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WordPress

Posted by Matthew Hartill
Matthew Hartill
Courses Plus Student 451 Points

Editing Content in Wordpress

While editing my organizations Wordpress site, I've realized lately that I cannot actually see the content in Metro Visual Builder. For example when I go to edit the text module, there is no text box below "Content:" like there usually is - just gray space. Does anyone know I can find the actual content I want to edit?

Adam Sommer
Adam Sommer
62,470 Points
Adam Sommer
Adam Sommer
62,470 Points

Do you any errors in the JavaScript console? Could be a plugin is causing a conflict with some other part of the site.

Matthew Hartill
Matthew Hartill
Courses Plus Student 451 Points

Hi Adam,

It's possible, I'm very new to Wordpress and coding. How would I go about checking that?

Adam Sommer
Adam Sommer
62,470 Points
Adam Sommer
Adam Sommer
62,470 Points

In Chrome:

  • Click the Menu button in the upper right hand corner > More Tools > Developer Tools.
  • Then click the Console tab to open the JavaScript console.
  • Refresh the page (or navigate to the page you're trying to edit) and see if there are any errors in red.

It may not be a plugin issue, but it's worth a try.

Matthew Hartill
Matthew Hartill
Courses Plus Student 451 Points

Thank you! I think you may be right, as the console reads: 'Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token'. How should I go about fixing that?

Adam Sommer
Adam Sommer
62,470 Points
Adam Sommer
Adam Sommer
62,470 Points

That kind of depends on where the error is and what is causing it. If you click on the file name on the righthand side it'll take you to the line where the error happened, but they may or may not help.

Can you copy and paste the error and the code from the file after you click on the error?