WordPress 2.8 Visual Editor Disappeared?!
Posted in WordPress | By AhTim @ September 22nd, 2009
I have upgraded my WordPress to version 2.8.4 few weeks ago. Didn’t notice any different at that time until found a big big problem few days back.
The post visual editor totally disappeared! Even the content loss after save draft. I thought was due to slow internet connection or bad server performance.
On the next day when I check back, it is still the same. I know something is not right. Check other blogs and found no problem. So the only root cause I can think of is its WordPress version.
Tweak WordPress Config File
Search many help on Internet but useless. Except one is really working. What I did is just add the code below into wp-config.php, somewhere near the top or middle but not at bottom.
define( ‘CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS’, false )
It took few seconds to save. Reload the post edit page, now visual editor load perfectly. Are you having the same problem with WordPress 2.8? Act now to rectify the error. Hope WordPress fix the bug in next release soon. 
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September 22nd, 2009 at 3:36 PM
It’s possible that one of your plugins or your wp-config.php has a blank space or line after the closing
?>tag. I’ve seen that cause strange Visual Editor issues before.September 22nd, 2009 at 4:03 PM
@Mark: Opps..didn’t notice that. Will recheck later.
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:14 PM
I upgraded without any problems. Maybe try rolling it back and installing the update again.
September 24th, 2009 at 10:46 AM
could you please explain the whole process you did.. and what is the use of this “define” syntax….