Title: Classic Editor switch
Last modified: April 18, 2021

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# Classic Editor switch

 *  [bpnow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bpnow/)
 * (@bpnow)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/classic-editor-switch/)
 * I had to take over an existing wordpress site (not functioning well) and I am
   trying to edit an existing page. I am using the Classic Editor in its basic form(
   Gutenberg is not present)- WordPress is 5.7.1, Classic Editor version 1.6
 * For two different pages I enter the “Edit Page”-mode and detect the following:
 * For the first page it offers immediately the “editing zone” where I can see all
   the icons B, I and so on, and an area where I can write text.
 * For the second page (the one which I want to edit) I do NOT find this zone.
    
   There are only existing fields Header, Title etc. where I can change the content,
   not at all this zone where I could write text freely.
 * Is there a “switch” to activate this zone? I mean the editor as such seems to
   work, but not for the page I want to edit, so I assume it is the page which “
   forbids” me the editing.

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 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/classic-editor-switch/#post-14333221)
 * Disable all other plugins except Classic Editor, and switch to a default WordPress
   theme (e.g. Twenty-Twenty). Does that resolve the issue? If so, activate one 
   by one, testing each time. When you find the offending theme/plugin, contact 
   the author in their suppprt forum to try to resolve it.
 *  Thread Starter [bpnow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bpnow/)
 * (@bpnow)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/classic-editor-switch/#post-14333455)
 * This sounds very dangerous. I did this at another occasion, and my website was
   not available at all for several ours.
 * So two questions:
 * 1. Is there not a likely plugin which may be the culprit?
    2. Can I change the
   theme without crashing my website? (If it is disfigured for some time I could
   accept this, but not a crash)
 * Isn’t the fact that the “editing zone” shows up for one page a sign that the 
   page where it does not show up has the problem/wrong status?
 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/classic-editor-switch/#post-14333702)
 * This is the standard process for debugging in WordPress. You can also use the
   Health Check plugin to carry out the troubleshooting process **only** for the
   logged in user (nothing changes for the visitors to the site):
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/)
 * In answer to your questions:
    1. There are almost 60,000 plugins in the repository.
   Plugins that have not been updated for some time are often the culprits 2. Yes,
   there should not be a problem in switching betwen themes. All the settinsg are
   stored in the database. If concerned, you can either a) take a full site backup(
   files and database) first, so if anything happens you can restore from the backup
   to the original state, or b) Use the Health Check plugin I linked to above.
 *  [Vlad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vladytimy/)
 * (@vladytimy)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/classic-editor-switch/#post-14333782)
 * Hi, [@bpnow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bpnow/)
 * These are the steps of what [@pidengmor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
   very well advised you to do:
 * Install [Health Check Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/)
 * 1. Under Tools > Site Health, on the _Troubleshooting_ tab, click on the _Enable
   Troubleshooting Mode_ button to disable all plugins and change the theme to a
   default one (just for yourself, while you’re still logged in).
 * 2. Then, by using the options displayed at `/wp-admin`, you can turn on/off plugins
   and themes, one at the time and check what plugin is the cause of your problem.
 * 3. Don’t forget to _Disable Troubleshooting Mode_ when you’re done.
 * See [https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/appendix/troubleshooting-using-the-health-check/](https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/appendix/troubleshooting-using-the-health-check/)
   for more information.
 * Kind regards!
 *  Thread Starter [bpnow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bpnow/)
 * (@bpnow)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/classic-editor-switch/#post-14336190)
 * Many thanks for this advice with Site Health. I will have to look at what my 
   wordpress installation proposes in the health area (it gives me already some 
   proposals warnings).
    The first thing: It insists that I connect to this (very
   invasive) Jetpack, which I will do now. Hope this doesn’t mess up my website.
 * I am still wondering how the editor makes a difference between the different 
   pages: For some it works perfectly, for others not at all.
 * The only thing I really can’t do is “switching off all plugins” this was really
   fatal when I did it the last time a week ago.

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