Title: Javascript errors – don’t know where to start!
Last modified: April 3, 2019

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# Javascript errors – don’t know where to start!

 *  [aprecelton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aprecelton/)
 * (@aprecelton)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-dont-know-where-to-start/)
 * Hello WP folk
 * I recently updated my WP website (WP, theme and plug-ins) and i found i couldn’t
   edit any pages. The 3-dot line that is clicked upon showed the option to edit
   but when I did, the option just closed and didnt open the edit screen. After 
   doing the usual disabling plug-ins and using the default theme, no joy. Now for
   some reason my visual editor has disappeared, and can only edit in code, even
   though visual editor is enabled. However the text is white on white background
   unless i disable javascript in my browser. In this case the text appears in black.
   I opened the console and a number of errors have shown up but I havent the foggiest
   on how to correct these errors and if indeed this will sonve the problem. I would
   also like to bring back the visual editor as I am not fluent in html to be able
   to code the pages.
 * Many thanks in anticipation
    Adam PS; I have a screenshot of the console, but
   dont know how to post the image! If someone can tell me how, I can do so!

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 *  Thread Starter [aprecelton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aprecelton/)
 * (@aprecelton)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-dont-know-where-to-start/page/2/#post-11418944)
 * Hi James
    AFAIK i havent had a Gutenberg plugin installed. And Im using safari,
   not firefox as a browser, so does this mean the above doesnt apply?
 * I have re-cleared the history/cache in safari but alas I still get errors in 
   the console and white text in the edit screen.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-dont-know-where-to-start/page/2/#post-11418960)
 * Who is your hosting provider?
 *  Thread Starter [aprecelton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aprecelton/)
 * (@aprecelton)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-dont-know-where-to-start/page/2/#post-11421019)
 * BT business is our host (for our sins!)
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-dont-know-where-to-start/page/2/#post-11422776)
 * I’m a bit out of ideas then, I’m sorry. I have asked my colleagues to jump in
   if they have any.
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-dont-know-where-to-start/page/2/#post-11422830)
 * You appear to have some kind of add-ons like a Page Builder and such.
 * If you only recently upgraded to WordPress 5, then the new editor may not work
   with your old plugins. You can install the [Classic Editor plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/)
   to restore that functionality until such time as your other plugins are updated
   to work with the new editor.

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