Post content disappearing & not matching in Edit to Published mode

  • Hi,
    I have had this problem happen twice. The first one I was so frustrated, I deleted the post altogether.
    The second one happened to this post:
    https://www.prolificliving.com/self-sabotage

    When the post was first published on Schedule, only a fraction of what was on the latest edit mode appeared. The published post was a mess of formatting, and chopped up paragraphs. It published about 700 of the 1500+ words.

    I went to edit mode to modify, add/delete, and nothing would show up in publish mode.

    I reverted to earlier version and the one from the night before seemed to still have everything so I published that and it updated the post.

    Few days later, I noticed that one paragraph is still a mess – in that 2 paragraphs got chopped into one. I went to edit the post and in Edit mode, either HTML or Visual, ONLY a fraction of the post shows up!!!!

    What is going on?

    I am running latest version of Thesis and have for years.

    Please advise!!!

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  • Have you tried:

    – deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

    – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

    – resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

    Thread Starter fbahram

    (@fbahram)

    Before I do all of that, is there any indication that all those high-effort troubleshooting steps would even solve the problem?

    I’d first like to know if we can narrow this down a bit more.

    And the answer is negative. I have only cleared cache, reset
    browsers, and rebooted my Mac.

    If you have any other ideas, I truly appreciate it. If not, I guess I’d have to go through an elimination process. Sigh.

    Those steps are WordPress Troubleshooting 101.

    Thread Starter fbahram

    (@fbahram)

    No need to insult me – thank you for not answering my question.

    is there any indication that all those high-effort troubleshooting steps would even solve the problem

    Those steps are WordPress Troubleshooting 101

    Translation: Those steps are where the troubleshooting process starts. We do not post these suggestions for fun. They are neither “high-effort” nor difficult steps but they do solve up to 90% of most common site problems.

    However, you are not prepared to work with us, then we cannot help you.

    Thread Starter fbahram

    (@fbahram)

    Ok I will do as you say. Thank you.

    Thread Starter fbahram

    (@fbahram)

    Hi,

    when I deactivated every plug-in, the problem still persisted, so I don’t think it’s plug-ins that are contributing to this.

    To explain the problem more clearly:

    1. I bring up a post
    2. The html editor shows all the content
    3. The visual editor shows a chopped off version
    4. I click back to the html editor, and it now reflects the (incorrect) chopped visual editor version

    Then I disabled Thesis Theme and went to the default version, and the same exact problem persisted. I did this last step while all plugins remained disabled.

    As a drastic step, I renamed my themes directory to themes-old (obviously this broke some things) but the problem above still persists.

    I then reversed all actions above.
    I look forward to your advice.
    Thank you,
    Farnoosh

    Thread Starter fbahram

    (@fbahram)

    Hi, I did what you asked. Could you please kindly help me now?
    Thanks!

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