Title: Header error message, cannot edit website
Last modified: November 24, 2017

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# Header error message, cannot edit website

 *  [klpadilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klpadilla/)
 * (@klpadilla)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-error-message-cannot-edit-website/)
 * Hi everyone!
 * Earlier I’ve been changing themes on my website and there was a theme I recently
   installed and activated and now I cannot edit my website. This is the error message:
 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started
   at /home1/flamingo2017/public_html/wp-content/themes/positor/inc/metaboxes.php:
   10) in /home1/flamingo2017/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 1216
 * I do not remember which theme it was. Honestly, I’m not sure if this is the correct
   forum to ask this question but I assumed it was since I can’t even edit my site.
   
   I saw the error message before but I was able to edit the webpage. Now, a few
   hours later, I can’t log on my site to edit. I am perfectly okay with resetting
   WP and starting from scratch, I saved enough information to start over again.
 * Help!
 * Sincerely,
    Krystle
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fheader-error-message-cannot-edit-website%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [staartmees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/staartmees/)
 * (@staartmees)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-error-message-cannot-edit-website/#post-9717334)
 * The problem is the positor theme. Access your filesystem using FTP and rename
   the positor dir (wp-content > themes > ) to something else. Your worpdress will
   automatically switch to an twenty* theme.
 *  [paulwpxp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulwp/)
 * (@paulwp)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-error-message-cannot-edit-website/#post-9717337)
 * EDIT: I posted this answer while didn’t see [@staartmees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/staartmees/)‘
   s post above, same info actually so I deleted mine to prevent confusing and save
   time reading.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [paulwpxp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulwp/).
      Reason: delete duplicate answer
 *  Thread Starter [klpadilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klpadilla/)
 * (@klpadilla)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-error-message-cannot-edit-website/#post-9719774)
 * [@staartmees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/staartmees/) and @paulxp Your
   advice worked and I fixed it! Thank you so much I really appreciate the help 
   🙂 Since I’m not very computer savvy I had to go through the cpanel and just 
   deleted the theme, then I was able to go back and edit.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [klpadilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klpadilla/).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [klpadilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klpadilla/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-error-message-cannot-edit-website/#post-9719774)
 * Status: not resolved

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