'Why is my WordPress visual editor not working?

I have website running WordPress 4.6.2 and I can't use the visual editor right now, only the text editor. When I open the browser console it show various errors.

I've been working on this problem for a good few hours and tried:

  • restoring WordPress
  • deactivating plugins
  • deactivate the custom CSS used in the site
  • Looking for can_compress_scripts in the DB and all various stuff that I stumble upon internet but with no success whatsoever
  • Used theme is Spacious
  • Include define('CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false); into wp-config.php
  • Replaced TinyMCE folder content with TinyMCE content from clear installation
  • A screenshot of the error from my web browser's console (below): Error from my web browser's console
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Solution 1:[1]

Apparently deleting few plugins solved the problem. The weird thing is that the problematic plugins were YoastSEO and Akismet and even after their reinstall i got tons of errors too.

Solution 2:[2]

I have found a workaround or possibly the solution if you dont want to go deep into codes.

This is the fix:(It worked in my case and I am sure it can work for others with similar issue.) 1. Install Visual Composer(Wpbackery or others) 2. Go to => Role manager => Post type => custom => Select both for post and page. Thats all.

Thanks. I found this workaround that is very good and can work in other case after running into this case where I could not switch from visual editor to text editor on wordpress. I simply adjusted my WPbackery setting and everything works fine now on my site.

Before then I had tried so many solutions and even included define('CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', to my config but to no avail.

I don't know if there is the need to explain all the things I have done on the cause of troubleshooting for this for a whole day. But with the solution I posted above it would solve your issue.

Solution 3:[3]

I was able to fix this by installing the TinyMCE Advanced Plugin, then hitting save so the settings took effect and it worked.

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