{"id":2477,"date":"2022-01-08T10:28:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T02:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2022-01-08T10:28:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T02:28:25","slug":"fix-broken-formatting-wordpress-gutenberg-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/fix-broken-formatting-wordpress-gutenberg-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix Broken Formatting On WordPress Gutenberg Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you ever logged into WordPress, gone to edit a post or page and found it filled with <em>&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --><\/em> tags and raw HTML?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image shadow\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-02-600x294.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-02-600x294.png 600w, https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-02-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-02-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-02.png 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully it's usually a simple fix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem is the visual editor has been disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To fix the broken formatting in the Gutenberg editor, <strong>in the admin area of WordPress, go to Users -> Profile and uncheck \"Disable the visual editor when writing\" and click \"Update Profile\"<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the same steps if you want to fix it for a different user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image shadow\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-01-600x294.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-01-600x294.png 600w, https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-01-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-01-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-01.png 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you've done that, refresh the post or page you were working on and you'll see the WordPress Gutenberg editor working properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image shadow\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-03-600x294.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-03-600x294.png 600w, https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-03-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-03-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021-12-21-broken-gutenberg-editor-03.png 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If this doesn't fix your issue, it may be turned off through code in a plugin or theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The code that turns off the visual editor is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>add_filter( 'user_can_richedit', '__return_false' );<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You may need to <a href=\"https:\/\/intelliwolf.com\/how-to-fix-wordpress\/#disable-plugins-default-theme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disable your plugins and\/or switch to a default theme<\/a> to find where it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatively, you might try opening <em>\/wp-content\/<\/em> in Atom and searching all the files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If that code is the culprit, to turn the visual editor back on, either delete the line or change the code to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>add_filter( 'user_can_richedit', '__return_true' );<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever logged into WordPress, gone to edit a post or page and found it filled with &lt;!&#8211; wp:paragraph &#8211;> tags and raw HTML? 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