Title: Editing using visual tab not working
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Editing using visual tab not working

 *  [mtsgp15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtsgp15/)
 * (@mtsgp15)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-using-visual-tab-not-working/)
 * When editing a page it is default to the text tab and I cant change it to visual.
   And customiser doesn’t seem to work. In fact the screen options and help drop
   downs do not work or the media button on the edit page. Recently I tried to change
   my theme to Tempera. And with some plugins I had to install for the settings 
   and slider via Cryout Creations my site has never worked properly since. I really
   am a learner on this and fumbling my way round but I hope its not me but maybe
   the fact Tempera works with this “add ons” to customise. I don’t know but since
   trying other themes and in desperation going back to my old theme, I still cannot
   edit on the page or direct customiser. The edit button didnt work on another 
   theme I was trying out. I have flushed cache and clearing my own browser history
   and taking off Tempera plugins but I am still stuck now. Please help

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-using-visual-tab-not-working/#post-7587746)
 * Try deactivating all plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, try switching to the Twenty Sixteen theme
   to rule-out a theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).
 *  Thread Starter [mtsgp15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtsgp15/)
 * (@mtsgp15)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-using-visual-tab-not-working/#post-7587810)
 * I sent a reply – did you get it as after sent post it logged me out of this site!
 * Shortened version – thanks for your reply. It started working fine when I logged
   in tonight without doing anymore.
    Has crashed me out again when taking of page
   title then viewing it, which has saved it, and now when trying to put “about 
   us” back in the site crashes saying my website is not working. I was trying to
   find a way to take the page header out of the narrative and reduce the padding
   because the page is awful when you see it live. You have to scroll down to start
   reading the narrative and its so narrow you scroll too much. This is why I tried
   to change themes by Tempera, then a couple of other hotel themes (my site is 
   for a lodge) after I kept crashing with Tempera. But the edit problem carried
   on through the other themes until I changed back to Baskerville and then sent
   out my SOS here as GoDaddy seems only to say go onto website builder which would
   be so much better for someone who doesn’t know much, no time to learn, no time
   to waste anymore on website presentation as no time to do it anymore but desperately
   needs to start earning money with an attractive website to promote internationally.
   I don’t know what to do anymore. Had this site for almost a year and hating the
   layout and now all I do is crash it. my site is sandrockslodge.com. Please give
   me some advice, thanks
 *  Thread Starter [mtsgp15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtsgp15/)
 * (@mtsgp15)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-using-visual-tab-not-working/#post-7587811)
 * Haha, just sent another message to say looks like my second message has posted
   this time when I’ve just got a message to say – “slow down” I’m doing things 
   too quickly…… not how I feel when I’m still trying to get my website to look 
   nice after almost a year 🙁
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-using-visual-tab-not-working/#post-7587812)
 * I still have to recommend the same troubleshooting steps.
 * Something is causing your site to crash during routine operation, and that’s 
   not normal.
 * To isolate the cause, we need to start by ruling out third-party elements.
 * Try deactivating all plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, try switching to the Twenty Sixteen theme
   to rule-out a theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).

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 * [Customiser](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/customiser/)
 * [editing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/editing/)

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-using-visual-tab-not-working/#post-7587812)
 * Status: not resolved

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