Title: Visual/HTML Editor not working properly
Last modified: August 19, 2016
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# Visual/HTML Editor not working properly
* [baalam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baalam/)
* (@baalam)
* [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/)
* So I just re-installed my WP (2.6) after loosing all my server data (but that’s
another sad story) now I just found out that when I want to make a new post the
visual editor is selected but showing the HTML tools, and when trying to go to
HTML it wont load the tools.
* The page also prompts an error on line 4 file post-new.php
* I even downloaded the whole WP and replace this file but nothing changes. I’ve
been looking for someone with the same problem but nothing… I also use FF and
IE8 and both show the same problem.
* The post-new.php file from the past version (2.5) has a little difference at
the start of the code.
* Insted of:
* `wp_enqueue_script('thickbox');`
* now it shows:
* `add_thickbox();`
* I dont know where the problem is so [here](http://caffix.org.mx/Untitled-1.jpg)
is a screen shot from what I see.
* Thanks in advance
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* [tipejo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tipejo/)
* (@tipejo)
* [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814161)
* I’m having the same problem. Could some one help us, please.
* Thank you very much.
* [RoseCitySister](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosecitysister/)
* (@rosecitysister)
* [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814163)
* Did you guys use WP-Automatic Upgrade when you upgraded to 2.6? Curious…
* [tipejo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tipejo/)
* (@tipejo)
* [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814164)
* No, I din’t use Automatic Upgrade. I did it myself, I made the backup of database
and files, I deleted all the files except those that don’t have to be deleted,
and I uploaded everything through FTP.
* [RoseCitySister](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosecitysister/)
* (@rosecitysister)
* [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814165)
* That’s very strange. Can you post exactly what is on line 4, column 1 of post-
new.php?
* Thread Starter [baalam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baalam/)
* (@baalam)
* [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814166)
* I did use Automatic Upgrade
* Is that the problem? and how can I fix it?
* [RoseCitySister](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosecitysister/)
* (@rosecitysister)
* [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814167)
* Can you restore your backup? If so, just do that and then upgrade manually.
* [boris-x4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boris-x4/)
* (@boris-x4)
* [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814195)
* WordPress 2.6. I’ve performed everything from editing the tiny_mcs_config.php
file
* ```
For others coming across the same error with version 2.51,
Edit the following file: yoursite/wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce_config.php
First, comment out (by instering // before the code) while ( @ob_end_clean() ); at around line 13. It is immediately preceded by // Discard any buffers
Then, search for "compress" until you find 'compress' => true and change the "true" to "false.
If you have the same problem with version 2.5, you only need to worry about the compression setting.
```
* to install TinyMCE advanced. I cannot get the Visual TAB to work at all on WP
2.6. Yes “Use the visual editor when writing” is selected in my personal options.
* 1 more thing. This is a fresh install of 2.6 no upgrade.
* Any suggestions?
* [RoseCitySister](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosecitysister/)
* (@rosecitysister)
* [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814202)
* I’m stymied. What version of PHP and MySQL are you using? When I moved to a server
with version 5+ of both, various little things that were annoying went away,
like the http upload error.
* Have you looked in your error logs?
* [JohnPope](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnpope/)
* (@johnpope)
* [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814203)
* Just curious, what browser are you all using, and have you tried it in another
one?
* EDIT: Just reread the first post, and it’s specified.
* [gulflee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gulflee/)
* (@gulflee)
* [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814204)
* Have the same prob, upload new wp and new dB still not helping
* Thread Starter [baalam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baalam/)
* (@baalam)
* [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814205)
* Im using FF
* [dgillett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgillett/)
* (@dgillett)
* [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814206)
* Had the same problem but I fixed it by restoring data from a known working set.
I noticed while using WPMU that I can switch to a one of my “test” blogs and
the TinyMCE editor works great. This uses all of same files, including the same
template files with the exception of a different plugins.
* Not sure if that helps but it looks like a conflict with another plugin.
* [Aleph Ozuas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aozuas/)
* (@aozuas)
* [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814207)
* Have the same problem, any progress from someone to solve it?
* [donovanbrock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donovanbrock/)
* (@donovanbrock)
* [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visualhtml-editor-not-working-properly/#post-814208)
* it has to be one of two things.
1 – The thickbox.js file is not being loaded,
most likely the