Title: Visual Editor Tab Not Loading or Missing
Last modified: August 20, 2016

---

# Visual Editor Tab Not Loading or Missing

 *  [jessenf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jessenf/)
 * (@jessenf)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-tab-not-loading-or-missing/)
 * This is what I did to troubleshoot this problem:
 * 1. I turned off all plugins but the problem persisted
    2. I renamed my plugins
   folder to plugins-old but the problem persisted. 3. I also switched to the Twenty
   eleven theme but the the problem persisted.
 * Anyone can suggest a fix?
 * This is further detail about this:
    1) My webhost: Hostgator 2) PHP 5.2.17 3)
   Mysql it would be 5.1.52
 * Any help is appreciated.

Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total)

 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-tab-not-loading-or-missing/#post-2407052)
 * Check your profile if Visual Editor is ticked
 *  [TimDesain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timdesain/)
 * (@timdesain)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-tab-not-loading-or-missing/#post-2407107)
 * and/or clear your browser cache.
 *  Thread Starter [jessenf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jessenf/)
 * (@jessenf)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-tab-not-loading-or-missing/#post-2407108)
 * Okay about the profile visual editor…It says “Disable the visual editor when 
   writing”…I didn’t tick that.
 * On the browser…I am using firefox. I clicked on Clear Recent History. And I have
   the option to delete a number of things but I only ticked the box that says “
   Cache.” I cleared “Everything” in the cache.
 * After doing all these…I didn’t see any changes on my site. I still can’t see 
   the visual editor.
 *  [TimDesain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timdesain/)
 * (@timdesain)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-tab-not-loading-or-missing/#post-2407171)
 * what version your firefox?
    try with other browsers
 *  Thread Starter [jessenf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jessenf/)
 * (@jessenf)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-tab-not-loading-or-missing/#post-2407174)
 * My firefox is version 8.0.
 * My chrome is 15.0.874.121
 * Same problem on both browsers.
 *  [TimDesain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timdesain/)
 * (@timdesain)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-tab-not-loading-or-missing/#post-2407178)
 * I also use hostgator.
    please contact techincal support via chat.
 * anybody have an idea?
 *  Thread Starter [jessenf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jessenf/)
 * (@jessenf)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-tab-not-loading-or-missing/#post-2407180)
 * Hi there,
 * I found an answer on this thread and tried it.
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-not-working-after-upgrade-to-28?replies=21](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-not-working-after-upgrade-to-28?replies=21)
 * I tried the suggestion by user called “rgivs” on that page.
 * I deleted the .htaccess file in my wp-includes folder and the visual editor came
   back.
 * I wonder what this does in terms of security though for my site.
 *  Thread Starter [jessenf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jessenf/)
 * (@jessenf)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-tab-not-loading-or-missing/#post-2407181)
 * By the way…I contacted Hostgator as you suggested and they were the one that 
   pointed me to that page.
 * I love hostgator for their excellent support.
 *  [TimDesain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timdesain/)
 * (@timdesain)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-tab-not-loading-or-missing/#post-2407182)
 * 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [jessenf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jessenf/)
 * (@jessenf)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-tab-not-loading-or-missing/#post-2407190)
 * The hostgator support says this is not a security issue. Let’s hope he is right.
 *  [TimDesain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timdesain/)
 * (@timdesain)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-tab-not-loading-or-missing/#post-2407191)
 * yes, i think so.

Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total)

The topic ‘Visual Editor Tab Not Loading or Missing’ is closed to new replies.

## Tags

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 11 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [TimDesain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timdesain/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-tab-not-loading-or-missing/#post-2407191)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics