Title: TinyMCE not working properly
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# TinyMCE not working properly

 *  [Digitara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitara/)
 * (@digitara)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tinymce-not-working-properly/)
 * Hello world! I am pretty new to WordPress.
 * I started my website at wordpress.com then exported and imported to WordPress.
   org through the host my company uses.
 * TinyMCE worked in wordpress.com with the same theme (Graphene) but after the 
   transfer I noticed it looks weird and has lost some functionality.
 * Here is what it now looks like:
    [http://palusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-shot-2011-09-15-at-10.11.10-AM.png](http://palusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-shot-2011-09-15-at-10.11.10-AM.png)
 * You can see the structure of the TinyMCE and when you drag the mouse over the
   empty boxes you can see what they are supposed to do even though the icons are
   missing.
 * Some things functions still work like uploading/inserting media, some of the 
   formatting still works like making bold, italic, etc., but other functions no
   longer are working like:
    • You now have to do hyperlinks through html mode because
   the “insert/edit link” does not work.
 * I have tried disabling all plugins and switching back to basic theme to no avail.
 * Any advice is much appreciated.
 * Thanks!
    ~Digitara

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tinymce-not-working-properly/#post-2299359)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 *  Thread Starter [Digitara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitara/)
 * (@digitara)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tinymce-not-working-properly/#post-2299361)
 * I have tried all except resetting plugins folder.
 * If I do this will it permanently erase all plugins?
 * Thanks!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tinymce-not-working-properly/#post-2299366)
 * Yes but you can re-install them.

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