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For some reason, Wordpress admin is not loading all of the required scripts via load-scripts.php. This is causing the "Visual/Text" tabs to be missing from the text editor. The 'b', 'i', 'link', etc button are still there and functioning for the HTML editor. I have triple checked and all users are setup to use the visual editor.

Here is what load-scripts.php is loading on the broken site.

https://example.com/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=hoverIntent,common,admin-bar,heartbeat,autosave,suggest,wp-ajax-response,jquery-color,wp-lists,jquery-ui-mouse,jquery-ui-sortabl&load[]=e,postbox,tags-suggest,tags-box,underscore,word-count,post,editor-expand,thickbox,shortcode,backbone,wp-util,wp-backbone,media-m&load[]=odels,wp-plupload,mediaelement,wp-mediaelement,media-views,media-editor,media-audiovideo,mce-view,imgareaselect,image-edit,svg-p&load[]=ainter,wp-auth-check,jquery-ui-resizable,jquery-ui-draggable,jquery-ui-button,jquery-ui-dialog,jquery-ui-datepicker,quicktags,wp&load[]=link,media-upload,wp-embed&ver=4.8.2

And here is an example from a working site.

https://example.com/load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=hoverIntent,common,admin-bar,heartbeat,autosave,suggest,wp-ajax-response,jquery-color,wp-lists,jquery-ui-mouse,jquery-ui-sortabl&load[]=e,postbox,tags-suggest,tags-box,underscore,word-count,post,editor-expand,thickbox,shortcode,backbone,wp-util,wp-backbone,media-m&load[]=odels,wp-plupload,mediaelement,wp-mediaelement,media-views,media-editor,media-audiovideo,mce-view,imgareaselect,image-edit,svg-p&load[]=ainter,wp-auth-check,jquery-ui-resizable,jquery-ui-draggable,jquery-ui-button,jquery-ui-dialog,jquery-ui-datepicker,editor,quick&load[]=tags,wplink,media-upload,wp-embed&ver=4.8.2

As you can see, 'editor' is missing for some reason. 'Editor' is also missing if I load the scripts separately by adding:

define('CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false);

Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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  • try to desactivate all plugins and put the basic theme to see is the error is still here
    – mmm
    Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 22:37
  • @mmm Yes I tried that and still no editor.
    – user1199981
    Commented Oct 18, 2017 at 14:29
  • try to reinstall the wordpress files in "Dashboard" => "Updates" and click on "Re-install now"
    – mmm
    Commented Oct 18, 2017 at 14:53
  • @mmm Just tried reinstalling and still no editor.
    – user1199981
    Commented Oct 18, 2017 at 15:02

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If there's a bug the Visual tab would just not work, not be missing. The editor scripts would also be failing to load, not missing from load-scripts.php. That the tabs are missing and the script isn't being loaded suggests that the Visual editor has simply been disabled in your profile (Users > Your Profile).

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  • Thanks for the input @Jacob. I verified that the editor is not disabled via the user's profile. I even enabled then disabled it and no change. The output of wp_default_editor() is tinymce.
    – user1199981
    Commented Oct 18, 2017 at 14:21
  • This is a bug. load-scripts.php not load all scripts.
    – Yamona
    Commented Nov 8, 2017 at 12:16

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