Title: TinyMCE not working
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# TinyMCE not working

 *  [Ron Phillips](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netizenron/)
 * (@netizenron)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tinymce-not-working-1/)
 * I just did a fresh install of 2.5.1 and the tinyMCE isn’t working. The error 
   consol in FireFox says tinyMCE is not defined.
 * This is for a client, I’d appreciate some guidance here. I’ve never had install
   problems before.
 * Thanks!
 * -ron

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 *  [morgan4uall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morgan4uall/)
 * (@morgan4uall)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tinymce-not-working-1/#post-753212)
 * Hi NetizenRon,
 * I solved this problem by this easy programming steps:
    1. Point your browser 
   to [http://your-site/wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_config.php](http://your-site/wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_config.php)
   2. If is there a bunch of strange characters is because compression is working
   on the server: – Go to line 173 of “tiny_mce_config.php” and where it’s said:‘
   compress’ => false changes into ‘compress’ => true – Try again in your browser:
   The browser must show a plain javascript file in text format. If not shown, and
   you have HTML code with warnings, just change line 20: $path = realpath($path);
   into $path = [@realpath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realpath/)($path);
 * It worked for me after doing all the cache staff people tell me to fix and I 
   was desperate about this problem.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [morgan4uall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morgan4uall/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tinymce-not-working-1/#post-753212)
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