Title: Plugin Editor Not working
Last modified: March 26, 2018

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# Plugin Editor Not working

 *  [sajith90](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sajith90/)
 * (@sajith90)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-editor-not-working/)
 * Dear WordPress people
    Is there is any way to bypass your new feature. It basically
   makes the plugin editor useless. It was working very fine upto 4.7. Now you are
   making us buffoons with your new improvements. Please revert the file to old 
   version.
 * After editing the file for more than 3 hours, finally I am getting the following
   message. At least you add some thing to bypass the following (Unable to communicate
   back with site to check for fatal errors).
    I know you will ask for hosting questions.
   I use VPS.net and Clouldflare and most simplest installation.
 * Regards
    Sajith
 * > Unable to communicate back with site to check for fatal errors, so the PHP 
   > change was reverted. You will need to upload your PHP file change by some other
   > means, such as by using SFTP.
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by [sajith90](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sajith90/).
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by [sajith90](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sajith90/).

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 *  [WP Hosting Australia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wphaustralia/)
 * (@wphaustralia)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-editor-not-working/#post-10118074)
 * Hi Sajith,
 * It’s possible that CloudFlare may be interferring. Try bypassing it, clearing
   the cache, then making the edits.
 * Editing plugin files via a file manager or FTP is much better than editing via
   the WordPress Dashboard. Doing it this way will also allow you to take backups
   of the file you are editing so you can revert to earlier versions in the even
   of an issue.
 *  Thread Starter [sajith90](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sajith90/)
 * (@sajith90)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-editor-not-working/#post-10119772)
 * Hello WP Hosting Australia
 * I have already bypassed the cloudflare and tried. I think you people also try
   it before rolling out something.
 * If you think
 * > Editing plugin files via a file manager or FTP is much better than editing 
   > via the WordPress Dashboard
 *  then just remove the plugin editor from wordpress.
 * What is the use of having a plugin editor that is no working?

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 * Last reply from: [sajith90](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sajith90/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-editor-not-working/#post-10119772)
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