Title: Visual editor broken
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Visual editor broken

 *  [robertantonescu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertantonescu/)
 * (@robertantonescu)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-broken-6/)
 * Hello!
    I use WordPress 3.9, freshly installed, on Chrome. Visual editor not 
   working, appearing blank and showing text only when selected, which doesn’t help
   much for the purpose of editing. The debug script did not fix the error. Errors
   below:
 * Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL
    /wp-includes/js/tinymce/tinymce.
   min.js?ver=4021-20140412:9
 * Uncaught ReferenceError: tinymce is not defined /wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/
   compat3x/plugin.js?ver=4021-20140412:301
 * Uncaught ReferenceError: tinymce is not defined /wp-admin/post.php?post=1&action
   =edit:2037
 * Help please!
    Thanks.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-broken-6/#post-4865672)
 * 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-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 all files & folders – **except** the wp-content folder and wp-
   config.php & root .htaccess files – from a **fresh** download of WordPress. Make
   sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new
   ones.
 *  Thread Starter [robertantonescu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertantonescu/)
 * (@robertantonescu)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-broken-6/#post-4865679)
 * sorry, none of the above apply. i installed wordpress on a new database, new 
   domain, no plugin or theme whatsoever installed previously.
    i even deleted Akismet
   and Hello Dolly. 🙂 nothing helps. i guess i’ll just start from scratch again
   and install 3.8.3 thanks
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-broken-6/#post-4865683)
 * I would not recommend that, Using an older copy of WordPress would mean that 
   your site would be running a very real risk of being hacked. Try re-uploading
   all files & folders – **except** the root wp-config.php & .htaccess files and
   the wp-content folder – from a **fresh** download of WordPress. Make sure that
   you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new ones.
 *  Thread Starter [robertantonescu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertantonescu/)
 * (@robertantonescu)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-broken-6/#post-4865694)
 * So I deleted the files and folders, all except wp-config.php, .htaccess and the
   wp-acontent folder. Copied back on server all these files from a freshly downloaded
   package of 3.9. No luck, I’m stuck.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-broken-6/#post-4865697)
 * I’ve got one last fix…
 * Try adding `define('SCRIPT_DEBUG', true);`to the bottom of your wp-config.php
   file (just before the `require_once` line).

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## Tags

 * [visual editor](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/visual-editor/)
 * [wordpress 3.9](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-3-9/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-broken-6/#post-4865697)
 * Status: not resolved

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