Title: Big Problem when posting/ editing Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Big Problem when posting/ editing * [rjnsmith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rjnsmith/) * (@rjnsmith) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/) * I get the following error sometimes when making a most, or editing and trying to save it as a draft: * Your attempt to edit this post: “[insert title name here]” has failed. * Please try again. (<– links back to the “post_new.php” page) * Any reason why? It’s happening alot now. Sometimes it doesn’t come back up when I actually do go back and re-publish it, but it’s just a huge annoyance. I am at the latest wordpress instillation if this helps. * – Ryan Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/page/2/?output_format=md) * Thread Starter [rjnsmith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rjnsmith/) * (@rjnsmith) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345527) * Anyone have any idea? This is getting to be a big problem! This started after 2.9.1 * [fairwells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fairwells/) * (@fairwells) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345546) * I’m having the same exact problem. Exactly. And it only started when I upgraded 2.9.1. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. * -Emma * [workingroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/workingroup/) * (@workingroup) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345547) * I upgraded to 2.9.1 and started having a similar problem. * I noticed that when I save a draft I get a blank page in response to the save, though the save does enter the database. * Then I noticed that this has started to happen with the save as pending too. * This is a real pain. But seeing the problems you guys are having, it appears to be a core issue in WP 2.9.1 that something is getting corrupted. I tried reloading the post.php file from another 2.9.1 site, just to seee if my post.php had been corrupted, but that did not work. * We need to make an issue of this, but I do not know how… * [workingroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/workingroup/) * (@workingroup) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345549) * I use php 5.2.11 so perhaps its a php problem, though I used the same version with WP 2.9 and 2.8.6 and never had this saving problem * Thread Starter [rjnsmith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rjnsmith/) * (@rjnsmith) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345566) * Anyone have a clue as to what the problem can be? I keep searching, but found nothing! * [workingroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/workingroup/) * (@workingroup) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345574) * I believe it may have something to do with the settings of the sever on which the theme is hosted. * I say this, because one morning I woke up really early at 3 am an did some posting, and this error did NOT occur. Then I did some more posting at 6 am, when I had about 6 readers at the site, and IT DID REOCCUR. * So it seems to have something to do with how busy the server is. Somehow the server never gets the command to resend back the post.php file with the updated version. * For me, however, my server does save the version I just edited, both with a save as draft and save as pending. * The funny thing is, that when I publish a post, whether the server is busy or not, this problem does NOT occur. * So if we can examine the differences in scripts between saving as draft/saving as pending AND that for publishing, we might find something. * I tried changing the PHP setting on my server to allow a script to use 64M of memory, (it had been 32M), but this did not solve the problem. * And I do not believe the php.ini settings for time outs are the problem either, because the blank page occurs immediately, and my tiime outs are set to 30 and 60 seconds respectively. * Thread Starter [rjnsmith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rjnsmith/) * (@rjnsmith) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345585) * That still has no fix. If someone experienced or a developer could please respond here, I would really be grateful. If not, I will have to ditch this software, because it’s becoming impossible to post. * [stevefromwa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevefromwa/) * (@stevefromwa) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345588) * rjnsmith * I’m having similar problems… Can you insert an image into your post? I get a read error. Can you save a draft or publish? I get a read error. * Just a thought, are you using StarBand/Spacenet Satellite ISP? I am and I don’t have any other options here… A Spacenet engineer has told me that they’ve had several issues crop up in the last week that are similar to what we’re experiencing… * Something is very wrong… I used Firefox and kept it updated when I’d edit my blog. Now, I cannot login to my admin panel using firefox… When I use Opera 10.10 I can login but cannot insert images into posts or save drafts or publish anything… My blog is 1.5 years old and I’ve never had this problem until now… * [workingroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/workingroup/) * (@workingroup) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345590) * Steve, you problem sounds different from that one this thread. But I can confirm that those who read and write on my blog, who use satellite ISPs are having problems with the WordPress interface in the last week; it seems that something about satelliite ISPs prevents the cookies required by WP of maintaining contact with the reader or user; and thus they either do not connect, or get kicked out. * [stevefromwa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevefromwa/) * (@stevefromwa) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345591) * Yes, I agree… I know StarBand uses a proxy server to speed up the loading of pages… I first published a WP blog in August of 2008, I’ve used StarBand the entire time without any problems… Until this week… * [workingroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/workingroup/) * (@workingroup) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345592) * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/353487?replies=1](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/353487?replies=1) * Is the thread on Satellite providers * [workingroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/workingroup/) * (@workingroup) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345594) * Steve did not get your email, maybe my WP Spame Free ate it…if it bounced, use my contact form at the site. * [Baroness Tapuzina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baroness-tapuzina/) * (@baroness-tapuzina) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345598) * I am also having a problem with editing a post and have tried numerous things to no avail. I do not use a satellite provider. See my post here: * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/352969?replies=19](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/352969?replies=19) * Thread Starter [rjnsmith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rjnsmith/) * (@rjnsmith) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345610) * No, I have Verizon FiOS, I do not think the problem is my ISP. Is there a way to back track to another version of wordpress? This problem has now become outrageously pathetic that I have to deal with this issue, only because I upgraded to the latest version of wordpress. * [browncom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/browncom/) * (@browncom) * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/#post-1345630) * I have the same problem…when I upgraded to 2.9.1 my posts are no longer saved…. still searching the forum for a solution but nobody has responded to several threads like these. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Big Problem when posting/ editing’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [blank-page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/blank-page/) * [bugs](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/bugs/) * [Save Draft](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/save-draft/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 17 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [tman47](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tman47/) * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-when-posting-editing/page/2/#post-1345650) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics