Title: wp-admin/edit.php not loading
Last modified: August 30, 2016
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# wp-admin/edit.php not loading
* [summer01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summer01/)
* (@summer01)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/)
* When I got to ‘all posts’ in the WordPress dashboard I get a blank page – no
error messages. I can still add new posts and the actual site works fine. Its
just the backend that’s the problem.
* Tried a different theme – didn’t help
Tried deactivating plugins – didn’t help(
none are new anyway) although I did add a new one which I tried and then deleted
earlier today. Checked error logs for PHP errors – none from today.
* Any other ideas of what I can try
Thanks
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* Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
* (@t-p)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795000)
* > Tried a different theme – didn’t help
* Have you tried Twenty Fifteen them with ALL plugins deactivated
* Thread Starter [summer01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summer01/)
* (@summer01)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795006)
* It wasn’t twenty fifteen I tried so just deactivated all plug ins again with
this theme and it didn’t make any difference.
* [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
* (@josh401)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795009)
* See if you have any errors in your browser console (when viewing an admin page
that doesn’t load):
[https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors](https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors)
* Thread Starter [summer01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summer01/)
* (@summer01)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795017)
* OK, did that and I get
* Notice: wpdb::escape is deprecated since version 3.6! Use wpdb::prepare() or
esc_sql() instead. in /public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3406
* I have no idea what this means.
* Thread Starter [summer01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summer01/)
* (@summer01)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795138)
* Anyone got any ideas what to do next?
Thanks
* _[Moderator’s note: [No bumping ](https://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#No_Bumping)
please]_
* [megafreechips](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megafreechips/)
* (@megafreechips)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795140)
* It seems somewhere in your theme or plugins you are using a deprecated function.
Try to find where you are using wpdb::escape.
* This is the row you mentioned from the functions.php file, it’s just a core hook
that tell’s you when you are using deprecated core stuff:
* ```
function _deprecated_function( $function, $version, $replacement = null ) {
/**
* Fires when a deprecated function is called.
*
* @since 2.5.0
*
* @param string $function The function that was called.
* @param string $replacement The function that should have been called.
* @param string $version The version of WordPress that deprecated the function.
*/
do_action( 'deprecated_function_run', $function, $replacement, $version );
/**
* Filter whether to trigger an error for deprecated functions.
*
* @since 2.5.0
*
* @param bool $trigger Whether to trigger the error for deprecated functions. Default true.
*/
if ( WP_DEBUG && apply_filters( 'deprecated_function_trigger_error', true ) ) {
if ( function_exists( '__' ) ) {
if ( ! is_null( $replacement ) )
trigger_error( sprintf( __('%1$s is deprecated since version %2$s! Use %3$s instead.'), $function, $version, $replacement ) );
else
trigger_error( sprintf( __('%1$s is deprecated since version %2$s with no alternative available.'), $function, $version ) );
} else {
if ( ! is_null( $replacement ) )
trigger_error( sprintf( '%1$s is deprecated since version %2$s! Use %3$s instead.', $function, $version, $replacement ) );
else
trigger_error( sprintf( '%1$s is deprecated since version %2$s with no alternative available.', $function, $version ) );
}
}
}
```
* If you aren’t using a proper IDE and can’t properly debug, I would recommend
disabling all plugins and activating them one by one trying to find the problematic
one.
wpdb::escape is probably being called from one of your plugins that hasn’t
been updated for a long time. Or, you can search the usage of this function in
your code and find the problematic place.
* Thread Starter [summer01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summer01/)
* (@summer01)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795143)
* Is it possible that it is something to do with a plugin that has been deleted?
I have deactivated all plugins and it doesn’t solve the problem. Will try to
find the function in the code but don’t know a quick way of doing this.
* Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
* (@t-p)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795145)
* > Is it possible that it is something to do with a plugin that has been deleted?
* try [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](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients).
* Thread Starter [summer01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summer01/)
* (@summer01)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795148)
* Thanks, just tried resetting the plugins folder by FTP but it didn’t help. Still
get a blank page for ‘all posts’ !
* Thread Starter [summer01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summer01/)
* (@summer01)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795149)
* OK, now I am almost certain it is something to do with a plugin that I installed
and then deleted yesterday. I tried reinstalling but it didn’t help. All the
files for the plugin have been deleted from the the plugins folder. Are there
any other obvious places I should be looking?
* [megafreechips](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megafreechips/)
* (@megafreechips)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795158)
* You can easily find the problematic place if you just search for the usage of
this deprecated function:
* wpdb::escape
* As the error instructed.
Check this out: [https://www.webniraj.com/2013/08/05/wordpress-3-6-fixing-wpdbescape-deprecation-errors/](https://www.webniraj.com/2013/08/05/wordpress-3-6-fixing-wpdbescape-deprecation-errors/)
* Thread Starter [summer01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summer01/)
* (@summer01)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795180)
* I have found one plugin that had wpdb::escape. Replaced them all with esc_sql
but it hasn’t solved the problem of the posts page not loading. I went back and
turned the error reporting back on and now there is no error. So it seems to
have fixed the deprecated function error but for some reason I am still getting
a blank page for ‘all posts’.
* [megafreechips](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megafreechips/)
* (@megafreechips)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795196)
* Is this site live?
Or on local dev-env? If it’s on a local dev-env, I’d suggest
putting some breakpoints and checking where it breaks.
* Thread Starter [summer01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summer01/)
* (@summer01)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admineditphp-not-loading/#post-6795198)
* its live so I don’t want to do anything too drastic just before Christmas.
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