“Editor” feature gone from Appearance

  • hemjesti

    (@hemjesti)


    8 years ago

    So, i saw a post here that talked about a missing Editor – i too was having the same issue.

    Turns out – if you’re using a managed hosting – a lot of times they do a ‘safe mode’ installation which removes the users ability to make changes at the code or css level.

    for instance – my site was hosted on 1and1.com – no where in their verbiage do they say that they disable this – and when i called (which was quite the chore to find their number) i found that the plan i selected included a safe mode installation.

    there are a few steps you can follow to ‘undo’ this – but you then have to make a few tweaks to the permalinks – then you’re good. so, just something to look for when dealing with these crazy wordpress issues we encounter sometimes.

    Good luck dudes!!!

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  • ThemeSumo

    (@themesumo)

    If you’re making any code changes to your theme then it should only be done via the use of a Child Theme, or by using a Custom CSS plugin.

    The WP Editor should never be used as it’s incapable of handling errors and can easily cause issues, locking you out of your admin Dashboard.

    the editor should be included as read only, sometimes it is just easier to pop open the editor and take a quick look at how previous developers/theme creators etc have coded something than it is to do exactly the same thing via FTP. Babysitting users to the extent of removing useful functionality is rarely the correct approach.

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