How To Fix White Text And Missing Buttons In WordPress Visual Editor

One of the issues might not be with your website, WordPress or a plugin on your site. The problem might be on your computer, or more accurately the browser. Therefore, the first thing you should do is to clear the browser cache. Or alternatively, check to see if the problem is on another browser.

If this solves the problem, then the problem was being caused by your computer and there is nothing else you need to do.

This could be the problem if the white text had happened after an update. What has likely happened is that during the update there was a problem with the update and it didn’t complete. Therefore, you need to think about replacing the wp-includes/js/tinymce folder with a completely fresh copy.

You might need to use an FTP program for this, like Filezilla.

If neither of the tricks above have worked for your website, then you might need to edit the wp-config.php file. You will need access to an FTP program for this and find the config.php file. Open it up in a text editor and then after the opening tag at the top of the document add in the following line of code:

define('CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false);

If you’ve got a drag and drop page builder, like Elementor or Visual Composer, then the problem might be with the plugin and not your WordPress core software. You might need to disable the plugin for this.

If you still have access to your plugins page on the WordPress admin pages, then you can disable your plugin there. Otherwise you need to access your website through the FTP program you use and go to your plugin directory, find the plugin and then rename it to something like plugin_name_old. This will disable the plugin.

If the problem disappears, then you know that the plugin was the cause. This could be because you’re using an older version of WordPress with a plugin designed to be used with the newer version. You might be able to find an older version of the plugin or you might need to update the plugin.