Title: Visual Editor Missing
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Visual Editor Missing

 *  Resolved [krm2551](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krm2551/)
 * (@krm2551)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-missing-3/)
 * When creating or editing a post the tabs for visual editor and HTML are missing.
   It is stuck in HTML mode. How do I get it back. FYI, the same is happening when
   I try to edit a page.
 * Also I inserted a link in my latest post to link to a previous post. It is supposed
   to be right at the top. It is not showing. I inserted the link while in HTML 
   mode (because I couldn’t get out of it) and it is not showing in my post.
 * [http://www.homeskills101.com](http://www.homeskills101.com)
 * Can someone help me figure out what is going on. Thank you.

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 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-missing-3/#post-2650772)
 * Have you tried:
    – deactivating all plugins (yes, all) to see if this resolves
   the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find
   the problematic plugin(s). Don’t forget the ones in mu-plugins. If you can’t 
   get into your admin dashboard, try resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin.
   Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems. – switching
   to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 *  Thread Starter [krm2551](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krm2551/)
 * (@krm2551)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-missing-3/#post-2650781)
 * I deactivated all my plug-ins. I can’t see that I have any mu-plugins. No folder
   that I can see anyway. This did not work.
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-missing-3/#post-2650783)
 * Have you tried:
    – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-
   specific problems.
 *  Thread Starter [krm2551](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krm2551/)
 * (@krm2551)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-missing-3/#post-2650785)
 * oops – sorry. No that didn’t work either.
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-missing-3/#post-2650789)
 * Check to make sure java is running.
    [http://javatester.org/version.html](http://javatester.org/version.html)
 * Errors on the backside are almost always caused by javascript problems either
   corrupted files or script conflicts.
 * You can also update wp which reloads the files, using dashboard/updates.
 * PS. I use the same seed starter :^)
 *  Thread Starter [krm2551](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krm2551/)
 * (@krm2551)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-missing-3/#post-2650790)
 * Java seems to be working. When I went to that page it said to install something
   or other for Javascript (sorry should have paid more attention) but after that
   it appeared it was working.
 * I reinstalled WP.
 * No luck so far. I restarted Firefox after each install. (I also tried in EI but
   doesn’t work there either.)
 * 🙂 for your seed starter. I can’t wait for a little warmer weather.
 *  Thread Starter [krm2551](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krm2551/)
 * (@krm2551)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-missing-3/#post-2650816)
 * You are not going to believe this. I went into my profile area and there was 
   a box that somehow got checked that said “disable visual editor when writing.”
   Unchecked it and tada, it worked.
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-missing-3/#post-2650826)
 * > You are not going to believe this.
 * Yes, I believe it. Sounds exactly like something that would happen to me. Glad
   you are up and running.

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 * [visual editor](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/visual-editor/)

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 * Last reply from: [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-missing-3/#post-2650826)
 * Status: resolved

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