Title: Plugin breaks visual editor Last modified: August 31, 2016 --- # Plugin breaks visual editor * Resolved [jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) * (@jzong002) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/) * Hello, * My problem is that when the plugin is activated I can no longer type in my visual editor of posts or pages. The toolbar also completely disappears. The text editor continues to operate normally. * Also when in the Add Gallery/Images section, nothing happens when I click the Upload Images link, however it does say “Your browser doesn’t have Silverlight, HTML5, or HTML4 support.” Nothing is displayed in the gallery settings tab. * WordPress up to date? pretty much, 4.4 – NextGEN up to date? yes – What version of NextGEN Gallery did you upgrade from? I had 2.0.61, now I have 2.1.23. But I’ve had this problem since 1.3.4 (when I got the plugin). (please confirm the following, with your server host tech) : – MySQL up to date (at least 5.0)? yes, 5.1.73 – PHP up to date (at least 5.2.4)? yes, 5.3.3 – The mod_rewrite Apache module activated? yes – PHP Safe Mode OFF? yes * Additional information that will help us find a solution: – Who are you hosted with? self-hosting – What theme are you running? Twenty Fifteen – Which plugins do you have installed and activated? Besides NextGEN, none – Does this error still occur if you switch your theme to a WordPress Twenty series theme and deactivate all plugins except NextGEN Gallery? (please be sure to clear your browser cache and reload your site after deactivating) Yes * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 15 total) * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934422) * [@jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) – Since you have been experiencing this issue for as long as you noted, what troubleshooting steps have you already taken? * – Cais. * Thread Starter [jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) * (@jzong002) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934431) * Thank you for your fast response! * I have only tried reinstalling it,and scanned through some of your forums. The issue was just tabled for a while as we didn’t know what else to try. * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934554) * [@jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) – What are you seeing under Gallery > Overview for your Server Settings? * – Cais. * Thread Starter [jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) * (@jzong002) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934556) * I don’t see Server Setttings. * It has a box with the number of photos, galleries, and albums and a box about NextGEN and a do you like this plugin box * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934557) * [@jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) – You should see a column to the right on that same page showing Server Settings … * – Cais. * Thread Starter [jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) * (@jzong002) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934607) * Found it. Wasn’t viewing the page with super admin account. * Operating System : Linux (64 Bit) Server : Apache/2.2.15 (Red Hat) Memory usage: 71.46 MByte MYSQL Version : 5.1.73 SQL Mode : Not set PHP Version : 5.3.3 PHP Safe Mode : Off PHP Allow URL fopen : On PHP Memory Limit : 512 PHP Max Upload Size : 488M PHP Max Post Size : 500M PCRE Backtracking Limit : 500000 PHP Max Script Execute Time : 300s PHP Exif support : Yes ( V1.4 ) PHP IPTC support : Yes PHP XML support : Yes * Graphic Library * GD Version : bundled (2.0.34 compatible) FreeType Support : Yes FreeType Linkage: with freetype T1Lib Support : No GIF Read Support : Yes GIF Create Support : Yes JPEG Support : Yes PNG Support : Yes WBMP Support : Yes XPM Support : Yes XBM Support : Yes JIS-mapped Japanese Font Support : No * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934624) * [@jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) – Is this a Multisite installation you are working with? * – Cais. * Thread Starter [jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) * (@jzong002) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934625) * Yes, for my school we selfhost a multinetwork multisite system. I apologize I thought I put that in the first post. * We use WP Multi-Network, multisite content copier, mutlisite theme manager, multisite plugin manager, and multisite privacy plugins to manage it. * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934627) * [@jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) – What changed on the site(s) affected (is it all sites, some, or just one?) since the last time NextGEN Gallery was working as expected? * – Cais. * Thread Starter [jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) * (@jzong002) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934628) * It never worked correctly, no changes have been noted as the behavior is the same across all sites and users. * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934646) * [@jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) – Have you tried deactivating all of your plugins, clearing your browser cache (and site caches if you are using a caching plugin), then reactivating the NextGEN plugin? * If this fixes the problem then it was likely one of the deactivated plugins that was causing an issue. Now, retrace your steps activating each plugin and re-checking to see if the problem returns. If it does then that last activated plugin was probably the one. Keep reactivating and in most cases it is also best to keep checking after each plugin, sometimes there may be more than one plugin on a site that will create an issue. If you do find one (or more) plugins causing this problem we would greatly appreciate your feedback on them so the developers may address them as soon as they can. * Also to note, in rare cases it may be the theme itself that is causing a conflict so while you have just the NextGEN plugin activated you might consider temporarily switching to one of the default WordPress Twenty series themes and see if this corrects the issue as well. * If the problem still persists after all of this we would still want to know, even more so, as we will still want to sort out the issue and may need additional details. * Thanks! * – Cais. * Thread Starter [jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) * (@jzong002) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934651) * I deactivated all plugins (even the network-wide ones), cleared my cache, and activated NextGEN, all while using twenty fifteen. No luck the problem persists. * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934653) * [@jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) – Please try our external Reset Tool plugin here: [https://bitbucket.org/photocrati/nextgen-gallery-reset/get/default.zip](https://bitbucket.org/photocrati/nextgen-gallery-reset/get/default.zip) * To install and activate, go to Plugins > Add New … Upload Plugin To use, go to Tools > NextGEN Gallery Reset * We do not offer specific support for the Reset Tool plugin as is but it can help in many circumstances, please let us know if it does. * Thanks! * – Cais. * Thread Starter [jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) * (@jzong002) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934659) * The reset did not change it. I made sure to switch off all plugins, use a default theme, clear the cache, run the reset but no dice. I was also doing this on an admin level account (should resolve any permissions issues). Thanks for your continued help in this matter. * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-visual-editor-2/#post-6934660) * [@jzong002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jzong002/) – Please send us a Bug Report ([http://nextgen-gallery.com/report-bug/](http://nextgen-gallery.com/report-bug/)… please reference this topic) so we can get a better look under the page at your site. * Please include as many details as you can about your site and the issue at hand so we can move on this as fast as possible. * Thanks! * – Cais. 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