datalens

@traciloftis I am glad this was resolved. I am not happy with how EL was involved in this frustrating issue, but I am thankful for your effort to root this out.

I am closing this issue as our version of it was related to Earthlink sites.

Good luck to the rest of you dealing with the new editor.

@traciloftis you saved me.

I followed the steps you received from earthlink, and after clearing my browser cache (I use Chrome), it worked.

I don’t use earthlink’s analytics application and have no idea why that should impact WordPress. I am going to backup my site and monitor things for a few days while making my site edits. I will close this thread once things are stable.

Thanks again for your research. I owe you one.

@traciloftis – thanks for the note. I use the same hosting provider – site only (earthlink). I would be interested in hearing any updates.

As an update, I am still unable to use ANY editor. The Classic Editor shows white text on white background, and the block editor opens a completely blank page.

Latest attempts to fix this include:

1) Manually deleting/replacing the core WP files as suggested in another thread
2) Last resort: modified my wp-config.php file to include the line: define(‘CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS’, false);

Neither of these worked, and after clearing caches and running Health Check in troubleshooting mode I still cannot edit. I see several more people adding similar threads. Any ideas from the community?

@azaozz Thank you, I have opened a new thread to detail my issue and the fixes i have tried:
cannot-create-or-edit-pages-after-5-x-upgrade

As I mention in that thread, I reinstalled the WP upgrade from the dashboard. I did not try downloading the core files and manually overlaying them.

I would appreciate you reviewing my thread and providing any ideas. Thank you!

• This reply was modified 6 years ago by datalens.
• This reply was modified 6 years ago by datalens.

Steven, I had the exact same issue with Classic Editor as OP. I reinstalled WordPress and re-enabled Classic Editor. When I edit an existing page, Classic Editor shows blank window on the Visual tab; clicking the Text tab does nothing.

My Chrome browser console log:

JQMIGRATE: Migrate is installed, version 1.4.1
wp-tinymce.js:3 Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token
post.php?post=71&action=edit:2255 Uncaught ReferenceError: tinymce is not defined
at post.php?post=71&action=edit:2255
wp-langs-en.js?ver=4…1217-tadv-5.0.0:235 Uncaught ReferenceError: tinyMCE is not defined
at wp-langs-en.js?ver=4…1217-tadv-5.0.0:235
at wp-langs-en.js?ver=4…1217-tadv-5.0.0:519
post.php?post=71&action=edit:2251 Uncaught ReferenceError: tinymce is not defined
at Object.load_ext (post.php?post=71&action=edit:2251)
at post.php?post=71&action=edit:2260
post.php?post=71&action=edit:1 Unchecked runtime.lastError: The message port closed before a response was received.
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I also have the same problem as the poster above.
I installed the Classic Editor plugin since creating/editing a page resulting in blank screen. Installing the Classic Editor got me the editor back, but I only have white text on white background in Text tab; cannot access Visual (tab does nothing)

– I disabled all plugins and Switched to a default theme (no help)
– upgraded PHP from 7.1 to 7.2 (no help)
– I cleared the cache using plugin WP Super Cache (no help)

Viewing Chrome console shows errors loading TinyMCE: “tinymce not defined”. Full console list from “edit page” is below:
JQMIGRATE: Migrate is installed, version 1.4.1
wp-tinymce.js:3 Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token
post.php?post=71&action=edit:2255 Uncaught ReferenceError: tinymce is not defined
at post.php?post=71&action=edit:2255
wp-langs-en.js?ver=4…1217-tadv-5.0.0:235 Uncaught ReferenceError: tinyMCE is not defined
at wp-langs-en.js?ver=4…1217-tadv-5.0.0:235
at wp-langs-en.js?ver=4…1217-tadv-5.0.0:519
post.php?post=71&action=edit:2251 Uncaught ReferenceError: tinymce is not defined
at Object.load_ext (post.php?post=71&action=edit:2251)
at post.php?post=71&action=edit:2260
post.php?post=71&action=edit:1 Unchecked runtime.lastError: The message port closed before a response was received.
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Samuel, just to clarify your response to the OP, clearing the cache includes:
1) clearing your browser cache (e.g. Chrome)
2) clearing your WordPress environment cache (e.g. using a plug-in like WP Super Cache to delete server files, etc.)

I am using this thread to troubleshoot the same issue, using two different laptops/browsers. You double-downed on the cache clearing, so I want to make sure I am not missing something.

I am having exact same problem: unable to edit pages or posts.
The edit page opens completely blank.

I disabled all plug-ins and switched to a default theme.

My current versions:
WordPress 5.1 | PHP 7.1.22 | Apache | MySQL 5.5.59-MariaDB

Any help or direction would be appreciated.