Title: Unable to Edit Posts
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Unable to Edit Posts

 *  Resolved [GLOSSYFINDS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glossyfinds/)
 * (@glossyfinds)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-edit-posts-3/)
 * When I try to edit my posts, the entire formatting bar is gone. Both visual and
   text tabs are available, but when I click on text it does not budge. The post
   itself is blank but when I highlight it with my mouse, I can see text codes. 
   I don’t know how to fix this especially since the last time I had an issue like
   this, it was bc my visual editor was disabled. I also tried re-installing wordpress
   3.8 and the issue persists. Pls help 🙁

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-edit-posts-3/#post-4418786)
 * Have you tried:
    – deactivating ALL plugins temporarily to see if this resolves
   the problem. If this works, re-activate them individually (one-by-one) to find
   the problematic plugin(s). If you can’t get into your admin dashboard, try deactivating
   via [FTP or SFTP ](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients)or whatever file management
   application your host provides. If applicable, also remember to deactivate any
   plugins in the mu-plugins folder. The easiest way is to rename that folder to
   mu-plugins-old. – switching to the unedited default, core-bundled Theme (such
   as Twenty Twelve, Twenty Thirteen or Twenty Fourteen) for a moment using the 
   WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue. If you don’t have access to
   your admin area, you can switch to the default theme by renaming your current
   theme’s folder in wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder
   name using via FTP or SFTP or whatever file management application your host 
   provides. Alternately, you can remove other themes except the default theme. 
   That will force your site to use it. – [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 (because the hooks remain unless plugins completely removed or some 
   plugins stick around in cached files. So by renaming the folder, you break them
   and force them inactive). – If the above troubleshooting steps fail to resolve
   the issue, try manually re-uploading all files and folders EXCEPT the wp-config.
   php file and the /wp-content/ directory from a fresh download of WordPress. Make
   sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new
   ones. Read the [Manual Update ](http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update)
   directions first!
 *  Thread Starter [GLOSSYFINDS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glossyfinds/)
 * (@glossyfinds)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-edit-posts-3/#post-4418796)
 * Deactivating the plugins worked! Thanks so much! 🙂

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [GLOSSYFINDS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glossyfinds/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-edit-posts-3/#post-4418796)
 * Status: resolved

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