working? - Try Windows Live Writer
Windows Live Writer is free software that can be downloaded from the official website of the company. However, although it is an alternative, it has its advantages and disadvantages.
Among the advantages:
- Simple and easy to set up and operate
- It is possible to write text in both visual and html editor
- Creating tables, inserting links, photos, videos
- You can save files on your hard drive, send them as drafts to the admin panel, or immediately publish them on a blog
- It is possible to edit already published texts
Minuses:
If you want to set a description of the text through All in One SEO Pack, then after uploading the text to the blog, you will have to additionally edit the description for it in the admin panel
Many users do not like to use additional software
Thus, we see that there are a large number of ways to solve the problem. If the WordPress visual editor does not work, you can resort to the help of a hoster, or reinstall the engine, use additional software. Or maybe this is a reason to start working more closely with HTML?
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