Title: visual and code editor deactivated Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # visual and code editor deactivated * [metialb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metialb/) * (@metialb) * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-and-code-editor-deactivated/) * I don’t know what happened but my visual and code editors are deactivated (talking about under editing a page) * Is there something I might have turned off ?? Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-and-code-editor-deactivated/#post-545131) * Have a look at Users -> Your Profile. * Check the top box (use the visual rich editor) and save. * Thread Starter [metialb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metialb/) * (@metialb) * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-and-code-editor-deactivated/#post-545136) * it’s not working yet * that was checked already, and I do see the two buttons at the top of the main contents box. * The problem is that they are not active (not clickalble) and the text shows up directly as in code editor. It’s not that much of a deal, I simply want to know what I did wrong. The only thing I was doing before that was activating Akismet and wp-contactform and that’s basically it 🙁 * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-and-code-editor-deactivated/#post-545140) * What browser are you using? Anything changed with it recently? * Have you tried clearing the browser cache (with IE and FF, ctrl-F5 usually works as a shortcut). * Any personal firewalls or security suites running on your PC? Any changes with those recently? * Thread Starter [metialb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metialb/) * (@metialb) * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-and-code-editor-deactivated/#post-545142) * thanks for your concern handysolo * seems like it’s fixed now…..I just deactivated those plugins and re activated them again….and now seems like it’s working. * Meanwhile, I did try it with internet explorer 7 (i was primarily workin on mozilla) and it still had that problem. * But except for fixing it, i wanted to know the reason (may be also report some bug) but I don’t know why, how and from which plugin it happened (or may be some host server error) * Anyway thanks * [eisbergstudios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eisbergstudios/) * (@eisbergstudios) * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-and-code-editor-deactivated/#post-545245) * i have the same problem from one day on the other. no changes in browser, internet/ security software. clearing cache does not work. has anyone an idea? (my installed wp-plugins are activated since several days, that also worked fine)? thank you for any help * [eisbergstudios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eisbergstudios/) * (@eisbergstudios) * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-and-code-editor-deactivated/#post-545246) * with firebug i see this error: invalid flag after regular expression [http://www.mywebsite.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_gzip.php?ver=20061113&theme=advanced&language=de_de&plugins=inlinepopups%2Cautosave%2Cspellchecker%2Cpaste%2Cwordpress%2C&lang=de_de&index=0](http://www.mywebsite.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_gzip.php?ver=20061113&theme=advanced&language=de_de&plugins=inlinepopups%2Cautosave%2Cspellchecker%2Cpaste%2Cwordpress%2C&lang=de_de&index=0) Line 2872 * 2872Warning: file_get_contents(/home/myhomepage/public_html/live/wp-includes/ js/tinymce/plugins/editor_plugin.js): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/myhomepage/public_html/live/wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_gzip. php on line 178 * Thread Starter [metialb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metialb/) * (@metialb) * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-and-code-editor-deactivated/#post-545247) * I found what creates the error for my installation. It’s a enhanced contact form plugin that I installed. Whenever I want to use those editors I simply deactivate the plugin, do what i need to do and turn it on again. I have no idea why it happens so, probably some bug with the plugin * [kurt8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kurt8/) * (@kurt8) * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-and-code-editor-deactivated/#post-545251) * May I ask which contact form plugin is breaking the editor? I’m trying to compile a list of possible causes of the disappearing 2.1 visual editor. * [saphod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saphod/) * (@saphod) * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-and-code-editor-deactivated/#post-545292) * I had the same problems with WP 2.1.3 and the WP-ContactForm Plugin by Ryan Duff, see [this post](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/107146?replies=19#post-549986). * [bleedingespresso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bleedingespresso/) * (@bleedingespresso) * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-and-code-editor-deactivated/#post-545366) * Same problem here; happened after activating “Site Unavailable” plugin by Murph BUT interestingly I checked the Enhanced WP-Contact Form plug-in first and it was deactivated even though it previously had been activated. When I try to reactivate I get a fatal error. * In any event, deactivating the Site Unavailable plugin made the visual editor reappear. * [krofinzki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krofinzki/) * (@krofinzki) * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-and-code-editor-deactivated/#post-545373) * I have this problem as well, here’s what firebug reports: * > realTinyMCE is not defined > [http://mywebsite.com/blog/wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_gzip.php?ver=20070528](http://mywebsite.com/blog/wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_gzip.php?ver=20070528) > Line 44 * [Here’s a solution](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/148796?replies=18#post-685648) Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘visual and code editor deactivated’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 11 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [krofinzki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krofinzki/) * Last activity: [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-and-code-editor-deactivated/#post-545373) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics