Title: Cannot edit any php files
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Cannot edit any php files

 *  [shanlastshredsofsanity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shanlastshredsofsanity/)
 * (@shanlastshredsofsanity)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-any-php-files/)
 * I upgraded to 2.9.2 a couple of days ago, but now I cannot edit any of my theme
   files. I have checked with my host and all permissions are correct.
 * The last thing I did was install the linkwithin plug-in for related posts with
   thumbnails (since I could not get any other plug-in to work properly)
 * I am using the lifestyle theme.
 * Please help me?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-any-php-files/#post-1415788)
 * 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 default theme to rule out any theme-related 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
 *  [Shan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shan-last-shreds-of-sanity/)
 * (@shan-last-shreds-of-sanity)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-any-php-files/#post-1416082)
 * I tried the default theme, but it didn’t work. I do not understand about resetting
   the plug-ins folder and your last thought seems unfinished.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-any-php-files/#post-1416083)
 * Sorry – that should have been:
 * re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download of
   WordPress?
 * Did you deactivate **all** plugins.
 *  [Shan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shan-last-shreds-of-sanity/)
 * (@shan-last-shreds-of-sanity)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-any-php-files/#post-1416084)
 * Yes, I have since deactivated all plug-ins & reactivated them one by one. It 
   seems it was the AnyFont plug-in that was the problem, however I didn’t have 
   any of these problems PRIOR to upgrading to the new version of WP.
 * I really don’t get it. Are there any reported bugs with the latest upgrade?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-any-php-files/#post-1416085)
 * No known bugs of this type. How many other plugins do you have active? It could
   be that AnyFont isn’t playing nicely with another plugin.

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 * [permissions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permissions/)
 * [php files](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-files/)
 * [plug-ins](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/plug-ins/)

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-any-php-files/#post-1416085)
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