WordPress 2.5 Errors and Solutions
WordPress 2.5 has been released at March 29. 2008. Many bloggers had install it as soon as it has been released. However, there are many negative feedback and bugs discovered. At the same time, WordPress.org also changed a new look.
I upgraded two WordPress blogs to version 2.5 after its release. The upgrade process is smooth and problem-free. Themes and plugins are working fine. Generally, it works great but with some errors/bugs.
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Missing Visual Editor
WordPress 2.5 has a nice Visual Editor but it does not work if your web server has compression enabled (yes, for mine).
The editor area does not display the beautiful buttons of Visual Editor even you have it enabled at WordPress User Profile. Clicking the “HTML” tag does not have any response because it is already “HTML” mode even the “Visual” tag appears selected.
By right, the Visual Editor should looks like following screenshot:
Luckily, I found the solution on WordPress Support Forum. All you need to do is disable the visual editor (TinyMCE) compression setting by editing the “tiny_mce_config.php” file. Or, you can easily install the small plugin called “Testing TinyMCE” to fix the problem.
Thanks to azzaozz for the solution!
Invalid RSS Feed
(This might not a WordPress 2.5 error but included here as your information)
My friend wants to use FeedBurner for her new WordPress 2.5 blog’s feed but the feed was invalid. After testing using Feed Validator, the error was caused by the blank line before XML declaration.
I followed the solutions on the website and found blank spaces at the end of “wp-config.php” file. Removed the blank spaces, saved and the feed was fixed!
Your attempt to edit this post: “XXXX” has failed
Both two WordPress blogs that I upgraded to version 2.5 had encountered the error “Your attempts to edit this post: “XXXX” has failed“, where “XXXX” is the post title. I suspect it is something to do with the WP2.5 editor autosave feature.
We are not alone. The problem has been reported to WordPress Support Forum. Someone had disabled all plugins and did not get the error anymore. Not sure which WordPress plugin caused the problem by the time I am blogging this.
Please inform me if you found the solution.
My two cents
WordPress 2.5 is a major upgrade from previous version 2.3. It is common that new software version still contain bugs after released. As I told you earlier, I won’t upgrade my blog to WordPress 2.5 before the patch version has been released.
If you have upgraded your WordPress blog to version 2.5, have you get any errors? Please share your experiences with us.
Nope, no errors at all. Save for the plugins that were incompatible with the new version. All the bugs that occurred while I was beta testing this was reported. After RC1 at least, the problems on my end were gone.
I probably missed the Visual Editor bug because I don’t use it at all. I’ve been hard coding posts it ever since it was released in version 2.0. Sorry about that.
Same here. I won’t upgrade yet until those little bugs are solved so have to wait…
Yea la liew, at first i was so enthusiast to upgrade that version, but when i heard a lot of bug,i back off. I do not get head searching for the solution to rectify the erroor…hehehee..so lazy la. However, your article is beautiful in informing us about the error. short and persis.
wow,wp 2.5 still have errors?
thx for the solution method=)
It seems that I found a solution to the “Your attempt to edit this post: “XXXX†has failed” error. At least in my case the problem was with the byte order mark in some plugin files:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/165717?replies=11
hi liew,
My sidebar widget did not appear when i click show all
anyne here facing the same problem
Good day Liew & lankapo,
the alignment for my side bar is totally out! i have no idea on how to fix it.SOS !-Thanks
I don’t know is it me or what, whenever I want to add a new “Text” widget and once I click the save changes..all my other existing text widget will be blank. Then I notice that I have to expand all the “Text” widgets as if I’m gonna edit all of them and click the save button (not the individual change button at the widget)
Another problem is, sometimes I encounter HTTP error when uploading files via WP to the server. Maybe is my connection problem.
-Anyone having problem when trying to upload and insert images while using IE8?
-After i upgraded to 2.5,some font in my post juz went weird,adding some weird characters to it.
No problem with fresh installation so far. ;)
In previous WP2.3, I used Custom Permalink /%category%/%postname%/ and it worked perfectly.
Now in WP2.5, under menu Setting > Permalinks, the Permalink Structure is Default > http://angxxxxx.com/?p=8
After I re-set it to Custom Permalink /%category%/%postname%/, I get these Errors.
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“Not Found
The requested URL /uncategorized/sample-post-cambodia/ was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/1.3.37 Server at angkorwattransport.com Port 80”
The Permalink Custom Structure also look like this:
http://angkxxxxx.com/uncategorized/sample-post-place/
And “You should update your .htaccess now” Error.
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Anyone has overcome this problem yet? I need a SIMPLE solution to this, please.
Thanks
I got a HTTP error when uploading pictures using the new cool UI. Fixed it by changing .htaccess recommended in the WordPress support forum.
wpgal: are you using Super Cache? the old version breaks in WP2.5 so along with it goes the rewrites too :p
It seems like I’m not the only one who has this problem.. I imported my previous entries and comments into my new wordpress installation via XML (because I changed hosts) and it keeps telling me that I have comments that need moderating but when I click on view all the list is empty. I don’t even see all my old comments that I imported via the XML. So annoying :(
Lord TCT
Like EngLee said, I overlooked the command to Update .htaccess file.
I went back to WordPress Support Forum and re-read every word that was written there.
Updated .htaccess file and everything works fine now.
Thanks
image also cannot insert, using imagevenue and paste the code pun tak boleh, macam mana?
I’m upgraded all my sites to 2.5. So far its different but nothing broke. The plus points is upgrading plugins can be a one click affair.
For those who blog offline, why not use the blogdesk blog client. Easy to use and can edit your published post too. It free too.
What to look for is WP 2.5 Adds a line of code to your template even though your theme file don’t have the meta generator tag. It make hackers job much easier, knowing which version you are using. I have a hard time looking for and removing the it. On some theme, i still haven’t found the code yet.
I have a problem with the annoying “Invalid RSS Feed” and I know the problem: Yahoo’s Permalinks plugin, everytime I activate it, it breaks my site’s RSS feed! I’d like to make it work or get another plugin that would do the same.
*Thanks