Not showing content in editor

What do you actually see?

Hi Chip
Content box is blank – or at least appears to be. What I have discovered is that if I block select a section the html version of the content appears, but I can’t switch between visual or html.
I wondered if I had some php aspect switched off as I have had to rebuild me desktop recently, but also tried to access on my laptop and had the same problem. I’m not overly good at code stuff.

Can you enable WP_DEBUG, and report any errors or notices being generated?

^ This type of thing can happen if the person pasted content from “Word” or some other editor into the content editor box.

You cannot use HTML from those products in the post-editor box. The person will have to clear those out and format the document as text when pasteing.

I have activated WP_DEBUG but can’t see how to run it or find errors etc.

I have activated WP_DEBUG but can’t see how to run it or find errors etc.

Go to the edit post screen. If there are any errors, they will print out on the page itself – often at the very top of the page.

Nothing showing, just blank as before, until I highlight the box. I’ve also noticed a strange ‘thank you for creating in wordpress’ link appearing in strange places on most views.

(Thanks; you can disable WP_DEBUG again if you wish.)

Do you observe the same behavior if you attempt to create a new post? Or only when you attempt to edit existing posts?

If I try to write a new post, I can enter and see a title. If I then type into the content box, I can see nothing, but if I highlight the box I can see what I have typed.

^ switch themes to the default theme and check if it could be something with the theme you are using.

Some themes put JS, CSS in the wrong enqueue location and it bleeds into the post editor area.

^ switch themes to the default theme and check if it could be something with the theme you are using.

@frumph is reading my mind! ?? This is definitely the next step.

Theme is Thesis 1.8.1 which I have been using for about a year now. If I switch themes will I lose all the settings I have in Thesis, or can I simply switch back to as is?

If I switch themes will I lose all the settings I have

No. Theme settings are preserved, and will be restored when you switch back to your original Theme.

Just temporarily switch to TwentyEleven, and see if you can still observe the issue.

Switched theme and still had the problem, so have switched back.

The facts:

Okay, you’ve deactived all plugins and changed themes and it still has
the same issue.

You know the posts have content cause there is content inside of the [HTML] tab “What I have discovered is that if I block select a section the html version of the content appears,”

You’ve tried this on two different machines. (your laptop you said)
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The debug:

I have seen this happen when there is content inside of the post that is pasted from say “Word”.

I have seen this happen when inappropriate js files are loaded (but loaded by plugin or theme) but you disabled those.

More information:
command-A (i think)(for mac) and control-R (for PC) reload “reget” all of the scripts and css files to the local browser you are using.

Switch themes back to twentyeleven and refresh the editor page using the command for your browser to reget those .js / css files of the post editor. It’s possible they are cache’d on your side and you are maybe using a corrupted one.

Check the contents of the posts, check if there is any non-standard html in them. You said you can do this by “highlighting” the section and you can see them. That is what you gave us in defining that content actually exists.

I assume your site has the ‘outputted’ content displaying on the site, if there’s a chance for a link to your site to see that content on the ‘end user’ visitor side that would be great.