EDITOR Missing from Appearance Mennu

To rule out any theme/plugin issue, try:

– deactivating ALL (yes all) plugins temporarily to see if this resolves the problem (plugin functions can interfere). If this works, re-activate them individually (one-by-one) to find the problematic plugin(s).
– resetting the plugins folder by FTP. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.
– switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty Sixteen, etc.) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).

I’ve already attempted this from seeing other forum posts. Does not resolve the problem.

– Your browser can help you identify JavaScript issues or conflicts. Do you have any Javascript errors in the console when looking at the editor page?
– This article can assist you in doing that diagnosis.
– If you use any caching systems, like Cloudflare, clear those caches.
– Check that the file permissions of all the PHP files are set correct (i.e., 644).
– Specifically check files like /wp-includes/js/tinymce/wp-tinymce.php and such.
– If the permissions are incorrect, then some servers running security code like suhosin won’t allow those files to run.

Neither of these methods worked, either:

Use phpMyAdmin to deactivate all plugins.

In the table wp_options, under the option_name column (field) find the active_plugins row
Change the option_value field to: a:0:{}
Or reset your plugins folder via FTP or the file manager provided in your host’s control panel. This method preserves plugin options but requires plugins be manually reactivated.

Via FTP or your host’s file manager, navigate to the wp-contents folder (directory)
Via FTP or your host’s file manager, rename the folder “plugins” to “plugins.hold”
Login to your WordPress administration plugins page (/wp-admin/plugins.php) – this will disable any plugin that is “missing”.
Via FTP or your host’s file manager, rename “plugins.hold” back to “plugins”

I’ll ty to check those things. I cannot look at the EDITOR page because the menu option for EDITOR does not appear in the WordPress dashboard menu.

It disappeared just after updating WordPress to 4.2.2

It disappeared just after updating WordPress to 4.2.2

– Make sure ALL your plugins/theme are up to date
– – If all the above steps do not resolve the issue, then try MANUALLY updating. Download a fresh copy of the WordPress .zip file to your computer, unzip it, and use that to copy up all files and folders EXCEPT the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory. You may need to delete the old wp-admin and wp-includes folders and files on your server before uploading the new ones. Read the Manual Update directions first.
– Backup: If you haven’t already done, always backup everything (including your database) before doing any actions, just in case something really goes wrong.

Thanks Tara. I’ll give it a try. Yikes. That’s a lot of stuff for a rookie.

I’ll try not to seriously break anything. LOL.

Just want to pass along to others…I finally found the problem to this issue in my case.

These lines had been added to my wp-config file:

/** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
if ( !defined(‘ABSPATH’) )
define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’);

/** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-settings.php’);
//Disable File Edits
define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT’, false);

It had been added to the bottom of the file UNDER where the “stop editing” text was shown.

Removing the lines solved the problem completely.

If others are having this problem, and if they have given access to their site for any kind of technical assistance, they should look for this in their wp-config file.

Changing “false” to “true” will do the same thing. I’m just unsure about why all of it had been added, so I removed it (I had not put it there).

Glad to know it ??

Just adding to this topic that I tried the above and my site went blanc.
Added the code again ( ftp ) and all is fine….

So this does not seem to work for everyone.
Still wondering why and how to get the editor back, probably copying a fresh install over the old one.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by LogoLogics.

In case someone is still searching for a solution her is mine.
The above did not work.

Now I know why! I have the Sucuri Security plugin and had the ” theme editor” disabled in the hardening section. Reverting that hardening, brought back my editor under the appearance tab.

I had the same Problem and nothing here did resolve it. I got the right answer from a friend on XING Esther Novack that helped to solve the problem really. You have to add to the configuration wp-config file this under all the DEFINES define(‘CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS’, false);
And it does bring back editing!
Good luck Susanne