Title: Cannot Edit Certain Posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Cannot Edit Certain Posts

 *  Resolved [livelearncreate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/livelearncreate/)
 * (@livelearncreate)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-certain-posts/)
 * I am running 2.7 and I have a user (Editor) who posts on a daily basis. The problem
   we are seeing is that neither he nor I can edit most of his posts. When you click
   on the Edit link or the post Title in the admin area you get this result on the
   page:
 * **Fatal error:** Call to undefined function: normalize_whitespace() in **/nfs/
   c03/h03/mnt/55208/domains/proximitymagazine.com/html/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.
   php **on line **49**
 * Now, if I use the quick edit option and I either shorten the permalink (I’ve 
   read elsewhere that 30+ characters in your permalink causes problems) or even
   if I don’t change anything and I click “Update Post”
    then the normal editing
   ability works.
 * Why, why, why am I getting this? I can’t go in and do this work around on every
   single post!
 * Please help.

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-certain-posts/#post-967916)
 * Doesn’t make much sense does it?
 * Maybe try uploading a new copy of `wp-includes/formatting.php` (the file containing
   the `function normalize_whitespace`).
 * Make sure to use ASCII file transfer mode when uploading.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-certain-posts/#post-967917)
 * Might also check your log files to see if any errors are report or ask your host
   if they have any input, if the problem persists.
 * Also this:
 * Turn PHP debugging on and check the log file:
    add this to .htaccess
 *     ```
       # supress php errors
       php_flag display_startup_errors off
       php_flag display_errors off
       php_flag html_errors off
       php_flag log_errors on
       php_value error_log /tmp/wordpress_errors.log
       ```
   
 * (or whatever log file location you want)
 *  Thread Starter [livelearncreate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/livelearncreate/)
 * (@livelearncreate)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-certain-posts/#post-968123)
 * Thanks!
 * Looking at the **formatting.php** file that comes with the 2.7 download it is
   very different from 2.6, which doesn’t have normalize_whitespace() anywhere in
   it.
 * So I think the problem comes from the Automatic Update plugin. Did it not replace
   that file? Might there be a better way to find the log for the update and I’ll
   try to let the developer know that this happened.
 * I wonder if there isn’t a better way to know when and if certain files are not
   replaced or overwritten.
 * Anyway…thanks so much. Really happy to not have to turn on debugging.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-certain-posts/#post-968136)
 * Deactivate and delete the Automatic Update Plugin as 2.7 has the ability built-
   in.
 *  Thread Starter [livelearncreate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/livelearncreate/)
 * (@livelearncreate)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-certain-posts/#post-968145)
 * Ah! Thanks.

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## Tags

 * [editing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/editing/)
 * [fatal](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal/)
 * [whitespace](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/whitespace/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [livelearncreate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/livelearncreate/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-certain-posts/#post-968145)
 * Status: resolved

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