Title: Can’t edit from wp-admin/post.php?action=edit
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Can’t edit from wp-admin/post.php?action=edit

 *  [myqute](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myqute/)
 * (@myqute)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-from-wp-adminpostphpactionedit/)
 * Posting new entries isn’t a problem. But I can’t edit anything…not even the drafts
   I saved.
 * By the way, how do you speed up in such a way blogs load faster?
 * Thanks!

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 *  Thread Starter [myqute](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myqute/)
 * (@myqute)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-from-wp-adminpostphpactionedit/#post-617153)
 * Sorry the version I am using is 2.2.2!
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-from-wp-adminpostphpactionedit/#post-617155)
 * Do you get an error of any sort when you try to edit?
 *  Thread Starter [myqute](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myqute/)
 * (@myqute)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-from-wp-adminpostphpactionedit/#post-617163)
 * Hi HandySolo…Nope, it goes to a page “The page cannot be displayed”….Like how
   you’d get if you typed in a non-existing domain. sigh….
 * Re-install doesn’t work (I’ve tried almost all of the other versions – older 
   and newer)!
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-from-wp-adminpostphpactionedit/#post-617168)
 * Sounds like a mod_security issue (maybe).
 * Try the whooami method:
 * > IF YOU DO NOT HAVE an .htaccess in your **wp-admin/** directory:
   > create a text file on your desktop:
   > put the following inside it:
   >     ```
   >     <IfModule mod_security.c>
   >     SecFilterInheritance Off
   >     </IfModule>
   >     ```
   > 
   > save the file.
   > Upload the file to your wp-admin directory.
   > Rename the uploaded file to .htaccess (with the .)
   > IF YOU DO HAVE an .htaccess in your wp-admin/ directory:
   > Edit it:
   >     ```
   >     <IfModule mod_security.c>
   >     SecFilterInheritance Off
   >     </IfModule>
   >     ```
   > 
   > save the new .htaccess
 *  Thread Starter [myqute](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myqute/)
 * (@myqute)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-from-wp-adminpostphpactionedit/#post-617171)
 * I do not have .htaccess in my wp-admin folder but when I did one and uploaded
   it, _it had no effect_ when I once again tried to edit an entry. (I specifically
   saved the file as .htaccess )
 * Does the .htaccess need to be chmoded or am i missing something?
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-from-wp-adminpostphpactionedit/#post-617174)
 * no, it doesnt need to be chmod’d to anything other than the normal 644
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-from-wp-adminpostphpactionedit/#post-617175)
 * How about this in the .htaccess instead:
 *     ```
       <IfModule mod_security.c>
       SecRuleEngine Off
       </IfModule>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [myqute](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myqute/)
 * (@myqute)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-from-wp-adminpostphpactionedit/#post-617277)
 * okie I didn’t chmod .htaccess Result: I couldn’t even post new entries, nor edit
   posts.
 * I tried
    <IfModule mod_security.c> SecRuleEngine Off </IfModule>
 * and I had an internal sever error
    “An unknown error took place while generating
   the page you requested.”
 * So now I had to delete the .htaccess file.
 * Any other ideas? THANKS!
 *  [davidlind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidlind/)
 * (@davidlind)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-from-wp-adminpostphpactionedit/#post-617534)
 * Well, this isn’t a happy success story, is it? Last post one week ago and no 
   response. Last words heard from the unfortunate soul are “Any other ideas? THANKS!”
   Maybe he just gave up. I hope he’s still not waiting for a response.
    They always
   tell you to look at the FAQ’s. So here I am and this sounds like the place I 
   should be because I cannot post anything. And the message I get, well it’s not
   a message really. It’s just a little phrase on a tab where lost more should be.
   And it says….mydomain.com wp-admin/post.php. That’s it. What does it mean? Anybody?

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-from-wp-adminpostphpactionedit/#post-617534)
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