Title: why does JSON hate me?
Last modified: June 1, 2023

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# why does JSON hate me?

 *  [budcrawford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/budcrawford/)
 * (@budcrawford)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-json-hate-me/)
 * I cannot post, save, publish, draft, edit.
 * Everything I touch is “not a valid JSON response”
 * My site is dead in the water.

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 *  [Benedikt Ledl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benniledl/)
 * (@benniledl)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-json-hate-me/#post-16785143)
 * Hi,
 * please remove any shortcodes that you have on this post and see if this fixes
   it.
 * If not, please open your browser console, activate the logging of XHR and Requests
   then save your post and click on the request that was logged as you saved it.
   Then go to Response and please copy and post the whole response.
 *  Thread Starter [budcrawford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/budcrawford/)
 * (@budcrawford)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-json-hate-me/#post-16786942)
 * Thanks, Benni. I don’t know what a “shortcode” is, or how to find or remove it.
   Not sure what a “browser console” is (chrome settings?), never heard of XHR or
   Requests. Not a clue how to find “the request that was logged.” Or how to go 
   to Response. Copy and paste where?
 * Sorry to sound so helpless and dense. But I’ve been using my WordPress site for
   ten years, lately only every few months. But I’ve never been blocked by JSON 
   before, never heard of JSON, never had to deal with JSON.
 * I’ve never had any particular difficulty posting my pictures/links/text blocks.
   Nothing particularly technical or complex.
 * This is something new, with the most recent WP updates, or with a plugin (all
   recently updated).
 * I have no idea where to start. I don’t think it’s shortcodes, but maybe so.
 * Just want to publish a simple post.
 *  [Benedikt Ledl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benniledl/)
 * (@benniledl)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-json-hate-me/#post-16788122)
 * Hello, I made a quick screencapture to show you how to copy the response to the
   xhr request, your response will look different, more like plain text because 
   it is invalid json, if you can copy me this response then maybe I can figure 
   out what is wrong with your site:
 * [https://streamable.com/hr1h64](https://streamable.com/hr1h64)
 *  Thread Starter [budcrawford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/budcrawford/)
 * (@budcrawford)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-json-hate-me/#post-16790051)
 * _this is all that I can get to come up_
   _don’t know what it’s asking for_
 * index.js:102 GET [https://03175fb.netsolhost.com/WordPress/wp-json/wp/v2/themes?context=edit&status=active&_locale=user](https://03175fb.netsolhost.com/WordPress/wp-json/wp/v2/themes?context=edit&status=active&_locale=user)
   404
 * **404: Page not found**
   This error is generated when there was no web page with
   the name you specified at the web site.
 * **Troubleshooting suggestions:**
 * Ensure the page you are linking to exists in the correct folder.
 * Check your file name for case sensitivity . Index.htm is not the same as index.
   htm!
 * Temporarily disable any rewrite rules by renaming your .htaccess file if it exists.

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 * Last reply from: [budcrawford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/budcrawford/)
 * Last activity: [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-json-hate-me/#post-16790051)
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