Title: Visual Editor & Insert Image Problems Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Visual Editor & Insert Image Problems * [Frustrated 2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frustrated-2012/) * (@frustrated-2012) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-insert-image-problems/) * Hello fellow WP users. * I was whizzing merrily away creating a new WP site and was terribly impressed with all the functionality and ease of use for me a non developer, but someone with a brain and some design skills. * Then all of a sudden the visual editor disappeared and left me with only HTML editor to work with – what a pain. * I tried all the tricks you guys have suggested to get the visual editor to work again – I have spent days, yes days, not hours, on these forums trying to find a solution which will work for me. * None did. So, I carried on just with the HTML editor which takes me longer and is less friendly but at least it works. * Until today when I went to try and upload some images, first from my computer. The buttons don’t work. I tried to add some images into my media library. This doesn’t work. * So I went back onto the forums and low and behold it seems that this is yet another problem with WP in the latest release……… * **Why oh why isn’t anyone at WP helping to get this fixed?** I was so impressed with the product now I’m just frustrated because I can’t upload any images which makes my site boring. * Most of us aren’t techies and don’t have the time or the skills to start messing about with code. Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-insert-image-problems/#post-2573089) * 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 Twenty Eleven 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 the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download of WordPress. * Thread Starter [Frustrated 2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frustrated-2012/) * (@frustrated-2012) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-insert-image-problems/#post-2573094) * Ah, hello Esmi. Thank you for replying. I have seen your reply above many times when reading all the other posts about these issues. * It doesn’t work for us all even though it has worked for some, so there are still a lot of us out there who cannot use the WP tools as they were intended. * We need a fix from WP please. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-insert-image-problems/#post-2573097) * WordPress cannot “fix” issues that have been introduced into the site by 3rd party plugins, themes, content or server problems. This is **your** site. You have to troubleshoot the issues. * Thread Starter [Frustrated 2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frustrated-2012/) * (@frustrated-2012) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-insert-image-problems/#post-2573099) * Most helpful. * [zora](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zora/) * (@zora) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-insert-image-problems/#post-2573417) * Hi, I’m having the same problems (no visual editor, nothing happening when I click ‘insert into post’ for images) PLUS the little toolbar at the top of the post box (italics, bold, add link, etc) isn’t there. * I’ve done everything suggested in all the various threads. I’m using WP 3.3.1 and Thesis theme 1.8.1. Nothing changes when I switch to WP’s default theme, so Thesis is not the issue. * Nothing changes when I disable all my plugins, so that’s not it. (And yes, I did reset my plugins folder, per that FAQ.) * What gives? Is this all a WP plot to make us better coders? I can do the HTML, but geez it’s slow, especially when I have a bunch of photos. * Any more ideas for fixes? I’m a little bummed to see how all the threads on this topic have trailed away to very little resolution. Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Visual Editor & Insert Image Problems’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [media library](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media-library/) * [visual editor](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/visual-editor/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 5 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [zora](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zora/) * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-insert-image-problems/#post-2573417) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics