Title: Strange problem Visual Editor Not Working Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Strange problem Visual Editor Not Working * [surya300](https://wordpress.org/support/users/surya300/) * (@surya300) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/) * Visual editor of WordPress is not working when i want to edit a published page * but it is working for new post or page What could be the problem and how could i solve it Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 46 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/page/4/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/page/2/?output_format=md) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2767912) * 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 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. * – re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download of WordPress. * Thread Starter [surya300](https://wordpress.org/support/users/surya300/) * (@surya300) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768059) * yes done every thing above * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768083) * > Visual editor of WordPress is not working * In what way is it “not working”? * Thread Starter [surya300](https://wordpress.org/support/users/surya300/) * (@surya300) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768086) * It is not showing any buttons on html and visual tabs and cannot see the text/ code which is their but the code is not visible and can be seen if it is highlighted in the editor this only in case of editing a published post * For new post every thing is working fine * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768089) * Did you import any content into this site? * Thread Starter [surya300](https://wordpress.org/support/users/surya300/) * (@surya300) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768093) * the site is live for a year so content present but it is not imported only word press was updated * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768110) * What happens if you try to reproduce any of the older posts as new posts? * Thread Starter [surya300](https://wordpress.org/support/users/surya300/) * (@surya300) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768111) * Actually i didnt get u please see the below images * [http://i.imgur.com/nRBOw.png](http://i.imgur.com/nRBOw.png) – editing the post there is text above the higligted line also but cannot be seen with out highlighting * [http://i.imgur.com/NfxIg.png](http://i.imgur.com/NfxIg.png) – new post * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768112) * What happens if you create a new post from the text of an older post? * Thread Starter [surya300](https://wordpress.org/support/users/surya300/) * (@surya300) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768113) * If i click on ctrl+a in the old post and paste in new post it copies as normal text in the new post once i publish it and then try to edit it, then text can not be seen unless it is highlighted and the buttons are not visible and html and visual tabs not working * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768114) * In that case, it’s a content/database issue. what happens if you first paste the text into a plain text editor such as NotePad, then copy’n’paste it into a new post? * Thread Starter [surya300](https://wordpress.org/support/users/surya300/) * (@surya300) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768116) * actually new post i can post directly , new post does not have any problem * Only problem is with editing a published post * the editor problem is only when i want to edit a **already published post ** all through the page code was present it is not visible like if the text color was white on white background and the editor buttons are not visible * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768117) * So this happens with **all** published posts – not just older ones? * Thread Starter [surya300](https://wordpress.org/support/users/surya300/) * (@surya300) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768118) * all published posts even just now published post * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/#post-2768127) * Does the same thing happen with saved draft (unpublished) posts? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 46 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/page/4/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Strange problem Visual Editor Not Working’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [editor-problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/editor-problem/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 46 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Dan Knauss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpknauss/) * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-visual-editor-not-working/page/4/#post-2768348) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics