Title: WP Admin Broken: Displays plain HTML, CSS & Java not loading?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WP Admin Broken: Displays plain HTML, CSS & Java not loading?

 *  Resolved [babbles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/babbles/)
 * (@babbles)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-broken-displays-plain-html-css-java-not-loading/)
 * The WP Admin screen is broken and it looks like it is displaying just plain HTML
   with little, or no, CSS and JavaScript. The public site looks fine and seemingly
   operates correctly.
 * I believe this happened after I was changing the order of some of the sidebar
   widgets then went to another part of Admin for something else. Then clicked on
   Dashboard and then I’ve been stuck with this broken Admin since.
 * Here are two screenshots of what’s happening:
    [Broken WP Admin 1  [Broken WP Admin 2](https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6uEuZgjXwYkY7u8VDLopgJVLONlWsCxL0F6nnwPbklA?feat=directlink)
 * Here are things that I have tried:
    - Disabled all plugins – no difference in admin display & have since re-enabled
      the plugins.
    - Downloaded WP 3.2.1 (which was currently installed) and re-uploaded by FTP
      every file & folder except wp-content. This made no difference.
 * I am really at a loss of what to do or what went wrong. At the time it acted 
   up I was not uploading or upgrading any files and was simply doing some website
   tweaking. I can still perform some basic stuff, but by and large this has rendered
   my site inoperable for writing & administration.
 * I would appreciate any help, thanks!

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-broken-displays-plain-html-css-java-not-loading/#post-2264962)
 * -Try adding this to the wp-config.php: define(‘CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS’, false); 
   before this line: require_once. First, make sure that your browser has JavaScript
   enabled.
    Documentation: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Disable_Javascript_Concatenation](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Disable_Javascript_Concatenation)
 *  Thread Starter [babbles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/babbles/)
 * (@babbles)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-broken-displays-plain-html-css-java-not-loading/#post-2264978)
 * Looks like it works now, thanks!
 * Out of curiosity, do you have any idea what would necessitate the change in concatenating
   the scrips (or un-concatenating them as it were)?
 * Again, thanks a bunch! I appreciate the speedy and effective response.
 *  Thread Starter [babbles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/babbles/)
 * (@babbles)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-broken-displays-plain-html-css-java-not-loading/#post-2264984)
 * Looks like I have either a new problem, or a similar problem manifesting itself
   differently.
 * The Tag Cloud expands itself outside of the box it should be in, so the tags 
   bleed out across the entire page.
 * [Broken Tag Cloud](https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/e6X_ltPWLKaTuHKY3VVC7pVLONlWsCxL0F6nnwPbklA?feat=directlink)
 * Anybody have ideas on why this is happening now?
 *  Thread Starter [babbles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/babbles/)
 * (@babbles)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-broken-displays-plain-html-css-java-not-loading/#post-2265041)
 * The Tag Cloud issue was related to a problem with the Theme and has been resolved.
 *  [dean_l](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dean_l/)
 * (@dean_l)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-broken-displays-plain-html-css-java-not-loading/#post-2265250)
 * thanks t-p, that sorted my issue two. and i even reinstal wp and same. but this
   one line sorted it out! thx mate!

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 * [broken admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/broken-admin/)
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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [dean_l](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dean_l/)
 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-broken-displays-plain-html-css-java-not-loading/#post-2265250)
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