Title: tinymce is not defined
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# tinymce is not defined

 *  Resolved [beefSupreme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beefsupreme/)
 * (@beefsupreme)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tinymce-is-not-defined-4/)
 * Since updating one of my sites to 4.3.1 I am unable to see the content in the
   post/page editor. It would appear that there is any issue loading tinymce.
 * The content is there and I can highlight it to see the code but I cannot edit
   it.
 * It was working before. It’s a small site running a couple of plugins:
    * Akismet*
   All in One SEO Pack * Elegant Themes Update * Divi (Theme) 2.5.3
 * I have tried the following:
 * 1. Clear browser cache
    2. Try another browser 3. A colleague from another office
   has tried it (him informed me of the porblem) 4. Upload a clean version of WP
   install incase a file was missed (en_gb.wp4.3.1)
 * Firebug shows the 3 errors in the console:
 * `ReferenceError: tinymce is not defined`
 * Server error log shows the following:
    DOMAINNAME [Wed Sep 16 16:00:09 2015] [
   error] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:46160] AH01630: client denied by server configuration:/
   home/sites/DOMAINNAME/public_html/blog/wp-includes/js/tinymce/wp-tinymce.php

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 *  Thread Starter [beefSupreme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beefsupreme/)
 * (@beefsupreme)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tinymce-is-not-defined-4/#post-6555809)
 * Found my issue.
 * I had installed Sucuri Security (which I use on many sites) and run the harden
   rules via the admin. I tried deleting the plugin to see if it was the issue.
 * It had left some .htaccess rules in /wp-includes/ that was blocking tinymce.
 * Solution:
    [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-tinymce-disabled-after-hardening-wp-includes?replies=11#post-7437789](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-tinymce-disabled-after-hardening-wp-includes?replies=11#post-7437789)
 *  [Dragos Cristache](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dragoscristache/)
 * (@dragoscristache)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tinymce-is-not-defined-4/#post-6556152)
 * I had the same error and I solved it by re-uploading the wp-includes folder. 
   Hope this helps someone!
 *  [feefyou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/feefyou/)
 * (@feefyou)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tinymce-is-not-defined-4/#post-6556157)
 * I’m going to try to post this everywhere I can.
    After days of researching Old
   old posts regarding the Tinymce errors (not finding a URL that was totally Ok)
 * Sucuri or Wordfence had added an HTACCESS to the WP-INCLUDES folder which caused
   some conflict.
 * CHECK WP-INCLUDES for any rules that may not allow the site to read the proper
   files.
 * Quick test, back up the WP-INCLUDES HTACCESS, then empty the file, then reload
   your page you’re trying to edit. BOOM, success!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [feefyou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/feefyou/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tinymce-is-not-defined-4/#post-6556157)
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