Title: Problem 2.5.1 post_new.php and post.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problem 2.5.1 post_new.php and post.php

 *  [mordormx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mordormx/)
 * (@mordormx)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/)
 * Hey guys i just made the upgrade process and i found that to create a new post
   using Firefox is very very slow, after access to post_new.php the web browser
   is soooo slow to scroll on the page. The same for edit a previous post.
    I tried
   on Safari too, and there appear to have and endless loading elements, in the 
   status bar appear “loading 25 elements from 250” “loading 35 from 450” and it
   continue doing the same, the elements number just grow and grow and grow, if 
   i tried to access to publish a picture it just never load. Anyone out there have
   seen this behavior? I disabled all the plugins just to check if theres a conflict,
   but even without plugins the problem still there.

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 *  [mroulston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mroulston/)
 * (@mroulston)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751363)
 * I’ve having the exact same problem with 2.5.1 in Safari. I created my own thread
   about it earlier but still haven’t gotten a resolution.
 * As a test, I installed a fresh version of 2.5.1 on my server and it does not 
   exhibit this problem in Safari. If worse comes to worse, I will try to export
   my blog from the upgraded installation to a new installation and see if that 
   fixes the problem, but I’d rather not have to go through all that trouble, so
   I’m hoping someone might suggest an easier fix.
 *  [bobgneu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobgneu/)
 * (@bobgneu)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751375)
 * I too am having some performance issues with the latest update. All AJAX activities
   are lagged, tremendously. I let it run at one point to load the media embedding
   forms and i lost the ability to interact with firefox, at any level – it froze,
   not even the loading bar changed – for nearly 12 minutes. I updated yesterday
   evening and that is when all of this occured.
 * I will be down grading to the flat 2.5 version of the app until some sort of 
   fix is found.
 *  [bobgneu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobgneu/)
 * (@bobgneu)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751380)
 * The problem I am having is JS related. The save and publish buttons are flashing(
   i think this is only a symptom however ) and the pages involved ( post-new.php
   and post.php in particular ) are having issues with the progressive save deal.
   It appears to be that they cannot save anything, but i really dont know if thats
   the issue.
 * Continuing debugging.
 * ffox 3b5 is much nicer in regards to letting you work between tabs in spite of
   the JS impact that WP is experiencing currently.
 *  [bobgneu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobgneu/)
 * (@bobgneu)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751389)
 * I am trying to disable autosave as that appears to be the issue here. The rest
   of the app is fine. I will return momentarily.
 *  [sam_a](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sam_a/)
 * (@sam_a)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751406)
 * I had this problem too — the browser is sending POSTs to `wp-admin/admin-ajax.
   php` over and over.
 * It stopped after I cleared the browser cache and (in Safari) removed all my WordPress
   cookies, then relaunched.
 *  [bobgneu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobgneu/)
 * (@bobgneu)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751417)
 * Well mine is still posting them. I have tried changing the `doAutoSave` value
   to false and apparently thats not even being executed. I have commented out the
   entire file (autosave.js) with the same results.
 * I have cleared all of my private data, cache and cookies included.
 * Any further suggestions?
 *  [mroulston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mroulston/)
 * (@mroulston)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751424)
 * What puzzles me is I installed a fresh version of 2.5.1 on my server and it doesn’t
   do this problem with Safari. So as far as I can tell, this is not a blanket problem
   with 2.5.1 and Safari, but rather something going wonky during the upgrade progress.
 *  [bobgneu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobgneu/)
 * (@bobgneu)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751435)
 * I am leaning towards your position, noting that it occurs on opera, ie7, ie6 
   as well as the latest two versions of ffox. I am a little miffed about how the
   js files are not being used, even though they are included in the jquery format.
   I must have stayed out of the js lime light or something, but from what ive been
   able to tell there is something going on here that does not meet the eye.
 *  [bobgneu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobgneu/)
 * (@bobgneu)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751503)
 * The only thing i have been able to do is just disable js entirely. I have no 
   idea what is going on but my file changes are not propagating (screams caching
   but i have even gone as far as to uninstall ffox and reinstall the bastard and
   cleared the cache countless times), maybe Comcast is just being a tribe of douches
   today.
 *  [bobgneu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobgneu/)
 * (@bobgneu)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751517)
 * If i block JS from my site i still have this issue come up. This is quite odd,
   i dont see any JS includes from other sites.
 *  [zeusii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeusii/)
 * (@zeusii)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751528)
 * I got the problem of save/publish buttons flashing, wich If I made a fresh install
   didn’t happen.
 * Solved this way:
 * – delete everything on your ftp related to wordpress (including plugins, theme
   and htaccess file
    – DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO THE DATABASE – upload a fresh 2.5.1
   package to your server – modify wp-config.php – enter admin, enable default theme,
   check if everything is OK, verify the public view of the site – then, one by 
   one, upload, enable and configure your plugins, checking the site and publish
   functions everytime – finally enable your theme
 * I really don’t what created this flashing buttons problem but doing this Is the
   only way I could sove it :/
 * At this moment my site is 100% normal
 *  [mroulston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mroulston/)
 * (@mroulston)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751537)
 * Thank you, thank you, thank you ZeusII. I followed your instructions and all 
   seems to be working normal now.
 * I spend the better part of the afternoon today trying fruitlessly to fix this,
   so I REALLY appreciate the detailed instructions!
 *  [minute44](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minute44/)
 * (@minute44)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751546)
 * I gotta say guys, I’m not experiencing this. Post_new loads within 5 seconds 
   and edit post is even less.
 * I just did a straight upgrade, none of this messing about removing all the files
   and re-activating plugins… it just worked.
 *  [cuzoogle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cuzoogle/)
 * (@cuzoogle)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751551)
 * I am having this problem as well.
 * script error when clicking on WRITE. Hangs and finally you have to stop the script
   to use the post box.
 * Then if you try to publish it, something locks up my php, everything hangs and
   then I hit 25 processes running on my server which cuts me off and my site is
   down.
 * Then I have to get the Host Gator Support to kill my php and myslq to get the
   site back up.
 * a friend and I have tested it WITH NO PLUGINS, ON ANOTHER HOST and still get 
   the script errors.
 * When substituting a different DB the error went away so it is something in my
   blog DB for [http://cuzoogle.com](http://cuzoogle.com).
 * any ideas? anyone else having this problem?
 * WP support forums are pretty hard to find anything.
 * we are starting to think the blog got hacked.
 * Minute44, how does that help anyone?
 *  [kay9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kay9/)
 * (@kay9)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-251-post_newphp-and-postphp/#post-751553)
 * I’m having the flashing “save” and “publish” buttons problem too. Using FF (latest).
 * I’m not sure I’m computer-savvy enough to really understand the instructions 
   Zeus left above, though. Is Zeus basically saying, “start over with a fresh install
   of 2.5.1”? (In other words, can I just follow the upgrade instructions WP provides
   again?)
 * Thanks anyone, in advance, for help!

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