Title: Cannot edit posts in 3.3. Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Cannot edit posts in 3.3. * [Alexa Mills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexa-mills/) * (@alexa-mills) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/) * Since upgrading last night, almost nothing works on my edit page works, including the help tab. I can see the red underline dots where the misspellings are, but I can’t see the text and I can’t switch to HTML view. I can publish and preview, but I can’t edit. * I deactivated all my plugins, and it still doesn’t work (and now my site is a mess). * Also, the usual wordpress favicon is missing too. What’s going on? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 22 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/page/2/?output_format=md) * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452499) * Rename the plugins folder to plugins-old (yes, I know, deactivating SHOULD have done that). Then dump your browser cache completely – Kill it with fire. * [runh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/runh/) * (@runh) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452509) * I have the same problem 🙁 and I have uninstalled / deactivated the proofreader“ After the deadline”. I am still not able to change between html and visual view. * Thread Starter [Alexa Mills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexa-mills/) * (@alexa-mills) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452577) * Ipstenu thanks for the help but that didn’t work either! I wish I never upgraded to 3.3 * [Brad Markle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imh_brad/) * (@imh_brad) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452578) * Hi Alexa, I just wanted to double check, have you already ran through the basic troubleshooting steps? * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). * – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems. * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F) by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems. * Thread Starter [Alexa Mills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexa-mills/) * (@alexa-mills) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452581) * Hi Brad. The only think I haven’t tried on your list is switching to Twenty Eleven. I’ll try that, but I’m a little hesitant. Won’t that change the whole look of my site? * [Brad Markle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imh_brad/) * (@imh_brad) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452585) * Hi Alexa, yes it will change the look of your site, but only for a moment or two while you actually test it. * Thread Starter [Alexa Mills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexa-mills/) * (@alexa-mills) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452592) * Ok I’ve also done that now, and I still couldn’t edit posts under the Twenty Eleven theme. I switched it back. I guess it’s a mystery * Thread Starter [Alexa Mills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexa-mills/) * (@alexa-mills) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452596) * Is there a way to call wordpress and get help? * [Brad Markle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imh_brad/) * (@imh_brad) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452639) * > Is there a way to call wordpress and get help? * I don’t believe there is actually a WordPress phone number, but you could google for WordPress Paid Technical Support and I’m sure you could hire a third party developer to review the issue for you. * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452644) * WordPress is a free product, supported only by this free forum staffed by volunteers( like me). You can hire people at jobs.wordpress.net or codepoet.com if you’re in need. Otherwise, it’s the forums. * Have you read through ALL of this: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wordpress-33-master-list](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wordpress-33-master-list) * Thread Starter [Alexa Mills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexa-mills/) * (@alexa-mills) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452678) * It looks like I’ve done everything except the manual install, which I’m worried to do on my own. Thanks for your help, guys. I didn’t realize you were volunteers. * [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/) * (@kmessinger) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452680) * You might want to check if your JAVA is working, [http://java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp](http://java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp) * If so, you can also try deleting the wp-admin folder and uploading a fresh copy to the server. Wp-admin contains all the javascripts used to run the back-in. It is possible that one is contaminated. * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452735) * The manual update is easy and safe as houses 🙂 Can you copy files to a new folder? You can _totally_ do this 😀 And I promise that you won’t be deleting any of the files you’ve customized, like plugins and themes. * Grab a fresh ZIP from [http://wordpress.org/download/](http://wordpress.org/download/) * Thread Starter [Alexa Mills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexa-mills/) * (@alexa-mills) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452790) * Thanks for the encouragement. I did the manual update and checked the Java. Nothing is working. I still can’t see my posts. The only plugins I have left are askimet, google-analyticator, subscribe-to-comments, and wp-db-backup. I’ve deactivated and reactivated all of them with no results. I’m not sure what else to do. * Thread Starter [Alexa Mills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexa-mills/) * (@alexa-mills) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/#post-2452791) * sorry – akismet Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 22 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Cannot edit posts in 3.3.’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 22 replies * 8 participants * Last reply from: [evenfirst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evenfirst/) * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-posts-in-33/page/2/#post-2452975) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics