Title: Cannot edit theme on version 2.8
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Cannot edit theme on version 2.8

 *  [tirion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tirion/)
 * (@tirion)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-theme-on-version-28/)
 * Hi guys,
 * For some reason, after doing an automatic upgrade to 2.8 one of my sites is no
   longer able to edit individual theme files.
 * It’s very weird actually, when I press save it looks like everything is fine,
   and if I refresh the editor page the changes I made remain.
 * However, if I view the site or download the .php file I edited, the changes are
   not there.
 * It’s like WP is holding a cached page that never gets written to the actual .
   php file, but whenever you try and edit the file the changes you made are still
   there.
 * Tried disabling code highlighting, didn’t help. Tried on both Firefox and IE,
   same problem on both.
 * Can’t work it out 😛
 * FYI, this is on a linux apache host, on my home windows IIS machine it works 
   perfectly.

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 *  [larryinvegas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/larryinvegas/)
 * (@larryinvegas)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-theme-on-version-28/#post-1111837)
 * I’m having all kinds of problems with 2.8, Tirion. Only good news is…so is everyone
   else. lol
 * I can’t get WP Polls Widget to upgrade, which is one of the minor problems. The
   weird thing is…after I deactivated it, it’s still functioning on my blog. Go 
   figure!
 *  [Mhd Wahyu NZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pakacil/)
 * (@pakacil)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-theme-on-version-28/#post-1111935)
 * > Only good news is…so is everyone else. lol
 * i think i am one of them. lol
    I have same problem, cannot edit theme
 *  [akkudreamz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akkudreamz/)
 * (@akkudreamz)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-theme-on-version-28/#post-1111969)
 * same problem here
    😐
 *  Thread Starter [tirion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tirion/)
 * (@tirion)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-theme-on-version-28/#post-1111975)
 * I don’t suppose anyone has found a fix or workaround for this yet? 🙂
 * Other than editing locally and FTPing the files of course…
 *  [rocketllama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rocketllama/)
 * (@rocketllama)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-theme-on-version-28/#post-1111976)
 * A whole day has gone by without anyone getting an answer for this problem????
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-theme-on-version-28/#post-1111979)
 * > FYI, this is on a linux apache host, on my home windows IIS machine it works
   > perfectly.
 * Makes it sound like this could be server related. Anyone know if their hosting
   provider is running HyperDB and whether it’s been updated recently?
 *  [EMG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emg/)
 * (@emg)
 * [16 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-theme-on-version-28/#post-1112026)
 * I’m having similar problems myself where the theme files load in the editor… 
   and then trying to scroll up or down makes my browser suddenly lock up. I love
   how the new editor is like a more standard code editor, but this lag and drag
   and freeze is getting old really fast. :/
 *  [ewwink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ewwink/)
 * (@ewwink)
 * [16 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-theme-on-version-28/#post-1112036)
 * Fixed Now, you need to disable javascript when editing the file and for fast 
   switching to enable/disable javascript use firefox addon WebDeveloper.
 *  [rocketllama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rocketllama/)
 * (@rocketllama)
 * [16 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-theme-on-version-28/#post-1112041)
 * I used WebDeveloper in Firefox, disabled all javscript. It didn’t help a bit.
 * Now what?
 *  [ewwink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ewwink/)
 * (@ewwink)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-theme-on-version-28/#post-1112045)
 * [@rocketllama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rocketllama/)
    before you 
   try my trick, you need to chmod your theme file to 666 or 777.

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