Title: Cannot add new posts
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Cannot add new posts

 *  [meg.dehner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megdehner/)
 * (@megdehner)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-new-posts-1/)
 * Hi.
 * My WordPress admin is experiencing some weird symptoms. I am running 4.0. I am
   running a custom theme. These symptoms did not exist as of last night; all was
   working fine last night. Today, I have lost major functionality. I made not changes
   last night or today except adding three plugins: Subscribe2, WP Simple Paypal
   Shopping cart, and Google XML Sitemaps, which I have since disabled. I have tried
   disabling all plugins, but problems are still present. I tried a restore through
   my host to last night’s backup. Still nothing.
 * I’ll also add that this problem has happened ONCE before about three weeks ago(?),
   yet it suddenly resolved itself and I was magically able to add new posts, etc.(
   see below) again. Weird. Any help is much appreciated. Here are the symptoms:
 * ADDING NEW POSTS OR EDITING OLD POSTS
 * 1. **Add media** button is unresponsive (URL changes from “/wp-admin/post.php?
   post=1905&action=edit” to “/wp-admin/post.php?post=1905&action=edit#”
 * 2. **Shortcodes** button is unresponsive (URL changes from “/wp-admin/post.php?
   post=1905&action=edit” to “/wp-admin/post.php?post=1905&action=edit#TB_inline?
   width=640&inlineId=mm_sg_container”
 * 3. **Edit** URL button is unresponsive.
 * 4. Add **tag** button unresponsive.
 * 5. **Drop down menu** arrows are unresponsive.
 * 6. The default toggle is **Visual**; the **Text button is unresponsive **and 
   HTML code is seen in Visual.
 * 7. Everything else seems to work, even the **Save Draft** and **Preview** functions,
   although some HTML code is visible in Preview page where it should be hidden.
 * OUTSIDE OF ADD NEW POST OR EDIT OLD POST
 * 1. **Jetpack Site Stats page freeze**s when loading; it says “View Stats on WordPress.
   com Right Now”, which, if I click on it, successfully takes me to WordPress.com
   where I can view stats. Otherwise it freezes when it tries to load.
 * 2. The **Appearance tab** to left, the Widget bars do not allow me to move them,
   nor do the **drop down menu arrows** drop down, which means I **cannot edit Widget
   content/code** or move them up/down/remove/add.
 * 3. The **Media Library does not show ANY photos**; it does allow adding a photo(
   it loads and crunches) but there are NO options, nor does it save in Media Library.
 * 4. Everything else SEEMS to be functioning.

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 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-new-posts-1/#post-5396598)
 * See [https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors](https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors)
   to see if there are errors that are causing the issues in admin.

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## Tags

 * [cannot edit posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cannot-edit-posts/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-new-posts-1/#post-5396598)
 * Status: not resolved

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