Block editor no longer working: only shows HTML

@exelejames OOPs! Never mind. Got HTTPS figure out and installed. Sorry to bother.

Not sure about the long-winded solutions some have posted on this topic, but after trying them all and failing, I finally figured it out and it was really simple. And all my fault!

For some dumb reason, I had been into my User Profile and at the very top of ‘Personal Options’ I stupidly ticked the ‘Visual Editor’ Box (Disable the visual editor when writing). Not quite sure why I did this, but I do now vaguely remember doing it a couple of weeks ago.
Yes, I am a fool!

But anyway, un-ticked it and all is well again.
That easy!

I was also facing this problem and my solution was also in the profile tab.

But my case was a little different: I created a user some time ago directly in the database (the previous admin only gave me FTP and database access, so that was the only option to create a user). The ‘screen name’ was not set. So basically my profile was broken. After inserting and saving the screen name, Gutenberg started working again!

Hi, My name is imran chandio and I run a blog https://thefanmanshow.com
I was also facing the same issue.
after logging in to dashboard, the every page on opening must should open and give an option to update the page from there (front end) but it was not happening.

After two hours, I found an issue. I have changed my website from http to https and some internal links were with http
for example https://thefanmanshow.com/mobile/all-secret-codes-for-iphone-2018/
was interlinked in some other page with https://thefanmanshow.com/mobile/all-secret-codes-for-iphone-2018/
I was opening a page with http version and found the editor missing. So, i would recommend you to try this solution may be this should work for you.
before this I have also tried
Delete and reinstall WP Bakery VC (but this solution didn’t worked for me)

@arabnas your heads up about the user having the visual editor turned off was the info I needed. Thanks

I have same issue now whene i updated to WP5.3.2 –
When using the “classic Editor” bare on a page, the Visual tab is there, but when I click on it, it gets a blue halo (active?) but the Visual tab never really opens. Text editing is all that is available.

Plz help me ASAP as its my current Production site.

@arabnas Thank you . You saved my time

Thanx @arabnas.

How embarrassing is it that I forget to remove a tick? Thanks for that!

I had this problem and @cloudblackfire solution of unchecking “Disable the visual editor when writing” and my problem was solved! It took 3+ hours to find this solution—thank you!

@amybartlett Thanks a lot! 6hrs of research for me ?? WPbeginner’s forum, other community, here.. and finally your comment gave a big relief!!

I wasted almost two hours trying to find out the solution to my problem.

I had the same issue as @bramvandenbulcke — I simply needed to go to my User Profile and fill in the ‘Nickname’ field.

The Block Editor should not rely on filling out the ‘Nickname’ field in order to work!

Thanks @alexmustin Your reply helped me to save my precious 2 hours.
This is indeed strange, how a profile field is hooked with editing options.

function richedit_wp_cloudfront () {
add_filter(‘user_can_richedit’,’__return_true’);
}

add_action( ‘init’, ‘richedit_wp_cloudfront’, 9 );
yet! thanks all.

Same here. I had an admin user without nickname… this is a crazy bug. Wasted 2,5 hours to find the reason and this thread. I first was searching in my settings and plugins. This shouldn’t be a single point of failure for the entire block editor.

I reported it here:

https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/26943

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by Max Ziebell.

Thank goodness for this thread. Ticked the box to disable the visual editor, saved and then unticked it again. All working fine now.