Hey there,
It could either be theme related or even in rare cases server related. Have you tried with a default 2015/2014 theme? Could you right click the page with no visual editor in Chrome browser and click “inspect element” then click “Console” tab to see if there are any error messages in red? If so, paste them here. Thanks
No error messages appear in red in Chrome. changed theme to test but no luck. What’s weird is my problem resulted after updating to the newest wordpress version. When that messed it up I was willing to start from scratch and created a new site and uploaded a fresh version in a different folder and still no visual editor. If it is server related what might the issue be?
I did call my host and asked them if they could help…they updated the htaccess file to use php.5.3 version but that did not work either. I have checked an older website using wordpress 4.1 version and visual editor works on that site.
I am bit stumped since you said no plugins are active. This will be a long shot but I have seen this similar type issue resolved by doing the following. Enter this define into your wp-config underneath another define you have there:
define(‘CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS’, false );
Let me know if that helps.
Tried that no luck. If you are stumped im starting to worry lol.
Is going back to the older version a solution?
Yeah at this point I am really not sure what else it could be since you say you fully reinstalled core files. Hopefully someone else here may have some input.
Go to dashboard>>users>>your profile and check settings for visual editor.
OMG I would hit my head into the wall if that is the only issue here Kmessinger! LOL !! oh wow, thanks for that..I never even think of the simplest solutions. Lets see if that is the issue!
no worries Mike…that fix got me excited too but that unfortunately did not work either…in Profiles it does have a box to turn off visual editor which if clicked removes the tab as well. In my case the tab is there but no tools appear…
In my case the tab is there but no tools appear
Did I miss that? No problem.
Delete the wp-includes folder and wp-admin folder. DO NOT TOUCH the wp-contents folder. Download a fresh copy of WP. Extract those two folders and using ftp or the file manager provided by your host upload the folders to replace the deleted ones.
I would have thought that would fix it too but she mentioned
“I have loaded the latest wordpress version:
which I assume means they uploaded a new fresh core file set. But maybe not?
Loading/installing can still leave corrupted files. But the new install having the same problem as the initial (I missed that) would point to the theme.
Your question, “Have you tried with a default 2015/2014 theme?” was overlooked and not answered.
True..this is a head scratcher !
so here is what ive done;
1. I uploaded latest version to my existing perfectly working WP site that’s when I lost visual editor.
2. I created a brand new WP site (+ new MySQL DB) downloaded another fresh latest version with no plugins or themes and still no visual editor.
3. I tried all the themes to no avail.
4. called my host and now using php 5.3 still not working.
5. deleted wp-includes and wp-admin and reinstalled latest version with no effect.
6. going to try yet another fresh install just in case files are corrupting on the upload.
🙁
yet another fresh install in vein. very bizarre!!
