{"id":706,"date":"2018-11-21T01:33:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T01:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/align\/?p=706"},"modified":"2023-02-23T15:40:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T23:40:27","slug":"fix-wordpress-visual-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/fix-wordpress-visual-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: Fix WordPress Visual Editor Not Working"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>NOTE 2\/28\/2019:<\/strong><\/span> WordPress has changed its editor to Gutenberg, so this post is no longer applicable to modern WP installs. If you are looking to get the classic Visual Editor back, you&#8217;ll need a Super Admin to install and activate <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/classic-editor\/\">this Classic Editor plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The WordPress&nbsp;<strong>Visual Editor<\/strong> is the feature that lets you edit WordPress pages and posts like a word processor, so you can avoid the hassle of HTML:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-717 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordpressVisualEditor.png\" alt=\"Wordpress Visual Editor\" width=\"836\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordpressVisualEditor.png 836w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordpressVisualEditor-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordpressVisualEditor-768x111.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Recently I was in a client site where the Visual Editor was not working. Where it should have been, nothing appeared.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-716 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordpressMissingVisualEditor.png\" alt=\"Wordpress Visual Editor Missing\" width=\"839\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordpressMissingVisualEditor.png 839w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordpressMissingVisualEditor-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordpressMissingVisualEditor-768x77.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is possible to disable the WordPress Visual Editor. I don&#8217;t know why anyone would (especially on our team) so this is personally the last place I&#8217;d think to check.<\/p>\n<p>However, most of the solutions I had discovered were pretty invasive. Suggestions included editing TinyMCE, editing the wp-config PHP, and\/or removing plugins. I wanted to start simple before involving our team and the client in a more complicated and time consuming solution.<\/p>\n<h3>Enable or Disable the WordPress Visual Editor<\/h3>\n<p>The setting to enable or disable the Visual Editor is in <strong>Users &gt; Your Profile<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-719\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordPressUsersYourProfile.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordPressUsersYourProfile.png 160w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordPressUsersYourProfile-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-718 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordpressProfilePersonalOptions.png\" alt=\"Disable WordPress Visual Editor\" width=\"591\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordpressProfilePersonalOptions.png 591w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/WordpressProfilePersonalOptions-300x93.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>To be clear:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The Visual Editor is <strong>ON<\/strong> when it is <em>un<\/em>checked.<\/li>\n<li>The Visual Editor is <strong>OFF<\/strong> when this option is checked.<\/li>\n<li>Changing this setting will not&nbsp;affect anyone else (unless you share a login).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>If the Visual Editor Setting Is Correct, but the Visual Editor Is Still Not Working<\/h3>\n<p>If &#8220;Disable the visual editor when writing&#8221; is already unchecked, and your Visual Editor is still missing, this doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean that you have to try a more complicated fix.<\/p>\n<p>You may be familiar with the IT advice, &#8220;Have you tried turning it off and on again?&#8221;. It can annoying to hear, but it&#8217;s cliche because it often works.<\/p>\n<p>Because I knew the setting would not affect anyone else, I decided to go ahead and just try toggling&nbsp;&#8220;Disable the visual editor when writing&#8221; on and off.<\/p>\n<p><b>Here&#8217;s what I did:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Users &gt; Your Profile<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Check the box beside &#8220;Disable the visual editor when writing&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Update Profile<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Hard refresh&#8221; the page using Ctrl + F5<\/li>\n<li><em>Un<\/em>check the box beside&nbsp;&#8220;Disable the visual editor when writing&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once I did this, my Visual Editor reappeared.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong>&nbsp;This blog post is about what worked for me in this situation, and is a safe place to start before moving on to more advanced solutions. Every WordPress install is unique, and because of that, I cannot guarantee that this will fix every instance where the Visual Editor is not working.<\/p>\n<p>If this does not fix your problem, unfortunately I cannot help you any further, and recommend that you contact your website technical support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTE 2\/28\/2019: WordPress has changed its editor to Gutenberg, so this post is no longer applicable to modern WP installs. If you are looking to get the classic Visual Editor back, you&#8217;ll need a Super Admin to install and activate this Classic Editor plugin. 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