My dashboard is now extremely finicky about letting me reorganize the widgets, and even when I manage to get them where I want, the layout isn’t saved when I leave and return. It does, however, save my chosen number of columns, but not further placement choices. I tried disabling all my plugins, including WordPress.com Stats, and nothing changed. Tried a reinstall and a second browser and the same exact problems.
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Mosher
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Well, I sorted it. And created another problem. Edited my .htaccess file to force PHP5. I added the following 2 lines:
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
They’re also required to get the auto update to work.
Dashboard’s now fine, but now the display/editing of Permalinks underneath the post title on the “add post” page doesn’t work. Will keep my eyes open for other issues…
Edit: Scratch that, it’s WP Post Thumbnail that’s breaking the dashboard atm.
I was having the same problem and editing my .htaccess file by adding those two lines seemed to work! It could have also been why my auto-update never used to work. Thanks!
Hello –
I tried the .htaccess solution; it worked with one hosting company, but not another: it broke PHP completely on the other. And I checked the server is running PHP 5.
Is there any ETA on a dashboard fix? It’s not fatal, but it’s not optimal either.
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Mosher
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For the record, my dashboard is now working fine. The only issue I have is an intermittent “failure to appear” of the post path/filename underneath the title when adding/editing a post. It works, just sometimes doesn’t show itself.
My ISP is “1and1” in the UK for those about to try the .htaccess fix – seems to have worked for me.
I’m having this issue too. I’ve always been a little wary of messing with the .htaccess file. I was hoping for a plugin upgrade/tweak that would fix everything. =(
I may just disable it for the time being.
Thanks Mosher, that worked for me too! My ISP is also 1and1.
