Title: Editor Freeze Last modified: September 1, 2016 --- # Editor Freeze * [Tradedog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tradedog/) * (@tradedog) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-freeze/) * Hi all * I’m having a strange problem never experienced before in many years of WordPressing. * I pasted a document compiled in MS Word into a new post. Did extensive edits and updated draft along the way. Previewed it a few times and all was fine. * Continued editing and suddenly could not save the draft. The button was not responsive at all. Tried publishing it, that button also dead. * So I copied the post and pasted it into a new ‘new post’ dialogue. Continued editing and the same thing happened again. * No idea what to do next. * Any help much appreciated. Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-freeze/#post-7544033) * 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 [Tradedog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tradedog/) * (@tradedog) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-freeze/#post-7544154) * Thanks James * No luck with that. Not plugins or theme. * It’s quite strange – when I go into the editor and start composing a post everything is fine. * A short while later the update and publishing buttons stop working. * Maybe it’s coinciding with drat autosaves? * I am getting these errors in console * JQMIGRATE: Migrate is installed, version 1.4.1 plugin.min.js:1 Deprecated TinyMCE API call: .onInit.add(..) [http://thegoodcopywriter.com/wp-admin/400italic?wp-mce-4310-20160418](http://thegoodcopywriter.com/wp-admin/400italic?wp-mce-4310-20160418) Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) [http://thegoodcopywriter.com/wp-admin/700?wp-mce-4310-20160418](http://thegoodcopywriter.com/wp-admin/700?wp-mce-4310-20160418) Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) [http://thegoodcopywriter.com/wp-admin/700italic?wp-mce-4310-20160418](http://thegoodcopywriter.com/wp-admin/700italic?wp-mce-4310-20160418) Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) 6http://thegoodcopywriter.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) [http://thegoodcopywriter.com/wp-admin/400italic?wp-mce-4310-20160418](http://thegoodcopywriter.com/wp-admin/400italic?wp-mce-4310-20160418) Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) [http://thegoodcopywriter.com/wp-admin/700?wp-mce-4310-20160418](http://thegoodcopywriter.com/wp-admin/700?wp-mce-4310-20160418) Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) [http://thegoodcopywriter.com/wp-admin/700italic?wp-mce-4310-20160418](http://thegoodcopywriter.com/wp-admin/700italic?wp-mce-4310-20160418) Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-freeze/#post-7544178) * Try [downloading WordPress](https://wordpress.org/download/) again, access your server via [SFTP or FTP](https://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients), or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, and delete then replace your copies of everything on the server **except** the `wp-config.php` file and the`/ wp-content/` directory with fresh copies from the download. This will effectively replace all of your core files without damaging your content and settings. * Some uploaders tend to be unreliable when overwriting files, so don’t forget to delete the original files before replacing them. * Thread Starter [Tradedog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tradedog/) * (@tradedog) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-freeze/#post-7544198) * Thanks James * So I download WordPress again. How do I then remove the files from the download? * Once I have them I just carefully replace each file in cpanel file manager for the site but leave wp/content and wp/config as is? * Thanks again * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-freeze/#post-7544216) * You’d need to unzip the file using whatever your OS provides for that. If you’re on a Mac, just double-click the .zip file. If you’re on a Windows PC, I’m not sure if you still need to install something extra for that. * Thread Starter [Tradedog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tradedog/) * (@tradedog) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-freeze/#post-7544239) * Just did that – only replaced the files, not the folders. * No result, still got the same problem. * Could the problem be in the folders? * Thanks again * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-freeze/#post-7544250) * Did you replace the files within /wp-includes/ and /wp-admin/ too? * Thread Starter [Tradedog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tradedog/) * (@tradedog) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-freeze/#post-7544254) * No I didn’t. Tried but they would not go. * Do you have to do those file by file? * Should I also update wp-config-sample.php? * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-freeze/#post-7544255) * No, just delete the entire /wp-admin/ and /wp-includes/ directories on the server, then upload the new directories to the same place. * Thread Starter [Tradedog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tradedog/) * (@tradedog) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-freeze/#post-7544267) * I deleted the 2 directories in Cpanel. * I then went to ‘upload’, select file, selected one of the directories from my WP download, clicked it and it opened to show large number of individual files. * No obvious way to select and move the entire directory. * Sorry to be so dumb. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-freeze/#post-7544275) * Ok, in this case, I’m going to have to recommend that you use a much better FTP client, like [https://cyberduck.io](https://cyberduck.io) so you can upload the directories (as there are even more directories *within* wp-admin and wp-includes). * You’ll find instructions for connecting to FTP in your hosting provider’s documentation. * Sorry for all the trouble, but it will be good to have a decent FTP client ready to go for more fun later on. 🙂 Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Editor Freeze’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/problem/) * [update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/update/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 11 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-freeze/#post-7544275) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics