Title: Blank editor screen
Last modified: November 18, 2019

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# Blank editor screen

 *  [welswebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/welswebmaster/)
 * (@welswebmaster)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-editor-screen/)
 * Issue – After importing 1400 posts, a ton of them appeared only on the frontend,
   while the backend editor was blank. If I deactivated The Classic Editor plugin,
   the backend displayed the content in the classic editor. When I reactivate the
   classic editor plugin, the edit screen is blank again. Yet, the frontend still
   displays.
 * SOLUTION – When editing a post that appears blank on the backend, follow these
   3 steps:
 * 1- Click on the editor’s TEXT tab.
    2- Click on the permalink (URL below the 
   title). 3- Hit your browser’s BACK button.
 * You will see the code now in the editor.
 * MESSAGE TO PLUGIN AUTHOR –
    While this solution works temporarily, it would be
   wonderful if we didn’t have to go through these steps to see an edit screen with
   content loaded. Please provide a solution.
 * Details:
    WordPress 5.3 running OceanWP Child theme. ALL plugins deactivated 
   except for The Classic Editor.
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by [welswebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/welswebmaster/).

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Mel Choyce-Dwan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melchoyce/)
 * (@melchoyce)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-editor-screen/#post-12160806)
 * Hey [@welswebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/welswebmaster/), sounds
   like one of these issues: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/common-classic-editor-errors-and-how-to-fix-them/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/common-classic-editor-errors-and-how-to-fix-them/)
 * To try to fix…
    – Are you seeing any JavaScript errors in your browser console?–
   It might also be a caching issue — you could try reloading the page a couple 
   times while holding down your shift key, to clear your browser cache.
 *  Thread Starter [welswebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/welswebmaster/)
 * (@welswebmaster)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-editor-screen/#post-12166772)
 * No javascript error message, and no white text either (first thing I thought 
   of).

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 * Last reply from: [welswebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/welswebmaster/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-editor-screen/#post-12166772)
 * Status: not resolved