Title: HTML behind the post
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# HTML behind the post

 *  [jmforem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmforem/)
 * (@jmforem)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-behind-the-post/)
 * I want to see the html code behind the post I am editing!
    I used to be able 
   to do this, to go in and tweak the code. Maybe change one aspect of one line.
   Maybe a paragraph formatting. Now I can not! The content in the “Visual” and “
   html” windows look exactly the same; no html code.

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 *  [marilynch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marilynch/)
 * (@marilynch)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-behind-the-post/#post-1274099)
 * See my forum post today “Only HTML, no VISUAL display of post after restore” 
   for a similar problem.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-behind-the-post/#post-1274100)
 * Something is very wrong. Have you tried:
 * – 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 default theme to rule out any theme-related 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 [jmforem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmforem/)
 * (@jmforem)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-behind-the-post/#post-1274135)
 * I deactivated all plugins, and upgraded to 2.8.5. No fix.
    I reactivated the 
   two plugins I had. No fix.
 * I have tweaked so much of the theme that I am not about to load a new theme and
   then reload the one I use. (Though I do back up the modified theme I use.)
 * Which php file manages the edit page? i can compare my version with the baseline
   and see if I inadvertantly changerd it. Doubtful though since all of my tweaks
   have focused on the display of the posts, not the editing.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-behind-the-post/#post-1274138)
 * > I have tweaked so much of the theme that I am not about to load a new theme
   > and then reload the one I use. (Though I do back up the modified theme I use.)
 * Did you tweak the default theme? If so, you can [protect your customisations](http://quirm.net/2009/10/04/customising-the-default-wordpress-theme-2/).
   The theme could be the source of the problem if it includes custom functions 
   and/or JavaScript.
 * I don’t think there’s a single file that manages all of the page editing functionality
   but, if you’ve only edited theme files, you’re unlikely to have introduced a 
   core issue yourself. That said, you could try re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-
   includes folders via FTP in case you have a corrupt file that wasn’t corrected
   during the upgrade.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-behind-the-post/#post-1274138)
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