Title: WordPress.com Stats causing dashboard problems (2.8)?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress.com Stats causing dashboard problems (2.8)?

 *  [Mosher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mosher/)
 * (@mosher)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-causing-dashboard-problems-28/)
 * Along with a lot of other people I’m having dashboard problems after upgrading
   to 2.8. After some fiddling with the plug-ins, I’ve found that WordPress.com 
   Stats seems to be blanking out the right hand column and disabling the pop-up
   menus.
 * Entering the URL for the stats page (…index.php?page=stats) shows that in itself
   it’s still working. Disable the plug-in and everything else appears fine.
 * I was just curious to see if anyone else is getting the same problem for the 
   same reason.

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 *  [dwinstigator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwinstigator/)
 * (@dwinstigator)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-causing-dashboard-problems-28/#post-1102364)
 * 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.
 *  Thread Starter [Mosher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mosher/)
 * (@mosher)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-causing-dashboard-problems-28/#post-1102408)
 * 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…
 *  [Second](https://wordpress.org/support/users/second/)
 * (@second)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-causing-dashboard-problems-28/#post-1102530)
 * Edit: Scratch that, it’s WP Post Thumbnail that’s breaking the dashboard atm.
 *  [marshmelly621](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marshmelly411/)
 * (@marshmelly411)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-causing-dashboard-problems-28/#post-1102729)
 * 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!
 *  [greencurmudgeon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greencurmudgeon/)
 * (@greencurmudgeon)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-causing-dashboard-problems-28/#post-1102919)
 * 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.
 *  Thread Starter [Mosher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mosher/)
 * (@mosher)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-causing-dashboard-problems-28/#post-1102929)
 * 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.
 *  [Andrew Ledwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaledwith/)
 * (@jaledwith)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-causing-dashboard-problems-28/#post-1102935)
 * 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.
 *  [coryplotts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coryplotts/)
 * (@coryplotts)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-stats-causing-dashboard-problems-28/#post-1102981)
 * Thanks Mosher, that worked for me too! My ISP is also 1and1.

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 * [Stats](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/stats/)
 * [upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upgrade/)

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